I want to thank the MANY people that responded to my request for help in getting a stuck wire antenna out of a tree. Very sorry about the several day delay in my response but I was making the most ou
Thank you Ed! 73 Bob KQ2M Some pictures of the poly-wrapped bike lock and carabiners and marine pulleys. -- _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________
I'm finally making some progress towards installing my 80m 4-square and looking for some advice before I finalize the installation. Is anyone out there using the Comtek system tuned for 3.650? Does i
Hi Mike, I feel your pain. At my qth in Western CT, (in Newtown) about 12 miles from the NY border, I am in very dense forest and my property is next to ~ 160+ acres of what used to be unspoiled land
I would suggest that you buy the wire ( I would use gauge 14 solid copper PVC coated THHN, readily available and reasonably priced at Lowes, Home Depot, etc.) and put up the antenna at your qth and s
Hi Dave, I used to use stranded years ago Wireman #13 Poly, but the constant flexing (from the wind) weakens it and it broke a lot more often than solid. Solid was also a lot cheaper, more readily av
Amidon Was hands down the most cost-effective and best quality of all the Fair-rite ferrite core suppliers. The last time that I ordered cores was about 5 years ago so things may or may not have chan
Bob KQ2M Huh? Last I looked, they were selling at obscene mark-ups. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
That is simply NOT accurate. Before placing a large order for 4 different core mixes in about a dozen different sizes both ferrites and torroids as well as snap-ons in late 2012, I spent more than 10
Hi Jeff, My qth is at the top of a heavily forested hill on uneven and jagged ledge with wetlands, ravines, etc. It is a nightmare to do tower work here. I have dealt with all the issues you describe
I respectfully have to disagree with Steve on this. Stacking with a lower antenna is highly unlikely to produce a lower wave angle. So a Full-sized 3L will still be almost always superior to a 2L at
I was fortunate to be using K6STIs YO and TA programs to model my antennas over my incredibly complex terrain. I found no equal program when it came to the combination of modeling antenna stacks over
Thanks for that info Bill. I will download it and try it out! I forgot to mention AO in my previous reflector post an EXCEPTIONAL program! NW was very good as well.. Brian was decades ahead of his ti
Hi Don, I am glad that you had a good experience with MFJ. Unfortunately, most people have not. And the more times that you buy from them, the less likely that you will continue to be happy with them
Hi Don, Indeed we are all human and indeed we all make mistakes. I have no problem with that. A good employee or good human being makes mistakes because they are human and when their mistake is point
Hi Brian, Thank you for the great charts and detailed explanation! Its great to be able to see the tradeoffs so clearly and by freq. as well. I still have a DOS computer that can run your original su
Understood Brian. Thank you for explaining that to me. I am not the only one who still uses YO, AO, and TA because of the great and lasting value of those programs! Tnx & 73 Bob, KQ2M Bob, YO can onl
Since #2 AWG Solid Bare Copper seems to be the favorite choice for grounding, can someone please answer these questions: 1) For grounding purposes, does it matter if you use soft-drawn solid copper 2
Hi Jeff, Thank you for your reply and the information. I have a 100 Rohn 45 tower 70 from the shack and a Rohn 130 tower 120 feet from the shack. The two towers are also 120 from each other. I also h
Hi Jim, Thank you for youre the additional details and explanation. You just about convinced me not to run a ground between the towers. Instead I will ground everything (coaxes, control cables, etc.)