I use 100's of home made RG213 jumpers, all soldered not crimped, no failures.... and not a right angle connector in the bunch. ANY right angle is yet another connector to go wrong... and MANY are ma
Joel at RF Connections is one of the good guys, for sure. Sorry that they didn't make it to Dayton this year... I've restocked my connector supply from him every year since 1999... Hope all is OK wit
any/all of the diodes in the sensing leg would be my first suspect... they are the first line that gets attacked if the lightning comes down the feedline. ____________________________________________
The S meter extension available on many, maybe all of the ~1000 KIWI remote receivers around the world would give you a faster and better answer. I use it all the time to evaluate similar antenna lev
I'd use fibreglass sucker rod. Very strong and very cheap - likely free if you know someone... _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTal
There are lots of small excavators that will fit thru that space and also powered dirt wagons to haul the spoils out to the front for disposal. Should be no problems at all... _______________________
Tree removal companies use cranes to lift trees out of back yards all the time.... a tower is just a steel tree.. Sometimes it works... not always: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7MS9grFUfk _______