Texas Towers - Clint - W5CPT Looking for a source to purchase big grip guy attachment preforms and 1/2" thimbles in small quantities PLP part # BG 2146 & BG 2147. In talking to a couple of utility su
Be very suspicious of "FREE" Rohn 25G. Very often it is 20G and it is not the same though it looks to be at first glance. Free towers can be the most expensive thing you own, if you have to take it o
Robert, If you are looking to have the balun built got to: http://www.balundesigns.com/servlet/StoreFront He can build anything you want reasonably. I have no pecuniary interest in the company, just
In my area, (West Kentucky) there is a concrete company that has a One Yard Trailer. You buy the concrete in a covered dump trailer, tow it to your site and dump your concrete. Rinse it out and retur
Texas Towers Clint - W5CPT Where oh where can I buy aluminum tubing to rebuild my telrex 6m624's? I have 3 bent /broke elements and apparently bin laden has all such tubing with him because no one kn
On tower maintenance for the military we used a layer of "Self Vulcanizing Tape" which had the liner, and over that a layer of good vinyl tape. I continue to do that today and have never had a failur
Rick brings up a good point. Years ago I was given a Hornet 3L Tribander because it was "dead". It would not show a decent SWR 10, 15 or 20M. I opened the traps, the only common failure point I could
In the Antenna Compendium Volume 3 is an antenna the writer calls a TL DX antenna. It is a T topped vertical over a 2 wire counterpoise. I was wondering if anyone has ever modeled this antenna. In th
Thanks to Terry, N6RY, for the answer and the plots. Now that I have them I am going to build a version. I have figured a way to build it with just one support by using PVC pipe to form the T section
What K9YC said. Years ago when the front of the receiver was a wide as a barn door this was true, but with today's modern solid state receivers I don't believe it is any longer the case. I have a Ten
Texas Towers Clint - W5CPT Looking for ~200' total of 3/16" EHS, local preferred but will consider all offers. Also looking for tower hardware suppliers for guy material- wire, big grips, etc. Tnx, J
Thanks for the great resource. I love the last PDF on the list. It is an addendum for tower bases that says if the tabs on the base do not line up with the tabs on the tower "use a large hammer to re
I would use a 1/4" shackle (which has a 5/16" pin) to attach what ever you were going to use to get the tower upright. A 1/4" shackle has a working load of 1000 lbs, which should be more than enough
When receivers had front ends as wide as barn doors the broad banded characteristics of the LP were a consideration. Today with modern receivers it is much less to worry about. If you are getting Bro
If you go to the very bottom of this message you will find a link. At the bottom of the page that the link sends you to, you will find an "Unsubscribe" option. Clint - W5CPT Can you please remove me
I don't know about the LPDA bothering the 40M antenna but LPDAs do not like anything mounted close to them. I would be more concerned about the Beam skewing the LPDAs pattern & SWR curves. Clint - W5
I would check to see if you have any dimmers in the circuit that eliminates the noise. Many are noisy from the start and some go noisy as they age. BTDT. You can google "low noise dimmers" and find a
Dan, You probably bought those at TT as I sold a bunch of them when I worked for Gerald. I would assume he still has them. I will disagree with the "easier to use" part though. I learned to install N
I know someone will point out that this is anecdotal evidence (it is), but I can show you a HDBX 48 that for years held up a HyGain TH11DX. The first time I saw it was the mid 90s. The HG came down i
Why worry about little things like that when you have a key chain ring holding up the tower! They may not be "key chain rings". When I worked @ Lowe's we sold solid steel rings (welded together) that