Now aint that something! Critical tower is about 15 miles from me. Ive a HDBX-48 laying out back and have been wondering how to extend it to 64' by adding to the base.I need the height to clear trees
I have a 5 section Heights I pulled out of the town dump about 20 years ago thinking I might make a 80M vertical out of it.. Every section was split from ice. So much for a stupid design! Now that al
Telrex stacks belong on only 2 types of towers; an old windmill and a Big Bertha. Anything less than that is sacrilege. Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ _____________________
Im a certified welder so that wasnt the issue. I simply decided that ground mounted verticals were not the way to go if I wanted to crack pileups. Carl KM1H __________________________________________
In that case you have my blessing (; Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://l
I DONT want to do it on the top end CArl _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.c
Since getting my Novice in 1955 I had many years of rig and antenna poverty to hone my skills. I dont need to be reminded that those skills are as important today as then. In later years I grew bigge
Thanks, Ive already got the info now that I needed for Japan and a distributor in the US. Carl KM1H Hi Carl I am not 100% sure they can help but really worth to try the following in HK, ask for John
The PV4 is on a 20' boom and if tuned for around 28.5 will have a 2:1 VSWR BW of 28.0 to 28.8. Ive used in contests up to 29.7 and as long as the amp loaded I didnt care. I use an all metal T match o
And if you prefer elevated radials old tower sections that would not pass muster as a tower and aluminum sections split by ice make excellent supports. There are several ways to fabricate insulators
Im considering going to a 4sq for 80M and possibly 160 and wonder how the DX Engr compares to Comtek and others? Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ ____________________________
Thanks Tim and others. I may have a chance to pick up a DX Eng of Oregon used for less than half of a new Comtek. That would be less than my time spent on building one. Speaking of building, is there
Telrex used a 1/2 wave balun of RG-11 for their antennas. Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@co
I need the following in any combination: BPL45G Short flat top adaptor or 45AG4 top section HBUTVRO Heavy duty house bracket, 2 needed AS455G Accessory shelf (rotator shelf) 45G Regular section, anyt
I had VSWR developed flashover when using RG6 at 1200W. The 80M dipole was cut for CW and it just didnt like operating up at 3.9. I used CATV quad shield with F connectors and the arcing wasnt at tha
It all depends upon what you are going to put on it. I installed 50' of 25G with 2 heavy duty home made TVRO style brackets for a customer in 1984. This was on one of your cookie cutter colonial styl
A Google pulls up several urls on how to install. Since connectors have had some changes over the years the first step would be to identify exactly what you have. Disassembly is straightforeward as t
Im wondering what the going rate is for this large size cable? It was removed from a fully operational tower that was replaced by a taller one. I have lengths from roughly 250 to 600', mostly with co
Back in 67 I got married and bought my first house. I installed a 90' tower with a TH6 on top. It was adequate but I kept getting beat by a friend 3 miles away with homebrew 3 el monobanders at the s
I grew up a few miles from their original location in NY. Lots of locals used them including big gun DXers. I had a 3 el 15 on an eves mount, maybe 25' ABG, on my parents cape in Valley Stream; this