A week ago or so AC0H posted a simple question: how much wind load for a W6NL 40M Moxon yagi. As I had just built one and installed it (but not bothered to do the mechanical model) I thought Id dive
VE7RF said: Dunno where the yagi screwup came from. It was always thought that max windload occurred around 45 degs.... when in fact, MIN windload occurs at 45 degs. So you either use the boom area +
Sounds good. I learned quite a bit doing the exercise so it was well worth it. Im confident of the number for the Moxon, so yours should be solid. I dont have nearly the wind requirement you do (80 m
Hiding behind the lawyers is the first sign that something is not quite right. Useful information when choosing a vendor. Ken K6MR Howdy, TowerTalkians -- Recently I made a couple of comments about A
Building permit? Whats that? Ken K6MR Thank L-d I live in a rural town that hasn't figure out how to suck money from a radio ham (yet). My building permit to get the tower cost me $15 everything incl
I love playing devils advocate (just for fun): Why does the government need to get involved in something like this? Shouldnt this be between the property owners? :^) Just sayin. Ken K6MR When I appli
This is especially true if you work alone. One thing that can help is to turn the antenna so that the elements are vertical. For a tribander you can do this less than 15 feet off the ground. Then jus
Those are the standard Rohn section bolts for 25 and 45. Never seen one loosen yet. Ken K6MR _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lis
My guess would be a New-Tronics Cliff Dweller. Never saw one in person but they were always prominent in the AES catalogs in the 1960s. Ken K6MR Please excuse the question if this is no the place to
Not sure what you mean by EZ-Rotor making the Ham-IV controller unusable. It changes nothing in the operation of the controller other than allowing computer control. The manual controls remain unchan
Tie the end in a square knot Yes, the stuff is more like rope than wire. So far for me its way better than anything else Ive tried. Ken K6MR I just bought some #14 Flexweave to replace the THHN on my
Wasnt the original DX Engineering the RF Speech processor folks from the late 1960s? W6UED and some others I cant remember Ken K6MR DX Engineering, Inc. was involuntary dissolved on Aug 24, 1995. The
Yep, those are the ones. I met Dennis and Bud at W6VSS/K6UA. I dont remember ever meeting Ron but Id heard of him. I think Dennis worked for Cam K6RU around that time. Stretching my memory also I wor
There is some good info at www.w0qe.com<http://www.w0qe.com> . Ive got something similar (new in the last 2 months) at 1815. Im in the midst of building a receiving loop to locate it. On in the late
Well, remember: this is California. Growing is somewhat ignored if it is not massive. Our county has been changing its indoor grow rules, but usually a few dozen doesnt even get anyone out of their c
This discussion of tower/antenna restrictions has been very interesting. Good thing we live in the land of the free. Imagine what it would be like if we didnt. Ken K6MR ______________________________
Most crankups have a sufficiently large sleeve in the top that the shim is not really necessary. We are talking 1/32 here. Even the sleeve in the Rohn pointy top sections is specd at 2.08 I.D. (1/32
Which is exactly the reason you need to torque balance an antenna. If your antenna is torque balanced, there will be -zero- torque on the mast in any wind condition. If you release the brake and the
Download the following: http://k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf Read it, study it, read it again, then implement what you read. Take no shortcuts. This is well developed science/engineering. It works. Ken K6MR H
You can get a Universal Clamp Set from the commercial suppliers. It will clamp two parallel pipes of various sizes (up to 3 or so I think) together. Try Tessco or Talley, anyone who sells commercial