ads I'm probably biased because I run the QTH.COM Free Ham Radio Classifieds... but I believe it is the biggest swap site on the Internet. Over 33,000 ads have been placed in the last year, and there
W0AIH has a bunch of pole towers... they all have the top section of a tower mounted to the top of the pole. I'm not sure if the top piece of the tower is just jammed onto the pole, or if there is s
At my new QTH, I buried 4 inch drain tile (the stuff with the bumps & drain holes) from the house to the tower. Two runs of the stuff. 300 ft from house to tower. Mainly for small wires (rotor, relay
Our power company in this area is "Xcel Energy" (formerly Northern States Power). I contacted them about a month ago to see if they offer this type of service, and at one cost. The answer was simply
JT, my first tower was a 72ft Trylon Self-Supporter and I have some pretty good pics of that project here: http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/tower/ I moved last year and at the new QTH went with 100ft of Roh
I have a 160m inverted vee fed with 75 ohm CATV. Minimum SWR is 1.9:1 which isn't too far from expected given the 75 ohm cable. I've decided to just use a tuner for now, to get me QRV on top band (fo
Mike, you nailed it! I moved the Inductor one notch away from the initial "best" setting and retuned and now it gladly takes 1.5kw with no arcing. Thanks for the tip!!! And thanks to everyone else fo
HI Ken. You might try to contact Karl at Tashjian Towers. Per their web site, he worked at Tri-Ex for 15 years (1985-2000) before starting Tashjian Towers. Web site is http://www.tashtowers.com. Mayb
Array Solutions also has its own mailing list, for users to discuss their products. You may have some luck posting to that list: http://www.arraysolutions.com/support.htm (scroll to the bottom of the
Hi Steve. Here ya go: Rick Bowden, N5DXT rick@rickstowerservice.com http://www.rickstowerservice.com 73 - Scott KA9FOX -- Scott Neader KA9FOX ka9fox@qth.com KA9FOX Contesting & DXing Site: http://www
Mike & others, this was in the ARRL Contest Rate Sheet last month: Also, I believe that Davis RF will custom make connectors. Hopefully this helps. - Scott KA9FOX -- Scott Neader KA9FOX ka9fox@qth.co
I second the notion about getting the ARRL Antenna Zoning book, http://www.antennazoning.com/ham/book.htm, written by Fred Hopengarten K1VR. When I was in a similar situation, looking for land where
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Can someone give me the information on how to subscribe to the TowerTalk mailing list, the one that is for "tower and HF antenna construction topics"? Somehow I got put on the wrong list, it seems. A
Not to split hairs, but 10Base-T Ethernet is spec'd to require a minimum of CAT3 cable (which is capable of 10Mhz over 100 meters). CAT5 (100Mhz) would be required for 100Base-T. Not to say you can't
I will share my limited experience, which landed me a 500ft length and a 600ft length. I sent an e-mail to our local ham reflector and asked if anyone knew anyone at any local cable TV companies. I g