I'm running a surplus light pole here. It's 38' to the top with a 20' crankup mast inside. Its round too, so the neighbors don't "hate" it. (They don't really love it either). I want to fold it over
Just be sure to cover and/or sand and polish the areas that join! Use Noalox (etc)! Anodizing is an "accelerated oxidation process" that takes care of any future oxidation for you! And as we know, "o
I've had a bunch of questions about this and will take some digital pictures to e-mail out to those interested. I have no idea how much concrete is in the ground! The tower was here when I moved in.
This list is put together by the very person you have issue with. I appreciate the information I get here for FREE and the fact that there is supplemental information (which took a lot of time and ef
My first guess was that the thrust bearing was not aligned correctly. As I read furthur, it appears you are not running a thrust bearing. First and foremost, a thrust bearing is recommended and will
I have a couple of old Hy-Gain antennas with swagged elements. I get these for free when I take down old towers. Lets say, for argument, that we have two elements. One slides inside the other, which
When a manufacturer tests antennas on a range, what equipment is used? A field strength meter? A spectrum analyzer? Thanks for the help! Dino...k6rix@arrl.net
First, never put ANY body part near the tower when going up and down!!! One could argue that as you crank the tower up and it hits the STOPS near the top that it removes any play out of the system as
I need your help! After a short rant, you will understand my frustration and possibly be able to educate me... I want to build a VHF antenna out of 1/2 copper pipe. I have 2 designs I'm working with
Hello! We have a couple of very old "Station Master" antennas at a repeater site. I've been pushing for a while to get up the tower and fix/replace these great old antennas. If my thinking is right,
Force 12 makes LPDAs! I had an e-mail exchange with Force 12 a while back and was told Force 12 would NEVER build LPDAs! The reasoning I got was that there is no advantage for the Amateur (I wanted i
I appreciate Jon's comments below. As he pointed out, my interest in LPDA's is due to my MARS work. Jon, if you get a chance, read September 2002 QST, pp31! (also found here...http://www.realhamradio
Am I the only person getting double posts from this list? Maybe a little manual editing is needed before hitting the send button! Also, since I subscribe to this list, just responding to the list wou
http://www.baluns.com/ comes highly recommended! My friend (AA6PW) is a contester and just bought a current balun from http://www.radioworks.com/PDFbalun.html He said the current balun was HEAD OVER