I have a new QTH. I'd like to put up 20 or 30 feet of heavy duty TV mast or Rohn 25 in a temporary configuration until I get through the year of zoning related issues for the big towers. The location
Anyone out there have a wireless ISP operating from your tower? If so, any interference to your equipment from the ISP or from the ISP to your equipment? 900 MHz, 2.4 or 5.8 GHz? Do you run legal lim
I am installing a tower on serious sloping terrain. Beyond trigonometry, is there a general rule of thumb or a software calculator available to determine guy anchor locations and guy wire length. I d
Anyone out there have pictures or know of a nice website with pictures of a guy anchor foundation prior to the concrete pour? Bob W1RH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!
I need to buy some rope to use with a Rohn 25/45 gin pole. Any recommendations? Bob W1RH ____________________________________________________________________________________Get the Yahoo! toolbar and
We had these installed to supplement the original guy anchors for the WBZ-AM tower site in Boston, which dates back to the late '30s. Because the site is in an environmentally sensitive salt marsh, i
Just built the cages for my Rohn 45 guy anchors. First time for me. Quite a learning process. These cages are only 2.5/2.5/1.5 and I could not make it work by bending the re-bar. Cut each piece. Addi
Anyone know if Force12 has antenna assembly manuals buried somewhere on their website? I have a brand new C19XR and may have misplaced the assembly instructions when moving from 1 land to 6 land. Bob
I have my 45G in the air but no beam installed yet. BPL45G top plate. Two questions regarding the beam install: 1 - I am installing guy wires off of the top plate. The HF beam (tribander) will be abo
I found this post, below, in the archives and thanks to the author for researching an alternative source for these connectors. Has anyone ordered one of these and does it work? Bob W1RH Warning... th
I already answered this via a private email, but for the record, I have had a 275 watt Matchbox since I was a teenager. Bought it used. I have been running an honest 1.5 KW into it for at least 20 ye
There is some interesting talk right now about 26 MHz....digital broadcasting. www.26mhz.us http://www.wirelessweek.com/FCC-Free-Wireless-Broadband.aspx http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/t
John, I have had terrific luck with loops over dipoles. Although there is some gain involved with the loop, depending on orientation, the big difference is noise and the loop wins big-time. They are
John, I have had terrific luck with loops over dipoles. Although there is some gain involved with the loop, depending on orientation, the big difference is noise and the loop wins big-time. They are
Felipe, I feed mine (80M vertical delta loop) with 450 ohm ladder line and a Johnson Matchbox. I use a 250 watt (rated for plate modulated AM) Matchbox and run 1.5 KW into it. Been using it like this