Re: Bi-Annual Subscription Request Contesting.com & eHam.net Users I have been hosting the Contesting.com and eHam.net web sites and mailing lists on my network since 1996. In the beginning, my compa
I'm wondering if someone could send me or point me to information that they used to present their case for a planning board, board of commissioners, etc. My landlord has suggested that thud power (th
Need help from anyone who has: 1) Used AO with multiple ground zones (specifically sloping foreground) 2) Compared the resulting antenna's F/B peak to the model. Question for anyone who answers yes t
Hi Jim, Ya, you can even do an interactive FAQ. So, someone (list manager, member) posts an FAQ question and answer. People come by to read it. They see something wrong or want to explain it better,
So my feedback on this post is this... Probably most people on this reflector think it is FB. They are still subscribed. There are MANY people who have vanished from this list who are very knowlegabl
Been kind of out of ham radio working on the eHam.net site. This past couple of weeks I got the bug again and bought a HF6V vertical to put behind my house. We have two streams that come together bac
I'de like to thank Mike, N5KB, for doing the list admin chores for the past many months. Please welcome Glenn, AB5RQ, as the new list manager. You can reach Glenn at owner-towertalk@contesting.com. I
Hey guys. I'de like to introduce you to a project we have been working on for the past couple of months. When you get time, please check out www.eham.net . -- Amateur Radio finally has its community
Note this was forwarded by me to towertalk for Pete (N8ATR)... Hi Guys, I don't think anyone should worry about the change in Hygain ownership for the moment. MFJ hired Art Hambleton (K1ART) from Cus
In 1998 I added significantly to my 10M antenna choices. Currently I have the following choices... 1) 5/5 (105CA) at 50' over 25' rotating 2) 7el on 34' boom at 120' 3) 7el on 34' boom at 37' 4) 8/8
I'de like to invite you all to check out some changes to the RadioSwap application at www.contesting.com. You can buy, sell, trade, and place WTB items there for free. I've also added the ability for
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I added the ability to upload a picture with your postings to RadioSwap. Currently it will take .jpg images. I'll look in to supporting other formats,
The K4VX was based on computer models only. I do not think he ever made any actual measurements to back up the models. Lew forgot more about RF than I will know, but my gut tells me there is interac
Looking for an electric wench to use for lifting antennas and tower. When XXTowers was down, Matt had a really neat one that bolted to a leg of a tower. Any ideas? 73 Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P) http
Yes, she kicked and screamed a little when we first bolter her to the tower, but eventually she learned to enjoy it. :) 73 Bill Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P) http://www.contesting.com -- FAQ on WWW: h
The winch that XXTowers was using had a cyclindrical shaft that was fatter on the ends than it was in the middle. Matt wrapped 3 turns of the rope around the shaft and with very little pull on the ro
XXTowers, Inc has a web page up now. Go to http://www.xxtowers.com Matt Strelow (KC1XX) is the owner of the company. They do commercial as well as ham work. They have worked on some very large antenn
Here's how it was done... Raise antenna to just below set of guys. Boom is directly under one of the guy attachment points. Next, he took a HIGH QUALITY come-a-long and attached it under the boom to