Chuck, I have been using an Ameritron RCS-8V for 6 or 7 years and have never had a problem. I did build a metal cover for it out of 12 or 14 gauge steel. I thought it might help with stray RF and als
Jim, When I moved I used a 26 foot U haul. The LM-354 fit in there laying down with a little to spare. To get it in the truck, we picked the top of the tower up and set it in the truck with a piece o
Just thought I would let everybody know I found the problem with my Cushcraft A4S with 40m add on. The only band that worked was 15m. The SWR would jump from good to Bad, back to good, back to bad wi
I have a problem with my Cushcraft A4S again. It started out as a SWR problem on 20 and 40. Anything over a 100 watts and the SWR would jump from flat to 3 or 4 to 1 and back down and back up, on and
I have a sloper for 75 Meters on a 54 foot crank-up, plays real well. The best I can get the SWR is about 1.8 to 1.9 to 1. I have 174 worked and 159 confirmed. Wonder what radials would do for it? Do
Not me with a 55 foot lever.... Bill, KB3AUG On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 20:49:00 -0500 "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj@ij.net> writes: -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towerta
Jan, I would forget about installing a new base bolt. I would take the tower base to a welding shop and have them weld a plate over the top(if the tower will not hit it) of the new T and drill a new
Phil, The N female part number is, 45AN. The UHF male is 45AU. These connectors are about 1 3/8's inch long, where the new style are about 2 1/4 inches long. Hope you find them. Hope you find them, I
Steve, I have never modeled anything. I'll tell you what has worked for me on 75 meters. Guess it doesn't make a lot of difference that I'm on the east coast because the contacts are from everywhere.
I guess I'll have to add my two cents on this. I fabricated a tram that is 7 feet wide and will attach to the top of a 25 or 45 Rohn. It has three points to hook the tram lines to and a roller for th
You will find this hard to believe, I did, so I worked him again to be sure. I worked 9X/RW3AH on 75 with a dipole that is at 20 feet off the ground from WV! I was so sure it was not real, I posted a
I just bought a IC-706 and want to run mobile with it. Is anybody on the reflector running a screwdriver antenna? I know I want a screwdriver, just don't know which one. Can anybody be of some help.
Gerald, The Bencher ZA-1A just like what was on there before. I know it's not the best , but I wanted to put it back to the way it was before I started having problems. I wanted to see if everything
Chad, When I lived in MD, I had 93 feet of Rohn 25 up with a A4S with 40 meter add on. Not a whole lot of wind load. I used 4X15 (4 inches by 15 pounds a foot). I beams as anchors. One of them was ou
Rick, I had 70 feet of Rohn 25 hinged at the bottom to fold over. I built my own hinge plate that would hinge the world(maybe). The pole I used for the hinge cable was a BIG Oak tree about 40 feet aw
Guess I must be lucky. I have 3 of them, 1 on 160, 2 on 75m. With 158 worked on 75 and 143 confirmed, I sure have been using them. Not one failure here. Bought them in 95. 73, Bill KB3AUG Riverton, W
Hello all, I have a Cushcraft A4S with the 40 meter kit. I use a Bencher balun with it. The SWR has gone bonkers on 20, 15 and 10 meters, 40 is still ok. I have a remote coax switch and the other ant
John, I bought mine from Ontario Surplus last Spring. They have 2 addresses and phone numbers listed on their card. Warehouse Office 6375 Furnace Rd 585 Ridge Rd Ontario, NY 14519 Ontario, NY 14519-9
Dale, Got a lot of responses. I feed the antenna with a Bencher Balun, not sure what kind, my guess is a voltage balun. The remote switch is a Ameritron RCS-8V. Position 5 has never been used, so I s
I'm back with good news and bad news and I don't have a clue about the bad... To everybody who said Balun or Traps give yourself a well deserved pat on the back.The other ideas were also good ones, I