I have 16sq ft on a new T2X. The entire thing (tower, beams, etc. ) have only been up since November so I can't give any long term reports. But, it has already seen 40 to 50mph winds that lasted for
Free-standing if possible...I'd like a few ideas. I'm no expert. I've only done two tower projects, but here's what I noticed... I put up 80 feet of 25G a couple of months ago. I rented an excavator
I experienced the same thing with Nello 25N (their 25G equivalent). After the 3rd or 4th section I learned it was much easier to fit it together on the ground first. Once we started doing that it wen
I wrote yesterday about the 25N that I had some trouble fitting together. I bought mine from Array Solutions. In all fairness, I should have mentioned that I did talk to Jay about it and he seemed e
Hi Peter. something that will hopefully vault me onto the Honor roll in reasonable time and boost my country count on 80 considerably. When it comes to either, what you need most is time. Big antenna
clinch the deal. Indeed. It seems all of the big signals you hear on 17m these days are SteppIRs. Many people try to load up their tribanders on 17 but it just won't give the gain the SteppIR will.
as you really have to know some one around here for $100 per hour and that may be from the time they leave the construction yard until they get back, not just at the site. I'd guess for around here,
Pat, I am no expert, so please don't try this at home. But, I'll pass along what the sign/crane company told me last fall... I had already assembled 70' of my 80' 25G tower with the help of a friend.
humidity leads to a more laissez faire attitude about doing "non-standard" things. Could be. I'm in the south-western part of Virginia. I was really surprised what the sign company was willing to do
degrees from South America to JA land? Looks more like 90 degrees to me. The difference is 184 degrees. Tom, NI1N _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "
Anything mechanical will break sometime, and if it moves it will break quicker. I considered that. At the same time, the only negative comments I have ever heard about the SteppIR are from those who
2 active elements on 15 & 20 meters, with 3 elements on 10-m. So I don't see where the SteppIR has "half the elements" nor is comparable "apples to apples" with a C3E. The comparison is further off
Brett, You hit on the one downside I've found with my 4-element SteppIR. An interlaced yagi with multiple feedlines would allow SO2R operation from that same yagi. But, even that only gets you so far
Tom, I've never operated from MI so I'm not familiar with the propogation there. But, from here in southwest Virginia, my best shot to southeast Asia is often on the long path, particularly around De
Hi Bob. I didn't mean to say that anyone here could stand a chance against the west coasters doing a run of JAs in a contest. In a contest, I'm happy to get one JA station on each of the low bands fo
Warren, The 40m signals from Asia to NA in the morning hours are short path. In the morning, the long path from NA to Asia is mostly all daylight; not too good for propogating 40m signals! But, the s
I've been using the OB2-40 since last fall, mounted at 92'. So far I've been very happy with it. Tom, NI1N element 40 meter beams. _______________________________________________ See: http://www.msco
I'm certainly not a professional tower installer, but I believe the tension depends on the guy wire used not the height of the tower. 10% of the breaking strength is what I've seen recommended, or ab
Bob: the Tic rotators are no longer listed on Jay's site. I don't know when he removed them or if it was just an oversight, but I noticed yesterday they were no longer there. Tom, NI1N ______________
Jerry - I'd really recommend option #4, the 10ft mast. I have a 4 element SteppIR at 82 feet. It is 10 feet below an OptiBeam OB2-40. While I haven't done any fancy testing, it seems to work very wel