Gedas, DXE has .120 wall aluminum tubing in the larger sizes that skips every other 1/8" OD size when telescoping. I would start with 3 feet of 2 inch X .120, then 6 foot pieces of 1.75, 1.5 and 1.25
Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to my request. The green colored "Phoenix type" pluggable terminal blocks like the ones used on Green Heron bases and other products are what I would l
Rick, I think the taper I described will sag about 5 feet over the length of about 34 feet IF you were to hold the element horizontal at the 2 inch end. There are a lot of 40m Yagi antennas that sag
Thanks, George. The ones I am going to use are 3.81mm. Same type of connector but different brand. Appreciate your response. Stan _______________________________________________ _____________________
And I like the fact that you can stack them end to end and they mate properly, so you can have a 20 terminal "socket", and you can either use a single 20 way "plug" or you can have 3 sixes and a two,
I am trying to get in contact with W3NQN. Used to have his phone number but can't find that in my current cell phone and the email address you might find on internet doesn't work. Would appreciate an
I have an extra large prop pitch that has been turning a large 40m Yagi for 13.5 years. Unfortunately the gear reduction on the extra large prop pitch is only 5830-1 instead of 9576-1 for the small o
Rick, Here is a nice video I took of the antenna about a year ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-_Rq8w7Kc Boom is 45G. Vertical Truss is 55G and side trusses are 25G. Antenna weighs something li
You should ask Jeff, but I believe that you should have it in debug mode if you want to see the pulses register long after the last rotation. _______________________________________________ _________
Yes, I have several new, extra large prop pitches. Had I thought it would not hold this particular antenna I might have tried to use the brake, but instead I removed the brake before installing on th
HIGHLY recommend you send your T-2X to W2HP for rebuild. 73...Stan, K5GO _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTa
Dave, If you send me your taper schedule and tell me how long you want the boom I will send you a good design. I've got all the tools needed including NEC-4 to do it and it will be my pleasure to hel
What I can tell you is that my 40m vertical works very well in the directions where it is over salt water - about 240 degrees through 60 degrees. In fact modeling would indicate I would need a two el
45G guyed three levels.. I would not hesitate loosening all three of the top guy wires, then take the one off and hang it straight down, climb up, fix the problem climb down and put everything back a
I highly recommend Pete, W2HP. His email address is ppkadely@aol.com. I had him rebuild a very old Tailtwister that if I had opened up prior to sending I would have thrown in trash. He replaced almos
If any of you have built a coil loaded 40m dipole and can remember approximately how much higher in frequency it resonated when moved from 10-15 feet off the ground to a half wavelength or more, plea
Mike, Call the power company and pay them to install a 35-40 foot (above ground) utility pole exactly where you want it and install a two good quality pulleys at top with good Dacron rope before they
Said to accept maximum of 2 inch OD so has to be a few thousandths over that. You couldn't even fit a 1.5 inch schedule 40 pipe through it if 1-7/8. Stan, K5GO _______________________________________
Hoping someone with experience with Yaesu rotators can help me. 1. DX Engineering website and other websites say the G-1000DXA has one hundred 7/16 diameter ball bearings. The Yaesu G-1000DXA manual
Thanks to Grant and Jon for answers to my questions. Appreciate it! 73... Stan _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list T