Here, pass that steering wheel into the backseat where I'm sitting... I might as well give this a shot too... :-) I have been very interested in reading this thread and the good suggestions of cause,
Two things Dick Green WC1M wrote about: "I have a 4-el SteppIR at 96' at the end of a 350' cable (plus or minus 10 feet or so.) It's the stock 16-conductor cable from SteppIR. By the way, it's not be
"Although it might not pinpoint exactly why, it would at least indicate the source of the problem is the cable. Since we have several customers successfully using even longer cables, I think that mig
Oh boy... Peter... Too many thunderstorms, eh??? Coincidence??? I think not... it's obvious you have made the "water gods" extremely upset with your shenanigans... putting one end of your antenna int
It's a slow day here so I just can't resist... :-) NEIGHBOR "Man those unsightly towers and antennas certainly depress our property values around here." HAM "Oh, I didn't realize that was an issue. H
This link was posted a while back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzga6qAaBA Nothing we hams do can compare to these guys. I find it the ultimate in "pucker power". 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN - -
I can speak about my Mosley experience! I have owned and used numerous brands of antennas. This includes a homebrew 6 element 15m monobander a long time ago. But most recently, I have been able to co
Well this entire problem will come to pass when all the old timers are buried 1.8288 meters under. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN -- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:00:01 +0200 From: "Peter Voelpe
Owls? Owls? Where did that fly in from??? I'm interested to know how many meters is the North Pole? I dropped my wench and it broke my compass. In any case... Pier pin or cement the bottom?, steel or
Joe, Those are shipping straps to reduce the probability of the legs getting bent during transportation. You would normally discard them. The tower sections are standard Rohn HDBX or HBX, depending u
This is a better statement about this series of tower than I came up with. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN Actually, BX/HBX/HDBX ratings are determined by the TOP section size used. Top sec #1 was used
Bob said he doesn't want to spend any money on this, doesn't want to leave a section behind when he moves, and he is only talking about 29.5 feet of tower. I suggest he mosey out at night, pull up th
I get a kick out of the absolutes that I hear and read about lightning. The onliest fact that I'm sure of is that with lightning, there are no rules that can't be broken. Lightning can and will get y
At first glance, this seems like a good April issue article! But the effect can be seen best when the mast is offset from the center of the antennas (the antennas are not "wind balanced"). An extreme
This antenna was assembled but never put up and used. I reduced it to the two boom sections and full element lengths a couple years ago. This is the regular model with 2" boom and trusses, 3 linear l
I can support what David says about this. I have both a 40m Telrex full-sized single element mounted horizontal at 67 feet and a (nearly) vertical wire dipole with the top approximately 60 feet. They
Run it's course? I don't think so. Did we get a new moderator on TowerTalk? I was just looking at those spreaders and wondering if anyone had used them. How thick and rugged are they? Are they plasti
The discussion about cage dipoles and increased bandwidth is quite timely for my QTH. Two days ago I found 3 feet of 1/4" aluminum tubing with a tiny hose clamp attached to one end laying in the back
IMO scrapping a good tower section is a total waste of a couple hundred dollars! Someone who is putting a tower together for the first time might also want to try "rotating" the stubborn section 120
This is a timely subject because the utility company is replacing poles about a mile south of my QTH. It appears the old 40 footers are being replaced by 60 footers. I have been tempted to stop and a