- 1. [TowerTalk] Hustler 5BTV Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:47:32 -0600
- I've been working with a 5BTV antenna for about two weeks now. I've got good SWR readings on 10m, 15m and 80m. Higher but usable readings on 20m. However, I can't get anything under 2.0:1 on 40m. The
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00440.html (7,752 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Hustler 5BTV Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:58:59 -0600
- No, it's a 5BTV (10-80). The 6BTV has 30m as well. I did get it at DX Engineering and have been working with them via email, no progress so far. Thought I give this list a try. I did look at the VFCC
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00446.html (10,917 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Hustler 5BTV Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:54:59 -0600
- I can certainly add 10 feet to the coax, but, as I should have mentioned up front, the SWR measurements were taken using an MFJ analyzer connected to the antenna with about 6 feet of coax. Kelley - W
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00454.html (10,418 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Rohn TB-3 (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:05:27 -0500
- Folks, I just picked up a TB-3 for the top of my HDBX tower. The bolts included with the TB-3 have a smaller stamped kind of nut included with the bolt and full size nut. Anyone know what that smalle
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-08/msg00112.html (7,061 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX Advice (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:00:39 -0500
- I just put up a Rohn 48' HDBX tower. Before I start putting up antennas, I want to add some more grounds to the tower. The current bolts that hold the tower to the base are not long enough to add ano
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-08/msg00439.html (7,678 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Question Follow-up and a new question (score: 1)
- Author: Kshaddrick <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:52:30 -0500
- Regarding my search for a 9/16" x 3" fully threaded bolt, I have tried all of the hardware stores, Menards, Home Depot, and the farm/fleet stores in my area, no one carries such an item. I've had som
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-08/msg00477.html (7,304 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Yaesu G-800DXA Rotor (score: 1)
- Author: "Kelley Shaddrick" <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:29:10 -0500
- I'm getting ready to put up antennas and such this coming Tuesday. I plugged in the control head to my G-800DXA rotor and turned it on. Nothing happened. No dial light, nothing. There is no cable att
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-10/msg00018.html (6,900 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Dentron AT-1K (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:40:04 -0600
- Does anyone know what size the variable capacitors are in the Dentron AT-1K antenna tuner? Thanks, Kelley - W0RK _______________________________________________ ______________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-11/msg00076.html (6,380 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Shunt Fed Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:55:37 -0600
- I'm having some tuning issues with my shunt fed tower. The current configuration is a 48' Rohn HDBX tower with a Cushcraft A3S beam (with the A743 40m add-on kit), a Cushcraft A502S 6m beam, and a 2m
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-11/msg00077.html (8,097 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TowerTalk] Shunt Fed Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:50:53 -0600
- Thanks for all the replies both on the list and privately. Today, being a beautiful day here in Minnesota, 60 and sunny, I took the afternoon off and ran 8 more radials. It didn't really impact the S
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-11/msg00105.html (10,356 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] 160m Shunt Feed (score: 1)
- Author: "Kelley" <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:57:22 -0600
- Multitudes of web pages show, well, multitudes of setups for shunt feeding a tower. Many appear to use a couple of variable capacitors in order to adjust for lowest SWR. Having a limited junk box, wh
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00232.html (6,549 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Another Ground Radial Question (score: 1)
- Author: Kshaddrick <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:32:43 -0500
- Somewhere in the distant past I read that the radials of one antenna cannot overlap those of another. Is this really true? There are some folks who indicate that if the radials are insulated it shoul
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-05/msg00385.html (7,245 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Antenna Supports (score: 1)
- Author: Kshaddrick <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:43:35 -0500
- One of my summer antenna projects is to put up two 40m dipoles in an inverted V arrangement perpendicular to each other. I'd like the apex of the V to be a half wave length above the ground, so a lit
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-06/msg00128.html (7,510 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] 160m Shunt Fed Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:47:42 -0500
- I have a 48 foot free standing tower. At the top is a Cushcraft A3S 3-element tri-bander with the 40m add-on kit. About 5 feet above that is a 3-element 6m beam. About 2 feet above that is a 2m/440 v
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00105.html (8,191 bytes)
- 15. Re: [TowerTalk] 160m Shunt Fed Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:49:25 -0500
- Thanks for all the replies, both on the list and off. Lots of thoughts on what to try to get this antenna to play for the upcoming contest season. Big thank you to those who sent pictures. Will provi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00141.html (9,814 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX 49' Tower (score: 1)
- Author: "Kelley Shaddrick" <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:01:35 -0600
- There have been lots of postings in the Rohn HDBX tower asking about concrete requirements, windloads, and so on. I'm wondering, Does anyone have any idea how large a person can climd one of these to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00283.html (7,805 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] HDBX Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:48:08 -0500
- Hi all, I currently have a Rohn HDBX 48' tower. While the tower has a pretty good wind load rating, 18 sq ft at 3' above the tower, Rohn limits the boom length to 10'. I would like to put up a 2 elem
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00221.html (7,471 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Tower Climbing Crew (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:53:12 -0500
- Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone in the central Minnesota area is having any tower work done this year by one of the tower companies? I'd like to have some work done on the tower (I don't climb myself
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00222.html (6,934 bytes)
- 19. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 111, Issue 30 (score: 1)
- Author: Kelley <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:49:41 -0500
- As I mentioned in my post, the antennas listed are what I would LIKE to put up. They are not up on the 48' HDBX as I know it won't support it. No warning required. The tower currently has an Cushcraf
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00228.html (8,994 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Kelley Shaddrick" <kshaddrick@jetup.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:28:04 -0500
- I have a 48' Rohn HDBX tower. There is a Cushcraft A3S Tribander with the 40m add-on on the top. I was thinking of putting a 80m flat top dipole up using the tower as one support. The attach point wo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-09/msg00340.html (7,389 bytes)
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