I picked up a used crankup tower several years ago and had it hauled to my home. The non-ham seller had promoted it as a US Towers HDX-472, but after getting it home, I found out it wasn't that tower
Please keep us posted with any news about AN wireless. I have a friend who was planning to order a new 70-footer from them, to replace an aging Rohn tower. I was also seriously looking at ordering on
I have a 4-element Cushcraft 2M yagi. It's an end-mounted yagi, which is clamped to a short mast on the roof, and seems to work well on 2-Meter SSB from SW Washington state up into NW Washington and
I was given some used HF yagi antennas that came with a couple of towers that I purchased locally several years ago. One of the antennas appears to be a Hy-Gain Explorer 14, and another one appears t
Thanks for the replies. I was told it is an older KLM model KT-34 tribander yagi. It definitely would need new replacement element insulators and other plastic pieces, so I think it will be relegated
Does anyone actually offer these baluns for sale as already-built units, or as a complete kit, without having to go to each individual manufacturer and order just the pieces? --Original Message-- ___
You'd probably have to use a special Wench to do the repositioning.... --Original Message-- _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk m
I installed a Rohn HDBX48 tower nearly 20 years ago. When I applied for the tower building permit, I followed the requirements outlined in the Rohn literature, since they needed to be accounted for i
I looked over on Amazon.com for the latest ARRL Antenna Book, so I can get a copy of HFTA to run the numbers for my QTH. They usually have much better prices than the ARRL site. I recently ordered th
One of our local radio clubs has built some of the compressed air/tennis ball launchers to sell at ham swap meets over the last year or so, as a club fundraiser. They've been well received - I bought
I agree. I've only gotten 291 countries with my Butternut HF6V on 40 Meters, and 241 on 80 meters with it. 5BDXCC and 5BWAZ. But no DXCC yet on 160M. Pretty pathetic! LJ --Original Message-- ________
My Weller model # D 550 says it's 240/325 Watts. I found it at a garage sale (I see a lot of them at garage/estate sales, along with spare tips.) LJ --Original Message-- _____________________________
I'm considering putting up a crank-up tower. What's the best recommended low-loss feedline for an antenna mounted on a tall crankup tower? I know that unfortunately you can't use heliax on a crankup,
Several years ago, I purchased some used tower equipment. One of the items in the purchase was a brand-new (still in the shipping packaging materials) US Towers "Raising Fixture". This is the accesso
??? Even the US Post Office requires a drivers license or other suitable photo ID to use a VISA card - at least the ones in Oregon and Washington that I ship things from. --Original Message-- _______
Chuck, I'm just getting ready to use my first T2X rotator, since I've picked up several new ones over the years at estate sales, etc. I've been using Ham II/III/IV and even HAM-M rotors all these yea
Bill - what was the HDX-589 supporting? Rotor, mast, antennas? I almost purchased one recently, but someone beat me to it as I was waiting for a call back to go look at it. Maybe I was lucky! Larry -
I just picked up a Nye Viking MB-II Antenna Tuner last weekend and am looking for a manual for it. Does anyone know of a downloadable copy? Yes, I've Googled. Thanks! LJ _____________________________
Does that mean that the tower has to go back to UST to have such things installed? Just curious, before I look at spending lots of $$$$ for a tower that might need to have the same thing done a few y
I'd be interested to know how old your HDX-589 and HDX-689 towers are, since you're both looking at doing much more than just replacing cables. Again, just looking at future expenditures in case I ge