If I were in the market, I would buy the C31XR. I have a Cushcraft X9 -- not a bad antenna, but probably not as good as the C31XR. Tom Wagner - N1MM Check out the N1MM Free Contest Logger at: http://
Or here for $0.00: http://www.hy-gain.com/manuals.php Tom Wagner - N1MM Check out the N1MM Free Contest Logger at: http://www.n1mm.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/N1MMLogger/ This link has manual f
I have always heard that you SHOULD stretch electrical tape for all but the last turn or two. I use Scotch Tartan which I get for 50 cents a roll. I change things around enough that I don't want to p
Bill -- The only reason I can think of to have the coax inside the tower is for lightning reasons. If this is your rationale, then I would bring it outside the tower at the rotor shelf, tape it to th
http://www.elexp.com/sdr_sp40.htm Don't know if these have the tips you want. I have an SP80 with a 3/8 inch tip. It works very well with PL-259's. I don't need to tin the braid to get nice, smooth s
This is a job for a PE, but I expect any PE would stamp 44' guys in an instant. All short guys do is increase the downward force on the tower (and of course in the guy and anchor). Obviously a guy 1'
You misunderstood the PE. The guys cannot be at the same tension, because they are different lengths. Here is why. If the HORIZONTAL tension at a guy point is not the same with all the guys, the guy
You use 1,000,000,001 Harvard graduates. One to attach the shunt to the tower, and 1 billion to make the world revolve around him. ;-) Tom - N1MM Does anyone on the reflector have experience shunt fe
Go to google.com and type: 16.375 inches in cm 73, Tom - N1MM _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesti
My point was that google can convert units that you may or may not be familiar with. You can convert US gallons to cubic centimeters with a single multiplication if you can find the conversion factor
The horizontal force components of a stationary tower guy point where the three guys intersect is always zero. If they were not, the tower would be moving. F=ma. Why must the vertical components be e
When I replaced my 100 amp service entrance with 200 amp in the late 80's, I wired the downlead on the side of the house to current code. That was 0000 aluminum. I called the power company to schedul
Just ordered 10. Fedex ground shipping to CT was $8.99. They charged sales tax for CT. Total: $60.93 73, Tom - N1MM On 7/8/2014 4:04 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 7/8/2014 12:58 PM, James Chaggaris wrote:
Put something like this over it: http://www.amazon.com/Fernco-P1056-42-4-Inch-2-Inch-Coupling/dp/B000BPDGUU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1433853542&sr=8-4&keywords=2+4+inch+coupling 73, Tom - N1MM On 6/9/2