Hi... On my 1 acre lot, between the "front yard," the house and driveway, and two towers, I'm kinda outta room for more towers, but I do have lots of "vacant" trees near the property perimeter. Pleas
Rule #1...YMMV I had the distinct displeasure of having back-to-back law suits in two different towns, both related to towers. Circa 1981. Bought a house "on top of the hill." Restrictions on the hou
Wondering if anyone can comment on the quality (electrical and mechanical) of the current run of Hy-Gain HF monobanders produced by MFJ as compared to 30 (or so) years ago? First-hand information sou
Hi all, Do you have more time and manual dexterity than money and need a tower? Read on! I have an EZ-Way tower which is preowned and apparently was bent at the base. I figured that I could salvage p
Hi all, I have a pair of crank-up towers that are over 25 years old each. I only crank them up -down rarely...perhaps twice a year each. Some of the "overlap" points have had the galvanization knocke
In all the descriptions, we only read that the shorty 40 is at X feet. What else is on the tower and more importantly, HOW CLOSE? If there is "other stuff" on the tower, have you tried removing the o
I have a couple of crank up towers. I want to insert a 20' mast into the top section. I called US Tower since they sell 20' masts for this crank up (and other models). They replied that they only rat
Now??? What are your thoughts on brands? What about types? RG8? RG213? LMR400? BuryFlex? Something else? Thanks, de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ _________________________
All good suggestions... I once had a situation where the problem was the PL259 mating with the SO239 right on the rig! So be sure to check everything (meaning, including the PL259s in the shack). Mur
My FYI tale of vertically polarized antennas and trees. I have always lived in very heavily wooded areas and have always used horizontally polarized antennas on the top of crankup towers. They clear
Hi Eddy,I have no clue. My educational background is in Biology (ugrad) and Veterinary Medicine (doctoral). I currently (and for the past 15 years) am working in healthcare (hospital administration
Wow...I never would have believed that so much could be generated from a simple post. :-) First, I would like to remind some of the readers that in MY situation, the vertical (wire) element is very,
Hi. During hurricane Sandy, I lost some trees. The biggest one fell directly into my TX472, which had been lowered about 1/2 way. The tower bent at the base. See the last 4 slides https://picasaweb.g
Gosh...just go to the US Tower site. See http://www.ustower.com/#!__product-pages/ham-towers and click on the DOWNLOAD FAQ Here are some excerpts from their FAQ QUESTION : Why do I need a thrust bear
During Hurricane Sandy, a large tree fell perfectly into my TX472. I couldn't have done thatif I tried. At the time (I knew the hurricane was coming) I had cranked it down about 1/2 way. Windswere
1. I am not an engineer2. Here is where I thought "0.6" came fromBack in the late 60's, when I was still in HS, the "square footage" of antennas was a hot topic.There were long discussions (in perso
[snip] After the contest Sunday, I turned the Force to EU and was listening to anM0 on 20m. The Steppir elements were homed. Then I put the Steppir on 20mand watched the S meter go up 3 s units.chang
Hi... I am changing out the T-Bar base on my TX472. [You may recall, my old TX472 was bent at the base of the tower during H.Sandy. The replacement tower has arrived] I tried using my wrench to undo
Is it "OK" to use SS on an aluminum tower? HA! I say it is MANDATORY! Way back when (late '60s or early 70's) I had a Heights 84' (?) aluminum crankup tower. I don't remember why, but after a year or