Ok, I have to admit it...I am past my prime by a decade or so. My knees don't like climbing. I just can't climb the tower like I use to so I have to ask others to help...but the "others" are getting
Can I let the coax (RG8 - Type) hang down fairly low to the bottom of the tower (say 10 feet or so). What is the pitfalls of allowing the coax to hang freely. I will be using Budwig centers which are
Since the coax is running perpendicular to the antenna, its proximity to the tower seems unlikely to be much of an electrical issue, especially if you have a good balun at the feedpoint. The other is
Hi, Lee; Great question, and I look forward to seeing the responses. I plan a similar installation. one of my thoughts, subject to the responses we see, it to support the coax on another line fastene
Lee: You ought to support the center coax in dipoles mainly to prevent the coax from tearing (bare coax wired to radiating elements) or to keep the PL-259 connector from pulling loose (your case with
I simply cannot resist. The simple solution is to replace the coax with a length of open wire line (window ladder line for anyone under 40 years old). Bring the open line off the tower at an angle an
Problem not solved!! Suppose you do not want to use a tuner??? 73, Ted K2QMF On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:51:13 -0400 bob finger <finger@goeaston.net> writes: ______________________________________________
I have 160 feet hanging from a 80 meter dipole since 1999, and I used to have 300 feet plus hanging from 160 antennas for a few years that were on my 318 ft tower. What I do is lace the cable with r
with string. That rope then holds the dipole insulator and balun as well as the feedline. That keeps the weight off the junction where the cable attaches to the dipoles, and doesn't let the joint fl
Great question, and I look forward to seeing the responses. I plan a similar installation. one of my thoughts, subject to the responses we see, it to support the coax on another line fastened at inte
I used a Carolina beam (similar to the Carolina windom, but with the ends turned down bobtail-curtain style) for a while and was very impressed with it, but to the original question... Can you use a