Bill, I have been using a three stack of SteppIR's for one year in configuration close to what you plan on planning. Mine are stacked at 33, 66 and 100 feet on a 100 foot R55 rotating tower. The top
Hi Howard, Thanks for the replay. Does the Comtek switch work better than the Stackmatch? What I see here is the lower and mid antennas have flat SWR when running standalone but when I put them into
I have several in the truck and depending on the work pick the appropriate one: The good one is used for most lifting jobs. The cheap ones ($9.95 Harbor Freight specials) are used when I have to leav
Jim, I have copies of a few pages from the Basset Handbook of Rotary Beam Design for 1939. The Bassett folks had a series of commercial products like a 4 element 20 meter antenna with a rotor for $12
The Bassett literature calls it a antenna and never mentions the word yagi. Looks like 4 elements equally spaced along the "ladder-boom". The five pages that I have were copied from the original Bass
Hi All, I have a Force 12 EF180S rotatable dipole for 80 meters. The 1 3/4" dipole element is insulated from the mast plate using gray PVC tubing. A matching box allows coils to be placed in series w
My capstan winch is made by MY-TE. It runs off 12 volts and works great. A friend has the AC powered version. Its reversible and comes with a foot-switch. The 12-volt version is great for taking sect
That's a pure winch. For tower work, a better solution is a capstan winch. Using a capstan winch, you wrap three or four turns of rope around the capstan. The operator applies 5 pounds force and can
It might be tough to use that as a capstan wench. A capstan wench uses 2 to 4 turns of rope. The capstan has a machined in a surface that allows the rope to constantly slip so its in the center of th
Bob, One option is to get a can of Cold Galvanizing spray paint. I use the Rustoleum brand that's sold at Home Depot. If the surface rust is too extensive, you may want to have the tower sections hot
Dennis, I use the Magnecraft W389CX-7 DPDT relays as recommended by W8JI in a previous tower talk post at: http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/2001-06/msg00579.html A picture of a assembled relay
I have had great success using a dual tram (trolley) for the last 18 years and I rarely go back to a single tram. The advantages is the antenna is totally captivated in one plane and you need minimal
Folks, If you have purchased a antenna from Force 12 before the change in ownership, please take note. I just put up two Force12 6BA's for some local folks and there were a number of issues: Mis-dril
Hi Mark, That is very good customer service and really beyond the call since you gained no profit on the sale of the antennas. We look forward to working with the NEW Force 12. 73 Terry AB5K ________