Speaking of loose screws....This was a problem even on the newer XM240 that the screws were loose as shipped brand new. Something to check before the antenna goes up in the air. Alternatively you cou
I have a 40-2CD that has been up well over 15 years at my folks house, which I need to take down, that was never strengthened and has survived all of those winters and wind. I am pretty sure I crushe
I do not believe an L will provide 50 ohms at the base. I believe it is closer to 22 ohms. Everyone I know has some type of matching. This could be an unun or caps. You really need to have radials fo
The M2 6m7JHV is 7 ele on a 30ft boom. Their 9 ele is on a 49 ft boom. He will need to optimize for the 3 inch boom and element mounting in his element length calculations. The M2 use T matching. How
The NQN filters are much better. They do not have nearly the loss of the Ice filters and are much beefier! You get what you pay for. I have a couple of ICE 419's and they work ok. I still have issues
If you like big antennas then go for the MonstIR. That will give you 2 ele on 40 and 30 and 40 ele on 20-6. Or The 4 ele steppIR with a 40 above it. I have this setup in Colorado and Montana and I lo
In Montana if you make it past 3 years you will probably stay. It is funny to watch who stays and goes. We have a "Summer" home there. _______________________________________________ ________________
Just a heads up. I was having some problems with my 4sq receiving array and found that the coax was pulling back from the connectors so that there was no contact being made. These were on high qualit
I can't recall if I used their tools but it is the same compression connectors and compression tool. These are the same tools and connectors that the satellite companies use when they install a dish
I am planning on stacking another 4 ele SteppIR on my tower. I currently have a 4 ele SteppIR at 70ft. I do not live on flat ground. Running HFTA it became clear that the top antenna was too high on
Great! I have a TIC ring on the way and already have the Green Heron controller. TIC is offering them as an option now. I already own two other Green Heron controllers and they are excellent. _______
Or go with a 2 ele SteppIR. You can get it with a rotatable 40/30 option that will still work ok at that height plus give you 20-6 including 17,12. There is probably a fairly long lead time. Hi John
M2 makes a nice loop for 6m too. I run my beacon off it. Works great! Look at the SQ-50 on KU4AB.com. Awesome loop, easy to mount and really works. I have one and a modified CC 5L (on 18 foot boom) a
Tell that to SteppIR and Elecraft. You will wait months for many of their products as the demand is far greater than their ability at this time to supply. Do you really expect a small firm to have on
This is amateur radio with a limited marketplace. Not Xerox. What is interesting is that those companies are also providing some of the best leading edge products in the hobby. Yes the world if fille
FYI, The controller will work with most any rotor on the market today. I own three of them and while a bit pricey they are very nice controllers. I have a 2 month old Green Heron controller for a M2
I would try to put up some wire beams especially toward Europe or bi directional arrays. You can probably sneak vertical elements and have some pretty decent low band antennas especially if you can p
Bill I have one still in the box that I plan to mount on my freestanding tower. Carl was great to work with. They ship using UPS and UPS managed to destroy the packaging and showed up at the door wit
It has been a while since I climbed a tower with a ring. The first time was not fun. It took a bit to figure out the best way to navigate over it. --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contest
The only thing I recall was that the balun that CC was using was rated pretty high. I don't recall much talk of replacing the stock unit and I own two of them. I would think that a good quality balun