Dave - I would use staging with wooden planks which might be available from a rental center. It would give you more working area and is much more stable. You might have to move it around. We raised f
Better yet, do what the local amateurs do around here. They bring their XYL over here to see my 4 towers and two 4-squares and say, "See, what I want is not nearly as bad as it could be!" It usually
I like this idea but I have a question. I have been told in the past that stainless steel is a poor conductor of RF. Good for hardware but poor for feedthrough points. Is this true? 73 Dick -- -- Vis
We have had our 80M 4-square up now for almost 5 or 6 years. Made mostly of 2" aluminum conduit except the top 16 feet (total of about 66) we have the elements guyed four ways twice. The guying mater
I guess this topic is off point but has been carried on. Vic, N4XR, (ex-HH2VP) is a local who I help on occasion. Though he won't climb the 70 feet it is not unusual for him to scurry up a 20 foot la
Same method and results here. The bottom of the pipe is about 9 feet off the ground so if the snow gets that high I have bigger problems! Dick -- Visit "The Barnstormers Contest Group - NZ1U" website
Dave - I went through about 5 designs (failures) before we arrived at a design that has been up here for probably 8-10 years. I should take some pictures but anyway... The full size 1/4 wave is made
We have installed second thrust bearings on all the towers here (4) and this has paid in dividends when replacing a rotor not to mention probably the mechanical advantage of supporting the mast when