Geoff, The length and the diameter and length of each diameter (taper schedule) will affect the performance. You would not want to look at the overall length dimensions for elements of a 6m design in
Kathy, Pop rivets work very well. That is what I would recommend at every joint - even in addition to the hose clamps. Stan, K5GO Sent from Stan's IPhone _____________________________________________
Bill, I think 55G uses two 7/16 x 2 1/2 bolts in each leg. If you have a deal on some, I need about 120 nuts and bolts. I am not sure about the 65G but will also need some of them if you find out. 73
Anyone by chance have an easier to accomplish idea other than one I remember being suggested to someone else with a similar problem - fishing a wire through a hole near the center of the boom and let
Thanks for all the responses! Still looking for something I can do, even temporarily, without taking it down. Thanks...Stan, K5GO Sent from Stan's IPhone _____________________________________________
Installing dummy elements out as far as I could reach was what I was going to try first but dont know whether the would be far enough out to do the trick. Yesterday I looked to see where the nearest
John, You may be right.... I have an issue with this particular antenna since it folded my 35 year old gin pole when the antenna was almost at the top of the tower going up 18 months ago - not a fun
Roger, Selsyns work well if they are mounted with a positive connection to matching 1-1 gears. I know that W3LPL has had a bunch of them in operation that have worked well for him. Some have had succ
I think you meant to say shorter instead of longer in the second sentence and then to say you can use one capacitor if the electrical length of the structure is a quarter wavelength or more? Kelly -
Pawsey Stub. Go to G0KSC's nice website. http://www.g0ksc.co.uk/creatingabalun.html Stan, K5GO Sent from Stan's IPhone _______________________________________________ ________________________________
Dick, Quarter wave slopers just don't work well unless there is top loading - at least that has been my experience. If I had a 60 foot tower I would shunt feed it and use it as a vertical. You will b
Absoultely suitable. Just be sure to scrape the enamel off so you can solder it properly at the base of the vertical. 73...Stan, K5GO Sent from Stan's IPhone _________________________________________
Thare is no reason to put it up more than a 6 inches unless you are trying to gain height or provide more separation from another antenna at a fixed height on the side if the tower all of which would
This is great entertainment. I vote for Jim on this one. It my be that what we don't know doesn't hurt us, but all rotator boxes I have ever played with including the PST-61 pale in comparison to the
I have my lines (1/2 inch CATV hardline) from 80M 4 Square in gray PVC, laying on top of ground. You could do that and just have the top of the PVC flush with top of ground and make it easy to get to
Tony, Go to www.cycle-24.com. We have clamps that should be fine for what you need except they are zinc plated with yellow di-chromate dip instead of galvanized. The one marked 2 1/4" should work OK
I have solid fiberglass rod in each leg plus a sheet of G10 plate across each insulated joint held with a couple of muffler clamps above and below the joint. The sheet can be about 4 inches wide and
There could be a better way, but I have always used a come-a-long attached to the top rung of the tower and a muffler clamp around the mast, wrapping the cable with the hook around the mast below the
Won't hurt to replace them, but the question is whether it is necessary. Big ice loads, height of truss supports (really important) antenna construction, boom lengths, diameter of the Dacron, etc? Wi
I have no idea how much antenna the tower would support but, regardless, would consider making those 40 and 80 meter antennas out of material that will also serve as proper guy wires running to suita