Having once been the Hub warehouse manager for Comcast, I was happy to give stuff away, mainly because there was no way to sell it, even to scrap dealers. So, I would find the name and phone number o
The 3 element Steppir is sure hard to beat, a 1:1 SWR on all bands 40 thru 6 meters, with the 30/40 kit installed. I had a A3 Cushraft for 20 years and had a few problems with the traps, but it worke
HERE HERE, I second that Jim. Mike K6BR BS! YOU implied that, not me. I stated that many hams don't have big money to spend on ham radio and must settle for far less than a beam on a tower -- like wi
http://www.thecompassstore.com/decvar.html# Try the above link to work out your Declination, there is a link on the site to a calculator. I doubt you would be as much as 30 degrees off true north, I
Ted, It might be worth adding that your example will be the opposite for folks on the east coast with a minus declination. If the instructions are followed in the link below, it will be possible to k
It is a US Government Site, how could possibly be wrong:) mike How do you know that you were wrong and the site was right? Perhaps verifying it with a third sie - then you will be really confused....
Another good reason to use zip code calculator furnished by the government, see my previous posts. I cannot understand why people come up with so many complicated ways of doing something so simple. M
Turn off the Comcast Spam filter and use a Spam filter on your favorite email program. Mike Sorry about this guys. I'm not sure who needs to address this... probably someone at contesting.com. It's h
Very good, I am eagerly awaiting 13:10:59 PST to see if my compass is correct. Mike http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/sunrise.html At solar noon the shadow on the ground caused by your towe
I remember that Comcast does have Spam filtering at their server by default, and you have to login the your account online to remove or check to see it is not making false errors. Mike JC, You didn't
I was told to wait 4 weeks, seemed to be a bit OT, but I did it anyway and glad I did, it is still good 15 years later. By the way you have to wet it down regularly, that I was told is really importa
I would say one week is not enough, remember the compression/tension from a tower in wind is a lot more stressful than foundations. I think you are guessing, the people who poured my concrete said th
As Larry say's that is what US tower recommend, and we all know we should follow the manufactures recommendations. Mike At the KCPL power plant where the concrete stacks are 750 feet tall - they said
Alan, I would do exactly as you suggested and spec for the square footage plus a bit because that makes good sense and that's what I did. I always felt that there is more torque on the rotator in hig
Luckily I still have my old Kango 950 Rotary hammer (30 years old) and bits from the UK, it just melts grounds rods into the ground. Melts your arms as well:) A wonderful tool if they are still in bu
I'm looking to get a new antenna and would appreciate some comments on comparing the 3-element SteppIR and the 8-element Cushcraft log periodic. The performance in terms of gain, F/B, bandwidth, SWR,
This sounds like you need some advice from Ted K6XN:) Unfortunately in my experience when you do try to intervene, they then tell you to leave it to them, either way you lose. Mike Perhaps some of yo
I have questions about the best way to get cables (coax, AC, and control) from the shack to the tower. Here are the things I have read or observed and am trying to take into account. Please correct m
It takes the weight of whatever is resting on it; in my case it takes the weight of the tower and antenna. A thrust bearing is also used in a manual transmission to separate the clutch plates. I thou
I would agree, I always used it in the UK for 15 years with no problem and it does not get much wetter than the UK. You just have to take the time to make good waterproof connections and check it eve