Hi Bob, Do you use the regular Hy-Gain Boom-to-Mast Clamp for your Hy-Gain antennas? 73, Rich, N6KT Two suggestions.... For the rope, I suggest braided polypropylene it is easy to pull apart the brai
A buddy of mine in South America has an older model of this tribander, but is not sure whether it is the DX or DXX. Are there any differences between the two models? 73, Rich, N6KT __________________
Hello, I just signed up to TowerTalk a couple of weeks ago, and already have received good answers to two of my questions. Thanks very much to all! New question: For a new installation of AB-105 towe
All, My recent experience dis-assembling AB-105 was the same as Steve's below. I just finished taking apart 10 sections of oldest-edition AB-105, which included about 300 Bolt/Lockwasher/Nut combinat
Asking for some assistance with a tower issue... I'm involved with some folks in building a station in PJ4. One of the first tower bases was accidently set in concrete in a position that it is rotate
It's been a while (maybe 10 years) since I have purchased coax. I have purchased RG-213, LM-400, and RG-8x in the past. For a new station build, I am interested in acquiring some RG-8 (generic size)
Thanks to all for your good suggestions. We ended up cutting off the AB-105 tower base at ground level and aligning it by bolting to the old tower stub (below ground). Will get going on forms for po
Recently, I did some research into silver plating here at work. I found that there are two basic types of silver plating: Matte Finish: This is almost 100% silver plating. The plating is very conduct
I am looking to purchase a 500 foot roll of rotor cable, 8 conductor, with 2 conductors of #14 and 6 conductors of #16. The installation will be on the island of Bonaire, PJ4. What might be a recomme
I'm involved in planning a station on PJ4, in which some yagis will be large enough that a boom truss support will be needed. I would like to find a clamp made of aluminum for connection to the alumi
I hope both links come thru this time. -- Forwarded Message -- From: Richard Smith <n6kt1@sbcglobal.net> To: Towertalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 5:55 PM Su
Many thanks to all who responded to this request for ideas. For the first couple of yagis, I'm going with the DX Engineering Boom Brackets. Other suggestions were also very good and I will keep them
I am part of a team that is building a station that will incorporate stacked yagis on 20 thru 10 meters. We plan to put all of the RF switching at the base of the towers, for ease of troubleshooting
Thanks for the feedback. There is a lot of great experience on this reflector. Wayne, What is the benefit of making the feedlines odd multiples of a quarter wavelength long? I have heard this elsewh
Thanks to all who responded, some on the reflector and some direct. I was mixing up impedance matching with phasing. I was thinking about 1 trip around the Smith Chart repeating the impedance, but wa
Hi Jim, Thanks for your suggestions. Regarding the ceramic vac relays, do you use Jennings, Kilovac, or another manufacturer's relays? Are the HV DPDT mechanical relays open-frame relays? Is there a
"Goop" = Penetrox, Noalox, Jet-Lube SS-30, or other A while back, there was a good discussion on this reflector of which goop is recommended for telescoping aluminum tubing connections in antennas. M
Thanks to all for your suggestions and good explanations. I appreciate the time and effort you took to reply. 73, Rich, N6KT From: Stan K2STN <k2stn@frontier.com> To: towertalk@contesting.com Sent: T
Hi Bob, What would you say that the S-Meter differences would be, on the average, between the top, second, and third yagis? I'm guessing that they are not always consistent, depending on a particula
Bob and John, Have either of you had a cubical quad at your station, so that you could switch between a yagi and a quad, and observe whether the quad had lower noise? From what I have read, it seems