I've never understood typical ham practice of a hanging loop. What Chuck describes is mechanically much superior. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, no
Two or three turns laying on the top plate works where one has a top plate, the turns are supported so they can't shift and catch on a "corner" of the plate, and there is no snow or ice to freeze the
That may work if the top plate is large enough. I am not sure what happens if the coax slips off the edge or how it would work with side mounted antennas (the majority of mine are side mounted) or wi
For me the "best" alternative is a slack vertical coax from a point on the boom about 18" out from the mast to a point on the tower top. The boom needs to be 2' or more above the tower top. Then the
Between the ice and wind at some qths like mine, laying cable in loops on a top plate is just begging to have it catch on a corner or be frozen in place and tear. It is usually a bad idea for anyone
This is Matt who asked the questions. Thanks for all the responses. The tower has a 6"x6" plate on top. One of the questions was grounding the feedline at the top of the tower and then at the side of
At a minimum, bond at the top of the tower, near the bottom of the tower at a point above where the vertical cable run makes a bend to transition to a horizontal run en route to the building, and ag
Author: Tom_N2SR via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 17:39:27 +0000 (UTC)
My two Prosistel rings are just above each set of guys. Because of that, I cannot let the coax hang below the antenna or use any sort of swing arm below the antenna/ring. Instead what I did was t
The standard recommendations are to bond the feedline to the tower at the top, at the bottom (always take the feedline to the very bottom of the tower) and to the power line ground where the feedline