randl.com has 'em: 3 or 4" dia.rings with holes and slots on the perimeter. I'm up the tower today or real soon now to hang experimental 60M and 30M half-wave wires on an existing balun-fed 80M half-
Dave, For the price, HULA HOOPS work very well! Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.co
Hula hoops? Did you mean something else? Iirc, they're 3'-4' in diameter. These randl.com things are 3"-4" dia. and $0.35@, btw. 73 Dave W8FGX _______________________________________________ ________
Dave, Yes ... hula hoops ... the antenna would be very wide band with that spread. Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk m
Now I see ;o) Btw, randl.com calls these things " JTCAGE ", $0.35@. Usual diclaimers. 73 Dave W8FGX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tow
Maybe Don and Dave could carry this conversation on between themselves and not wear out the rest of the groups delete key. Obviously this topic has run its course. 73 W5IF --Original Message-- From:
Run it's course? I don't think so. Did we get a new moderator on TowerTalk? I was just looking at those spreaders and wondering if anyone had used them. How thick and rugged are they? Are they plasti
Howard Maybe YOU are bored with the subject of Cage Dipoles, but there are some of us that are still interested. After all, this list is dedicated to towers, AND what they support. I think that inclu
Bob The dimensions I finally found were 3-7/16 OD and 2-7/16 ID, with 12 holes, half of which were accessible by L-shaped slots. I think this is small. If I am going to the trouble of making one, I w
I don't recall any previous posts on a multiband parasitic dipoles. I am interested in hearing how this works so please post your results on the list. John KK9A Maybe Don and Dave could carry this co
K0RC: Someone said 3" or 4". I was expecting something larger like 6" to 12". That's what you usually see when fabricated from X braces. Yes it did: http://www.rlham.com/cgi-bin/shop/modellookup.dbw?
I've made loops of smaller sizes from 1/2" PVC tubing used by TV cable companies to underground cable. The stuff works fine and one can join the ends using a short piece of dowel and silicon glue or