Gene, I'd be tempted to look at spacing that would allow you to load the towers as directional HF verticals! Perhaps 35 or 70 feet for 20 or 40M? I think that switching the one you feed controls the
If the old one I just delivered to a friend's house is any guide I'd say *a ton*! :-) I am a reasonably fit 6' 180lb guy and could lift it alone but was glad for a second set of hands! I think that t
Can you power it when you lose 120vac? If not you may want to go for a 12vdc winch so you can operate it from a vehicle battery in an emergency. Just a thought! Living in the country and where storms
The winds are often stronger up in the clear as they are not broken by trees, houses, and in my case a large steel storage container. Also, in my case the tilted tower would be strapped to that stee
I have received an E-mail from someone offering me six 10 foot tower sections that he says are made of "stainless steel" and have an 18" face. I have responded to ask if he is certain of the material
Can anyone ID this tower from this description? -- I HAVE NOT PUT A MAGNET TO THE TOWER BUT WAS TOLD ITS GALVANIZED COATING OVER STAINLESS, ITS NON-RUSTABLE ITS A SUPER TOWER AND ITS 19 INCHES OUTSID
In the continuing mystery the seller sent me some pictures and I have posted them at the top of this page: http://bibleseven.com/swapn.html <http://bibleseven.com/swapn.html> What say the tower guru'
I acquired a 200-250' reel of #6 solid copper wire at a recent Fest. Do I need to keep it under lock and key or are the recent speculations about copper value a bit overstated? -- Thanks! & 73, doc,
Same place I keep the leaky bottle of mercury, the cracked transformer oozing PCB-laden oil, the abandoned medical waste, a bubbling vat of molten lead, a pet wolf with TB, and a dozen bats with rab
20% increase in base size, thoroughly soaked soil in hole to detect likely settling in advance of pour, firmly packed, lots of gravel. No official engineering just off the top of the head ideas. Engi
FS: 60ft CRANKUP TOWER w/Hinged Base Plate 33ft base section has approximately 20" face 30ft inside section has approx. 16" face Heavy duty base is 28" x 26" w/24" long hinge Inside section includes
Our 11yr was just licensed and I expect his 9.5yr old sister to be licensed soon. Sure would hate for them to read some of the careless and crass language. It is "guy talk" and "locker room talk" bu
Stomps up onto the soapbox ... So we are to understand that because the overall level of crassness in the world has risen -- moderate crassness is no longer available to question? Sort of like a chi
I'd go with "C" together with a large UPS. Keeps it simple -- it is what the cell companies do at their tower sites -- or so one of their key techs in this area told me ... except that they used to
There has been a freestanding tower for sale on the QTH list for a few weeks. $1,000. as I recall and includes a heavy duty rotator. Massive thing! I think it is somewhere in Texas, already mounted
I would personally not hesistate to do what you have proposed on a freestanding Rohn 45 at 50 feet. (We have our 10 acres and home for sale so tower construction is on hold.) I frequently see crank-
Can someone explain the plusses and minuses of the differential tuner design for HF? More of them are showing up and I have read the market hype but not read a good discussion of strengths and weakne
The old ATLAS Broadband Transformer MDL MT-1 purports to step up a mobile antenna to 50 Ohms from the common low mobile antenna impedance. Anyone familiar with the design and if it is efficient? Anyo
You may be better off with a 60' Rohn push-up pole. They are whippy without guys but if angled slighty away from one another may likely stand a long time with a dipole tensioned between them. I don'
Not necessarily. It is somewhat localized. The vertical will often pickup more noise than a horizontal or loop. Can you describe the area around your QTH? Not necessarily. What is in proximity to th