I have always loved poles since the days of operating from my DX Elmer's station (W0AIW/W0AR) which had a 90 ft pole with a 4L 20M quad. Big stuff for the 1950s and 1960s. But here is an issue that r
Most important thing about climbing a wooden pole is to make sure it is stepped on both sides of the pole in the rotator area as well as the antenna area. Nothing worse than NOT having equal steps on
Interesting topic. A few years ago, I tried to obtain a 120' phone pole new, and all the guys I talked to said it had been years since they had seen one even close to that size. I have four of the 12
Art-- Not many places stock/sell 1/8 inch aluminum rod. It is too fragile for typical warehouse handling and there is not much call. But you can find aluminum filler rod (TIG welding) in 1/8 fairly e
At 10:44 AM 5/23/2004, WD4K wrote: I have 110' of Rohn 55 sitting on a pier pin. It is a nice install. As Steve said, it takes only a few minutes to drill out the hole for the pin. I see no need to e
I'll just comment about the choice of paint color. I think BLACK, even low-gloss black is not the best choice. Much better to do a mid-gray color in my experience--assuming a sky background. If you a
After a quick look at the paper and the associated .gif drawing that gave the tubing sizes, I couldn't help wondering about the structural soundness of the intersection between the elements and the l
I have never used a winch to pull 6L 20M and 8L 15M Yagis to the tops of 199 ft towers. I use my tractor/front loader or my old F-250 4x4 as the remote anchor point and I use 3/16" 1x7 or 1/4" 1x7 g
I haven't followed the thread but I have found that meters stick for two reasons. Magnetic dust gets into the movement or the needle or face is distorted and drags across the movement. I have found a
At 10:21 AM 6/7/2004, Keith Dutson wrote: What kind of rope should be used to haul antennas up the tower using a tramline? For a 150 foot tower how long should it be? Any recommendation on a supplier
Plasti-Dip is the name and Lowes handles it--both in the liquid and a spray version. I prefer the black for UV reasons. And usually buy it by the gallon from plastic specialty suppliers. Lowes only s
I did a presentation at Dayton a number of years ago showing a way to put down radials without all of the hassle of cutting and soldering a lot of individual radials. To the best of my knowledge ther
At 09:14 AM 6/23/2004, Keith Dutson wrote: This thread is getting quite long in the tooth. However, it caused me to wake up and realize I will be making a mistake to put up cat5 for the relay boxes o
The soil would dictate the correct solution. But if duckbills would work in the soil there then they would be lightweight, temporary solution. http://www.earthanchor.com/duckapp3.html --John W0UN At
At 03:20 PM 6/28/2004, RICHARD BOYD wrote: screw-in anchors work well for us at Field Day. Even "pound in" stakes for just 24 hours of operating. 73 - Rich, KE3Q Guess the first issue to address is w
At 04:40 AM 6/29/2004, corneliuspaul@gmx.net wrote: At 20:51 28.06.2004, Jim Lux wrote: I wouldn't use the s-meter. I'd use a receiver with the AGC disabled and look at the audio output with a PC. Th
I was looking TurboCAD in some detail after suggesting it might meet the needs of a friend. In the process I looked at their Symbol CD with 10 million symbols and naturally wandered to the antenna sy
Go to this site for a list and for some very good review information. http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/12 --John At 09:06 AM 8/19/2004, joe sloss wrote: Than ks to all who responded to my inquiry
At 07:33 AM 8/23/2004, you wrote: Wow.... after reading all this about the cost of pumpers and backhoes etc... i have determined i need to move.... when i had the hole for my tower base dug which too
"WN2AYN worked the first Novice DXCC ever using a ground mounted Gotham vertical and a single six foot ground rod". This is what I remember. KN4RID, now known as W4ZV. --John W0UN (for photo see http