Crank up with tilt over would do it. Up the tower is no place for someone with a bad heart. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk m
That is why they made electric motors. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.con
I am aware of the issues with this antenna on 80/160. I was curious if adding a wire T to the top would improve the performance on these two bands. I am unclear what the length of the T would be or w
Anyone have a good source for these types of poles. I am looking for poles that can be used on dxpeditions/contest expeditions so they need to collapse pretty small. S9/LDG sells the S9 with a 43 lig
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The hot sticks are made for the power companies for dealing with power lines. The prices are high because of the insurance they are carrying on them in case something terrible should go wrong. The po
Does my coax now have Mercury in it too? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.c
I don't know if anyone of the dealers actually stocked product. You might try Array Solutions. There are other options that have been discussed in this same thread that will do the same thing as the
I spoke to one manufacturer of these and they are working on a version with 3 or 4 top guys that are a combination of wire and "rope" to effectively create top loading. They are not sure just how muc
I have two of them and they work fine. There are not many options if you want a switch without control wires. W0MU _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
Sounds expensive. I missed the 1st part of this thread. Was the tower plumb to start with and now the tower is leaning? If so it sounds like there is a soil issue which would need to be determined an
This might also be called a Fan dipole. Can you run 160 and 80 on the same feedline with decent swr? I have tried to model this and have not been very successful. W0MU _______________________________
In theory then you should be able to get a decent swr for both bands. I don't really care about the bandwidth too much as they will be used for CW in a contest. The goal is to have a good match and a
Thanks for all the replies so far. I would expect that the 160m ends would tie off at different locations thus keeping a decent separation of the wires and ends. I plan on having an autotuner so I th
I have no problem trying antennas when I have time. This antenna is for a Contest/DX pedition to J6 where we don't have a lot of time to wrong much....... I thought all along that the antenna should
When did price equate to efficiency? There have been many antennas that are very expensive that just don't work very well. _______________________________________________ ____________________________
A vertical with whatever radials you can put out would probably be best. If you have room you might consider some type of receive antenna like the K9AY loops. What kind of operating do you do? DXing,
DX Eng might have some other 80/40 options too. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://