All, I watched this video and thought that the amateur radio community was poorly represented by not only the TV station but also by the ham in question. The attitude I got from him at the end was a
All. I have a question for the "experts". I am working out the initial plans for setting up a rotating rohn 45 tower in the backyard and I would like to tune it for 160m. I have a pond that is very c
I wrapped my tower with chicken wire a couple of times and used steel wire to hold it there. Never had a problem with it in a city environment. To access the tower I also used a step ladder... Nat So
Tom, I have one and it works just fine. They have enough forethought to give you that piece of foam to glue on the top, but they didn't think about the break in the window that is between the upper a
Hi All on TT, I have a TH3Mk3 hygain tribander that is dangerously close to the scrap heap, and a thought occurred, has anyone ever converted one of these to the WARC bands? I suspect that 10 MHZ may
This is probably cheaper than mechanically rotating a rhombic! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contest
Antennas in trees work like a bomb since there is no metallic interaction - the antennas are electrically floating in space! Do you ever ground them or depend upon the sap to do the dirty work? _____
One thought I just had, are insulators in this normally in a t-storm wet and simply spark gaps? Would they not flashover in a direct strike? If so, it would seem that whether they are insulated or no
Maybe it is just me but given the cost of the Rohn 45 and Phillystran, why not have the same model beams on the tower? There was an article in the recent NCJ that talked about stacking odd or differe
Is there something else other than phillystran out there that has the same electrical properties but with less cost? Nat Lee Somersworth, NH _______________________________________________ __________
Thanks for the heads up on a plan B. I was looking for guy wire that I did not have to order by the mile and it appears that I can order the amount I need and not huge spools with whatnot left over.
Hi All, I have a manual here with no antenna. If anyone would like it, please email direct. 73 Nat Lee Somersworth, NH _______________________________________________ ____________________________
A rohn work platform perhaps? For a mast, it would only need a u-bolt. Nat Lee Somersworth, NH A pair of red-shouldered hawks have constructed and are sitting a nest in a pine tree in the front yard
Hi All, The ARRL used to publish a spoof article for the April edition of QST in years past. Given Dave's comment here about editing for grammar and context it could be fun to create a spoof article
Why not hinge up the first couple/3 sections by muscle alone and then drop the next sections down from above and roll from there. Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ _
Hi All, I am hoping for some help here with the DC rotor box from M2. The rotor and box were installed brand new along with the rest of the installation and worked fine at calibration on the dining r
Hi Terry and all, The box was indeed pouring out smoke while idling. No activity by me inspired this action. The fuse was being protected by the electronics within. The rotor, cable and box worked pe
Hey All. An update is warranted. I received a call from the rep at M2 this morning, CA time, and he said that he would have the fellow who installed the tower etc come and replace both the rotor and
Hi All. Today the rotor and control box were both swapped out and everything is behaving as expected. The were no defects in wiring inside the little box at the rotor. So something internal must have
Here is the rational: That ground wire is used as a drain, and unlike in RF cables, it is good practice to only tie one end of a drain to ground to prevent the possibility of a ground loop. Nat Lee S