At least several inches below the frost line I have tried to find the answer to the following question in the Rohn literature, to no avail. Perhaps one of the towertalk "experts" can provide practica
http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/2005/ddtoday.html NPRM to eliminate CW requirements for all license classes A truly sad day.... KBØFHP __________________________________________
Actually - this may present a good challenge. In general, if I have a good size tower, decent tribander, a good rig and a lot of power - I can generally work all the DX to be found if propagation is
Without question! In my former life as a metallurgical failure analysis engineer at a major airframe company, it was absolutely necessary to understand the physics of the situation, as well as the ba
Part of the problem is that the older hams want to have nothing to do with the younger kids - there is no mentoring at all. In many cases, it is outright hostility. The older, more experienced hams t
Are only people with Engineering Degrees from ABET accredited schools worthy of having a Ham license?; or is that people with only P.E. license, M.S. Engineering, or Ph.D. in Engineering? Only in Ele
Intelligence is like matter and energy - the sum can never be destroyed. Unfortunately, the population is growing.... --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bou
NEVER NEVER NEVER be cheap with the concrete. This is for several reasons: (1) You may want to add additional antennas in the future; (2) You may compromise the integrity of the tower in very high wi
Cats - the other white meat --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of K8RI on Tower talk Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:
I hope it does pop a big one - especially this weekend for the VHF contest... 6M, 2M and 22 will really be booming! I was looking at it through the 10" around 1900Z from central Michigan. That is one
Or try VHF/UHF for great and interesting propagation This is a better topic for a prop reflector.. but don't just turn off because 20m dies. Often during flares there are odd enhancements on 10m. I h
I suspect that the reason that the brazes failed is because of galvanic corrosion. I suspect that the same will occur on the silver epoxy joints. The primary reason is that the silver is substantiall
HOWEVER - it would be absolutely dynamite on 160M and 80M.....with a professional radial system to boot.. now with a couple of beverages...... Since they are moving... I wonder if they would be willi
I plan to put up a small and meager 25G tower, and bracket it the second floor and to the first floor. Total tower height will not exceed 35 feet (10' above second floor bracket). Antennas will be Hy
I would suggest approximately 6 inches or so. I guess a lot depends on the mechanical tension in the wires. You might be able to get away with greater spacing.... Strips will offer more resistance to
Thanks Dave: I was looking at attacing it FIRMLY to the framing. I was also going to re-enforce the header boards where I was going to attach the house brackets. Then I need to find a decent rotor...
Thanks David: That makes perfect sense. It just makes it a bit more difficult, since I go down about 3 inches and I reach solid slate. It is the absolutely the worse stuff to dig I have ever seen. I
Personally, since your space is limited, the use of a EWE or K9AY would be appropriate...........While a beverage is the best, not all of us have that sort of unlimited room to set up a 5 WL beverage
A few days ago, someone mentioned active RX array antennas - does anyone have the URL so that I could do some investigating? Thanks KBOFHP Scott _______________________________________________ See: h
Gentlemen: I have a simple 80M vertical which is fabricated from approximately 39 feet of #12 THHN, with two sloping pieces of wire (forming a "V") approximately 20 feet long. The basic dimensions ar