I am about to add a couple of antennas and the idea of burying conduit for the coax and control cables came up again. The stories of water collecting made me think of how to avoid this. What if I wer
The original poster said he was installing a HyTower which requires (if memory serves me) only a 3'X3"X3" hole. One cubic yard. One of the local concrete outfits has a one yard trailer with a pour sp
And to answer the original question - He will need 54 each 60 lb. bags for his base. (concrete calculator on Lowes.com) Clint Talmadge - W5CPT The original poster said he was installing a HyTower whi
Another place to find a backhoe operator who can dig precise, square holes is your local cemetery. Those guys work in confined spaces and are used to getting the sides of the holes straight. You can
Look at this: http://www.thewireman.com/prodpix5.html second row from the top. Clint Talmadge - W5CPT A previous post suggested a spark plug on each terminal the ladder line connected to. So the resi
I need some help identifying a tower. A local ham got a good deal on a crankup and I offered to help with the installation. Today at lunch I asked him what it was and he was not sure. I asked that he
When I saw your original message I forwarded it to AB4IQ, who has had a TH11 for years and recently lost it in a storm. He just received his new one and is assembling it at this time. Below is his re
Roger (and all), R&L makes an adapter plate to bolt a Yaesu TB to a Rohn accessory shelf (or the flat top section). Much easier than re-drilling the top as I did. Clint Talmadge - W5CPT A while back
Here is the link to the adapter from Jetstream (R&L's house brand): http://www.rlham.com/cgi-bin/shop/modellookup.dbw?MODEL=JTBP1 Clint Talmadge - W5CPT ______________________________________________
You said " I don't believe the inverter is the problem." - I am going to bet it is. Many inverters are square wave output and will cause havoc with anything that is motor driven. The output is not re
It is an old Rohn BX tower - still made today and part are available - if not overloaded it is not a bad tower - pain the foot to climb Unless it is free or VERY cheap I think the $ is better spent e
I have decided to replace my makeshift 40/80M vertical with a store bought model and have narrowed the choices to two: The Butternut HF2V and the Cushcraft MA8040V. Facts & Figures: HF2V MA8040V Adva
It seems that the Yahoo Group truncated my table - I 'll try again I have decided to replace my makeshift 40/80M vertical with a store bought model and have narrowed the choices to two: The Butternut
1) The prices came from R & L 2) Higher is better for Low Bands and more weight means more (heavier gauge) aluminum. Clint Talmadge - W5CPT Two questions - 1) Where did you get those prices? They are
The adding of top loading to the HF2 is out because I do not want guys. If I could put up with guys I would have gone for the MFJ-1793 - top loading and 20 meters - but it MUST be guyed. I am not tha
Infinitely so. Properly prepared the Phillystran will be there when you are gone. No stretch, no rot, impervious to bird droppings, and the list goes on. Give the guys at Texas Towers a call and they
But those of us who follow the threads still learn from the diverse opinions shared here. I've learned quite a bit from the tail-ends of some threads that escaped me in the 50 some odd years I have s
Lowe's HIW carries empty metal cans with metal lids in gallon and quart size. However, if you are going to leave them outside they will need a good coat of paint as they will rust very quickly. Clint
I am phasing two verticals together for 30M and using the Trifilar wound toroidal transformer found in Joe Carr's "Practical Antenna Handbook" to do so. A friend, (more knowledgeable than I,) calcula
Bill - KR8L - came up with the answers, as well as the original calculations for the windings. "Well ... I can't imagine that solid or stranded would make a difference in this application, but that's