I am exactly like you ! I love the view of my antennas at the 85' level so much I simply cannot stop looking up at them ! Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faster than sound....
As I am an astro-imager I am quite familiar with the stars and planets and routinely use them to verify the alignment of all of my HF and VHF antennas on different towers. It is very easy to get prec
I have 3 towers I raise and lower the way you describe. I keep several dozen images of these towers at the URL below. The last dozen or so images at the bottom represent a tower I installed this summ
Thanks Joe. Yes, all my towers are Universal towers ranging from 6 to 30 years old. The two 70' towers use 3 sections of the HD series sections before tapering. The posts are two 6"x6" pressure treat
Does anyone have an idea of what a professional gets paid to climb something like a 2000' tower to change a bulb or similar? Just curious. Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faste
I have 3 universal towers, two 70' and one 50'......So the story goes like this.....almost 30 years ago my friend and I were dumb enough to try to walk up the 50' tower that had a 10' aluminum mast o
Brian, I would not rule out a free standing tower esp since you need to stay under 30'. I have several self-supporting Universal towers here, each of which uses as their first 3 sections, their 30" H
It's fascinating how different people have had different experiences with towers like Universal. I have one short, light-duty tower (50') that I bought used over 30 years ago and it still looks and f
Hi Gary. I do not know anything about your exact cable but I had a similar issue with some 75 ohm 7/8" armored hard-line that I have been using for over 15 years now. Now you are going to cringe at m
Rats, 2nd URL did not paste. Here is the right one: http://w8bya.com/index.php/Misc/HAM-1/catv5 Also, for the center conductor connection I was easily able to drill into the center conductor of the h
I have done this several times with various long wires etc and what works good for me is to attach an empty (or dried up paint) can, a 1 gallon can that has the handle that loops over the top of the
I am hoping to get a better idea on how to implement my rotor loop for one of my towers. The tower is a 70' aluminum universal that I use for my VHF & UHF antenna in addition to a short rotateable di
Hi Wayne and thanks for the reply. One complication is that I have already cut the lines to length and have connectors on both ends. I would have to cut them off one end in order to slip them through
Hi Glenn, wow that's a great model you built up to test your setup. I think that's really cool. I was going to cut the corners of my top plate off to eliminate any sharp corners etc but seeing what y
As an astronomy geek and astroimager I use a number of different ways to align an assortment of VHF/UHF etc antennas. You can look up the exact azimuth bearing of the sun, or moon, or Venus etc, etc,
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Hello group. I have a number of items surplus to my needs that may come in handy for some of you. 1. Quantity 45, Scotch 3M, Type 700, Commercial/Industrial 7 mil sealing tape as found in Andrews gro
For sale are the following new & used 50 ohm loads & terminations: 1. Quantity of 4, NEW INMET Model 3070M, DC-18 GHz, 2 Watt ave pwr, low profile, Male N-connector. $18/ea. 2. Quantity of 5 in seale
I found 9 NOS, Andrew LDF12 "Sureground" grounding kits down in the dungeon that I was saving but will never use. Each OEM bag contains a roll of Scotch 3M, Type 700 Commercial/Industrial, 7 mil tape
How else are you going to have a HUGE signal ? <g>. Luckily the copper can be cut to wrap around any cable and secured with a couple hose clamps etc. Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light tr