Bill, You have every right to feel this way. But I find this sentiment, expressed in almost the same breath as your complete openness to the question of beam height vs. propagation objectives to be a
Even with cable that is suitable for direct burial, I like to provide some kind of protection for inadvertent digging. When you're burying stuff, its easy to forget exactly where it is. Conduit gives
As a purely logical matter, we must accept the fact that any increase in ERP produces a detectable difference in signal strength. Small increases in gain may require more perceptive instruments than
The straight stacking Heights tower that we had up in Michigan in the 1970's was seemingly designed for water entry. The tower joints are 180 degrees different from Rohn tower, so that the upper sect
While running the cables inside a tower is somewhat handy since the tower acts as a Farraday shield for lightning protection, IMO it's a real pain in the butt to put them inside and takes longer than
I want to try titanium for a pin bolt, but can't find any suppliers locally. Does anyone know of a domestic source for a very small quantity of 1/2 inch bolts? Thanks. - Pat N9RV ____________________
I've been using 24 foot, half inch wall, 2.5 inch OD aluminum masts on all of my towers for quite a few years, with no failures or real problems. During the recent ice storm, however, a couple of the
This topic comes up all the time, and it is a very good one. My experience may not be relevant for some of you, but since it is a little different than what has been posted so far, I thought I would
I'm getting ready to trench in a cable line to a new tower, and before I do, I'd like to mark where the existing cables are buried, particularly near the shack where they all come together. Any ideas
About six weeks ago I posted a question about how one might go about finding buried cables. Since I was trenching in a line for a new tower, I wanted to mark the cables I already had buried, especial
Some of you may have heard that I am re-locating to W7. My station is for sale, and with the price of real estate quite low in Indiana, you may be able to swing it - either as a home for yourself or
I need to move a lot of tower and antennas (many 24 foot pieces ) 2000 miles west. I have some limited experience doing this with much smaller amounts of material. I looked into a lot of options, but