I was out messing with "snowbound" beverage wires this morning and came up with a couple ideas. The wires were already rolled out, under the snow, but I was able to pull them up out of the snow, for
An alternative to screw-in anchors is earth anchors that aren't screwed in. Most people probably aren't aware that W3LPL, for instance, has no concrete in any anchors, with multiple 200' towers and o
I'm working on an 80M vertical, fullsize, with two elevated radials. The feedpoint is about 8' above the ground and the radials slope down slightly to 5' at the tie-offs. I cut each of the wires for
Any ideas on a good or the best way to get the "chad" out of the Greenlee punch after punching a hole? I'm making a single point ground incoming coax bulkhead out of a sheet of copper. By the way, I
It's been less than 24 hours but I already have good suggestions on both my questions. Here's a summary, some of which went just to me and not to the reflector. 1. I realized myself I could ease the
A friend of mine is into monitoring railroad traffic too. He lived right next to a pretty busy line and could listen to them and watch them go by too. Listening to airplane and airport traffic is int
Over the years I have felt the TH6 is one of the biggest bargains in ham radio, with fully functional used ones going for $100-$150. Especially with the price of new tribanders going sky high lately!
Penatrox is one brand name for a variety of similar products. Home Depot sells something called Oxgard, as I recall. Aluminox is another name to look for. These home improvement stores all seem to ca
Yeah, I climbed without a belt -- didn't have one -- throughout my teenage years, always with an arm crooked through the tower once I got to where I was working. I often still keep an arm crooked thr
A few weeks ago someone asked where they could find published info on the origin of the quad. I finally found my copy, "All About Cubical Quad Antennas" by William I. Orr, W6SAI, in its 5th printing
I was single band 15 some years back, had a nice run going to Europe Saturday morning using 8/8 Telrex yagis (45' booms, 128/64'). The noise started building 'til I couldn't copy the weak ones, which
'Course, the 2-element quad is a 2-element beam but it's hardly unobtrusive! I think any three-element tribander of the traditional variety (e.g. TH-3, A-3, TA-33, etc.) should work as just a two ele
Hi, folks. I've read all the posts on this topic and have a few things to add. 1. A buddy of mine, WY3A (then WA3GZM) hung his TH-3 using three wires (guy cable) from trees back in about '68, in Rock
Having thought about it, if you hang the rotator right side up with the yagi underneath, the indicator should be normal and correct. If you did hang the rotator upside down, though, I think the indic
I haven't read all the posts on this but did read N3RR's which included the original inquiry. I am by no means an expert but often do like you're doing and ask around when I have something that needs
Trusting my recollection, this is called, or I have heard it called, "Try= lon 1238." The 16" face type is called "Trylon 1678" and is what is used= at W3LPL for the 160M four-square, at least the pa
I think used Rohn or other commercial equipment shelters are sometimes av= ailable used and perhaps inexpensively from your local tower installer co= mpanies -- they are on all these tower sites all
When this subject has come up before I've commented that contrary to being hazards, towers are useful "structure" in the bird's world, just like old tires, ships, etc. intentionally dropped into fish
Yes, this is very common, particularly was common a generation ago. Telrex sold "telephone pole mounts" at $175 apiece. I actually bought three which are still around here, all rusty, etc. They're ma
Any opinions or actual experience on the performance of an 80M four-square in trees? Last year I hung a single 80M vertical, 1/4 wavelength, elevated feedpoint, from a 90' (estimated) white oak tree