Don't know about the base dimensions but the anchor dimensions look all wrong! 2 ft X 2 ft X 1 foot deep??? I'd be more worried about the anchors than the base. BTW, my 60 ft R25 base is 2 X 2 X 3.5
According to one of the companys that sell lightning rods and associated hardware, a 2 X 2 ft copper plate buried 2 ft down is a substitute for a ground rod. http://www.lightningrod.com/catalog1_rods
I'll second the praise for the Genie man lifts. We had the occasion last year at work to rent one for about six months. We needed to get a couple of guys (me) up about 20 feet to attached a large exp
Thinking sunspots, I spent some time looking thru my aluminum pile and I have plenty of stuff to build a 10M yagi. I could build a 105CA as I have a bunch of Hygain clamshell clamps and swaged elemen
Ok guys, time for a new thread. This was a new one on me. I have a bit of woods on my property and throughout the years have seen and heard various woodpeckers pecking away at dead trees. It very com
We briefly had a 4 El 15 eight feet above a 2 El 40 (full size elements) at W3GM's some years ago. The 40 was uneffected but the 15 was a big dummy load and never worked well. We swapped the 15 out a
I've done mine that way and it's been fine for the last 28 years! I have two RG8-type feedlines taped together with the lower antenna being two feet above the tower top plate. 73, Stew... ___________
In his book, "DXing on the Edge", Jeff K1ZM shows a neat way to construct a three-wire shunt feed cage. Since I have a seperate 80/160 vertical, I haven't tried Jeff's method. If I ever shunt feed my
Actually, some of the lightning protection equipment suppliers show a plate as being an alternative to a driven ground rod. Check out: http://www.lightningrod.com/catalog1_rods.html Scroll about half
I installed some guy wire cable clamps a foot or so above the upper end of the guy grips on my 3/16 EHS guys. I figured that if ice slid down the the guy, it would hit the clamp and stop or would bre
Gee, I already have a plastic owl facing north on the tower. Are you telling me I need a porcupine too? LOL, Stew... http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk ___________________________
Put a moth ball or two in the box before you install the cover. No more ants or bugs of any kind. I've done it for years in all of my outside enclosures (RF relay box, 80/160 switched L network box,
WX0B has some really nice R25/45/55 tower insulators. http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/towerinsulators.htm These look good but are pretty pricey... 73, Stew... http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
I also came across these which are quite a bit cheaper. http://www.comteksystems.com/tower-insulators.html http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/towerinsulators.htm http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
Jon, AA1K, has a few pix of his home made tower base insulators. go to: http://www.aa1k.us/ click the "towers" button on the left and scroll about half way down. 73, Stew... _________________________
You half right. There a bear to put up. I helped put up a 100 footer some years ago. However, they are REAL easy to get down. Can you say "chain saw"? 73, Stew... ____________________________________
The tilt-over method described was originally designed by Gerry, W3GM (SK). He had 7 towers at his M/M contest station done this way. I believe that this is known as the "falling derrick" method in t
Check this out! A 135 foot high portable tower. Parked in your driveway, it's just the thing for contest weekends. 73, Stew K3ND http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Antenna-Tower-Ham-Cell-FM-AB1309-Military-Tr
I have a bunch of them installed also but haven't found any to be noisy (so far!). However, I DID find that my low voltage halogen under-cabinet lights in the kitchen do generate some low-level noise
Is there an article or description of what is required to change over to the Moxon? I recall seeing a picture of the modified antenna (somewhere) but nothing else. I have the older 40-2CD and the con