Does anyone know if this is some kind of new hazer or perhaps a new method for tramming an antenna up a tower? http://community.webshots.com/photo/78172306/78173250tZwLOA 73 de Terry KK6T
If anyone has this issue I sure would like to buy a copy of this article!!! 73 de Terry KK6T To: <towertalk@contesting.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
A search of Google took me to hapco.com. They have a pretty good chart of allowable loads for their poles. Certainly a good place to start. 73 de Terry KK6T
I work for a building materials firm. We cut 1/8" & 1/4" plexiglass every day. A carbide circular saw blade and slow feed is all you need. I would think that an abrasive blade would heat up and melt
Now this looks like a great business opportunity for some enterprising guy. Couldn't something be rigged up to intermittently pump a little current through the antenna and give the birds a little sho
Another concern to me would be my homeowner's insurance coverage. I can't imagine that the insurance company would feel obligated to pay on a claim for a tower that fell if that tower installation di
EA4TX sells a board, ARS - Antenna Rotator System which will control many of the rotors in use including HyGain & Yaesu. Check out his website at http://www.ea4tx.com No connection with the product o
There was a set of DOS programs around several years back called HamCalc which included a program to do that calculation. I'm sure they must still be available on the net. 73 de Terry KK6T
I have been considering one also for 160M but it occurred to me that it would be up at night and police and other helicopters fly over my house pretty low. Anyone know the FAA restrictions on this ty
I thought an island was surrounded by water? 73 de Terry KK6T List Sponsor: Champion Radio Products - We'll be at the Dayton Hamvention with all of our safety equipment and other products. Stop by bo
I wish someone would ban QSB here....it really gets in the way of working the DX <g> Sorry, couldn't resist. 73 de Terry KK6T -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: tower
Don't make it so difficult folks. Go to you local building materials yard and buy some 3" dobie blocks with wires. These are 3" square blocks with tie wires inbedded in them made for just your requir
While we're on the subject of verticals......I currently use a Butternut HF6V for 80m with a relay to allow me to operate both on CW at the bottom of the band and 75m SSB. Has anyone experimented wit
Great tower presentation at the So. Cal DX Club meeting Skip!! 73 de Terry KK6T Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines!! -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.
Has everyone seen Titanex's Selective Receiving Antennas for Lowband DX. Check out their webpage: http://qth.com/titanex How about some opinions... 73 de Terry KK6T -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesti
See what us Left Coast folks have to put up with.......it's a wonder we can work any DX at all <g> Seriously, I can't remember static as bad as this, even on the high bands. Guess maybe that's someth
I have a hard time understanding the logic behind a "guyed crank up tower". Isn't that kind of like "government organization"? It seems like that configuration would be nothing but trouble. The winch
bomb Hey Steve......it looks like you're changing your sermon here. What happened to Scotch 33/Coaxseal/Scotch 33? Is this the new improved method? 73 de Terry KK6T The early bird gets the worm, but
You also need to take into consideration the abrasiveness of the soil. If you have a lot of "trench" to cut, you run the risk of enlarging the slot in the bar to the point of being dangerous. 73 de T