Recently I tried running about 600 - 700 watts to my old reliable Cushcraft R7 vertical. Everything went fine on 20m, but when I went to 40m the SWR became erratic, then jump to a very high level and
For Sale: A new, never used M2 RC2800PP Prop Pitch Controller for sale. The tower I was going to use it for never went up. Paid over $500 for the controller several years ago. Asking $400 or best off
I am pouring two tower bases on Tuesday. I am looking for some general info on the concreted needed for the bases. The towers are older, US Tower - MA770 and a Tristao - CZ 471. Both engineering deta
Is is OK to direct bury Andrew's 7/8" and/or CATV 75 ohm hardline? I do have gophers in the area and don't know first, if hardline can be direct buried, and second, if the gophers will chew on the ou
Thanks to all for your replies. My CATV does have a black vinyl jacket like the Andrews hardline. I will bury my hardline and not worry about the gophers... Ray, N6VR BTW, my RG8, RG213 and control l
I have 3 ground rods driven in line from the four corners of my new 70ft concrete tower base, a total of 12 ground rods. My intention is to bring each #4 wire connected to the ground rod string up fr
I received the 25G version. Ray, N6VR --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Marshall Stewart Sent: Monday, November 23, 20
Guys, I have been trying to telephone ICE on and off over the past month but no one answers the phone. Prior to that I had placed orders and received them in several weeks. I still have an order outs
Tnx for the replies. At least ICE is not out of business. And I guess its just plain luck if you get them to answer the fone. Will have to keep trying. Both numbers, 800 423-2666 and 317 545-5412 do
I use "flag" type zip lock ties, as I call them. They have about a 3/8" x 3/4" "flag" to write on using a permanent fine tipped black marker. There is generally enough room to print the antenna name
I just did a search for "zip ties" on the web site below, they did not come up. If you do a search on their part number: 1610700, they do show up. The current catalog has them on page 71. Ray, N6VR I
Dennis, If you don't get the info you need from Skip let me know. I probably have an old Triex catalogue that describes the HZN-354. On some of these towers, there was a place that you could unbolt o
One thought, and I'm sure you probably have checked this: you are not hitting the threads on the rotator itself with the unthreaded body/shaft of the bolt? I think the T2X has bolts with at least a 1
I have an 8 ft roof tower that I am debating where and how to install. My concern is lighting protection and the way I would like to run the coax. This roof tower will hold a 3 el 6m yagi, small yagi
I have an 8 ft roof tower that I am debating where and how to install. My concern is lighting protection and the way I would like to run the coax. This roof tower will hold a 3 el 6m yagi, small yagi
To all, I am helping a friend install 50 ft of Rohn 25G tower. We are guying it twice using what I call 'nicropress' clamps around the guy wire insulators and thimbles. In the past, I have always use
Not sure if this is the proper reflector to ask about slopers. But here goes. I have a 70ft tower with a single 80m sloper on it. I move the end if it around to point in the direction I want to work
If you are looking for the pins for the 9 pin connector used by CATS (only 8 pins are used) you can get them from www.mouser.com. The are called 'AMP CPC Connectors', pn 66602-2 is for the larger wir
I've had an old Tristao 71 ft tower up for more that 30 years and have always stopped/parked it at its upper limit. There are also limit switches that stop it if I try to go further. Because of winds
First time this has happen to me. Yesterday evening we had snow and ice on everything, including my dacron guy lines for my 60 ft top loaded 160m vertical. When I transmitted on the vertical, my SWR