For those familiar with the AB-621 military launcher mast units. Lets say there was an interest in using this on a field day event, where there is a concern that the ground is too soft to safely esta
We (W1HP) put up a "two-el" inverted-V. Only takes two fiberglass poles for the centers and no guys -- the wire acts as the side guys and the poles are strong enough to not need guys in the fore/aft
For those familiar with the AB-621 military launcher mast units. Lets say there was an interest in using this on a field day event, where there is a concern that the ground is too soft to safely esta
Author: David Gallatin via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:25:54 +0000 (UTC)
It would appear he is in Vermont and maybe intends the same thing, just with a yagi. I'm going to say this is not a good idea. You're going to have about 50-55 lbs at the top of a 50 foot long momen
On 1/22/16 12:25 PM, David Gallatin via TowerTalk wrote: It would appear he is in Vermont and maybe intends the same thing, just with a yagi. I'm going to say this is not a good idea. You're going to
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 01:28:11 +0000 (UTC)
Since the early 1990s, I've used a 40' homebrew tiltup/rotatable mast, made with 1-1/4" Schedule 40 pipe. It supports a 3-el tri-band yagi. It is guyed at 20' and 35'. The top guys serve double duty
I my town they are doing some road construction around the main intersection. They have some temporary telephone poles in place and use large concrete blocks with a loop on the top to guy the telepho
In 1996, at CY0AA, Sable Island, we were fortunate enough to be loaned the BattleCreek Special. IIRC, all the guys were 4' chunks of rebar and/or L channel steel we pounded into the SAND (100% sand,
Hi Mike, Kind of getting off the original topic but years ago, on a trip to FP, the beach there consisted of smooth rocks approximately 2" in diameter. What we did was to dig a hole about a 12-18 inc
Those are probably the same sort of 5000+ lb chunks we have at JPL. It's probably a quasi standard thing. They're probably the right size to stack on a flat bed truck trailer, etc. And inexpensive to