Hi All: I am prepping my tower for a large head load. The tower was 104 feet of which I will be using 72 feet. I will have a TH-6 at 72 feet and a 5 elem 10 meter yagi (fixed) at 50 feet. I plan to g
You should ALWAYS!! keep at least 2X your tower height away from all high voltage lines. I don't mean to pick on the "N6" but SHEESH!! I do my best to avoid all contact with the over head lines DE a
Sheesh, you light weights just don't know frost. We had water mains freezing and breaking at 12 feet two years ago here in town. And NO my ground grid isn't below 12 feet. 73 es have fun with your "
This is very so!! Can you imagine what would happen at a large installation under short circuit conditions? How about 8 foot ground rods suddenly becoming missiles!! It can and does happen. Been the
<snip> My favorite belt is the "Miller" back saver. This belt has a "gut strap" and a weight lifter's belt built right into it. If you can afford it go for the Miller!! (can you afford not to have th
Also consider that the 3 dB down points are wider on a vertically polarized yagi. From free space to over ground on my home brew 5 elem yagi on ten is about 5 dB. 10 dBi in free space to 15.9 dBi ove
Hi All: It sounds more like SAP tape too me. Self Amalgamating Property tape. But what do I know?? I am just a power lineman. 73 es have fun. Peter -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkf
As Aluminum starts to oxidize as soon as it hits the air, you must work the Penetrox (et al) into your conductor. My favorite method is to use the finest steel wool I can find and put the Penetrox o
Yes but..... If I remember right from my science classes, graphite is like carbon... The resistance increases with pressure. Too many years out of school to think any more :-( Have fun Peter VE6NAO
You have an old atlas. The magnetic north pole is just off the north end of Cameron Island. In the governor general islands of the Perry island group. Up there you don't need a big TOWER. (I knew I c
Could it be that the DRI/DIR combo works at about .25 wave lenght and the REF/DRI combo works at about .20 wave length giving you a shorter boom, and less wind load? 73 es have fun. Peter VE6NAO --
Hi All: Yes the "Core Ten" lamp pole was quite popular here in Calgary for lamp standards. They have now been replaced with galvanized poles. One of the better features of these poles was that they w
Hi Bob: Why not just put another rotator plate down 5 feet from the present one and put in another bearing. I did this to my tower and it removes all of the side stress from the rotator. A friend of
Thanks to Steve for opening this can of worms. It will be fun to see which ones wriggle where ;-) Peter VE6NAO -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contes
This probably explains why at times my 5 watt station beats out one of the local stations running 100 watts. Both stations have 3 elem tri-banders. Mine at 64 feet, and his at 48 feet. VE6NAO/QRP --
To some extent yes, but not all. Let's see now, a Heil HC-4 vs a Kenwood stock mic. Tall tower on a hill side vs a shorter tower in the trees. One of the best (if not the best) RF sites in Calgary (
Hi Tim: Sure you can, but you are running Force 12 vs my trapped tri-bander. Come out to play in the next RAC test and take my records from me ;-) Tim is one of the better QRP contesters in Calgary.
Hi From the North: The GAP DX IV is a 45 foot vertical that works well on 80. It only has 3 counterpoise wires so not an extensive ground plain to work with. Also it is gang-busters on 40. With the t
Hi All: A freind of mine has asked my opinion of the GAP Titan. As I have never used this antenna I thought I would ask the group their opinion of this antenna vs a R7. Please reply direct to me and
Propane is used instead of an ozone depleter..... but sure lights the B-B-Q up nice. -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative re