YES, WE ARE! I am replacing my cables at 12 year intervals, just as the rust begins to show. Tower now is 17 years old. HG-52SS. On its 2nd set of cables. Bill, N3RR www.erols.com/n3rr at the know wi
I never nest my tower, except for antenna or other maintenance. Bill, N3RR www.erols.com/n3rr the DID! completely or at least partially nests the tower when not actively
Follow the undulating ground and keep the wires as close to the same height above the ground over the Beverage length. Take a look at my Website for some interesting Beverage ideas. Please always cap
Ed, You have some sort of problem there. I have two 205CAs, two 155CAs, and two 105CAs. Some of these started life as BAs, but all were installed here as CAs using the dimensions in the HyGain XXX CA
I adjust all my antennas for CW, including my two stack of 40-2CDs, and have never noticed this. I'd say they must have adjusted the antenna incorrectly, of fed it incorrectly. Bill, N3RR acting the
Pete, If I understand your question correctly, there is no limitation of 3dB gain in stacking vs non-stacking. This is because high angle radiation and other radiation that was previously *not* inclu
Dave, You didn't model it then. You should model your complete installation, including interaction with other antennas. (One anecdote) I do, and it prevented me from putting a 10M beam above a 15M be
They will not work properly, Clive. I've tried them. They don't produce the S/N that carbon resistors do. We've discussed this over the years, locally. Carbon composite is the best. Carbon film is al
I use 470 Ohms on all of my Beverages. See: www.erols.com/n3rr Bill, N3RR a what been got ________________________________________________________________________ Where do you get ICE bandpass filter
Ron, I have 2 each of those three antennas, spread over two towers, at heights from 50 ft to 141 ft. See: www.erols.com/n3rr I live in an area where the wind is funneled down into a trough and blows
It's not made by PolyPhaser. It's Jet Lube SS-30. Take a look at my website: www.erols.com/n3rr, specifically the grounding section. Also, check out the vendor's page too: http://users.erols.com/n3rr
Let me be more specific, since there seems to be confusion with another vendor. SS-30 is made by Jet Lube. http://www.jetlube.com/ It's the copper equivalent of NoAlox. I use it on my copper strap/gr
Dan, GOOD QUESTION! I reinforced my 105CA per W6QHS+ design. In his book, Dave Leeson (now W6NL) recommends replacement of the original 0.4375 O.D. x 0.035 in thick element tips with 0.4375 O.D. x 0.
TTs: In 1985, I negotiated exemption from the CC&Rs on a new, yet to be built, house in a local subdivision. I had a fully executed purchase agreement that included an exemption from the CC&Rs. Those
Anyone buying a house needs to include as riders (addenda) on the purchase contract that allow them time to research (or to have researched on their behalf) to determine if the property is subject to
Go to my website and check out the "Cabling" link. The answer depends on how much dB power loss you can stand in the feedline and the "Tables" link on the "Cabling" page will tell you. Bill Hider, N3
As we have all heard me (and others) say before, the only thing made of aluminum that you should put in the air is an antenna. Masts, towers, bolts, nuts, lock washers "in the air" need to be steel.
Dave, "...as good as it possibly can..." is in the eyes of the beholder. To where do you wish to communicate? (place on the earth, or elsewhere) When do wish to communicate? (Time of day, season, sun
Happens all the time in contests. But that isn't the point. Contesters need/want an infinite number of antennas from which to choose for every condition that may occur. It's a matter of expense and h