I got such good answers on my question about plugs/sockets for control lines, I'll press my luck and try one more question. I'm reinstalling my US Tower HDX-589 near Chicago. The tower is 48' from th
Thoroughly read the Polyphaser and ICE technical articles for your answers. The lighting arrestors go right at your SPG which is just at the entrance of the cables into the QTH. To this SPG you conne
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:25:43 -0500
What I did here was to tie the pig tails at the top of the tower (which also form the rotator loops) to the cables coming down the tower using N connectors and a double female connector. Those conne
the coax cables and control lines at the base of the tower or should I have the well-known single-point ground on the outside wall of the house. It seems better to me to have it at the base of the to