I've owned a TS-790A since it came out. On 2m it runs with a 13 el Cushcraft at 90ft and on 70 cm it with a 13 el K1FO at 90 ft, fed with 7/8 inch hardline. Both bands perform about the same. I can g
You might try moving the beacon to a lower frequency. K1GHZ (NH microwave club) put a beacon and then a repeater on 1290.1 on Mt. Uncanoonic in Manchester NH and Haystack didn't have a problem...but
I worked for about an hour and rounded up 5 contacts...all pretty good DX from FN42...begging the question, "Where was the activity from FN42?" 2 - FN20 2 - FN31 1 - FM19 And all directly on a SSE pa
Absolutely right. Omni for vhf antennas usually means circular in the horizontal plane, with minimum radiation above and below the horizon. The more elements get stacked vertically, thre more the bea
Dave... Definitely stack them vertically. If you go horizontal, the beam width gets too narrow and you miss stations. The H frame consists of one (or two) horizontal member(s) with two vertical membe
I made some different choices on my 90 Ft Rohn 25 tower Most important, bought a house on a hill overlooking a vally in my primary direction (SSW) Tied off the top guy 10 ft below the top of the towe
You need a rotor loop to make enable the mast to turn without resistance. It's difficult to make a loop with stiff coax and it ends up too big. So the tower feedline changes over to something flexibl
Good Idea. I 've got a 13 ft Hero, horizon to horizon aluminum mesh dish, formerly used for TVRO. Comes with motor drive, controller, etc. I'll help you take it down and load it in your truck or trai
Roger... A neighbor (David, wb1cmg) went through this. He had 180 ft of Rohn 45 and the cell company wanted to get on it. They uprated the guy anchors, installed new larger guys, built a road and bui
"SMR B" band Basestations occupy 935-940 Tx and 896 to 901 Rx. Nextel has begun expanding into that band for increased capacity. jeff, wa1hco Tim Duffy K3LR wrote: 900 and 1800 MHz are not used in th
Sorry George...but a reading of the complete thread shows that a significant number of responders didn't buy the "captive rover" idea and didn't even agree on its definition. That link proves nothing
The looong note below debunks the "captive rover" talking point and starts to make the case for rules changes that advance the hobby. We need to ask, "What are the right rules to encourage the kind o
The W2SZ (FN32) contest group would like to schedule as many WSJT contacts as possible during the September VHF contest, late Saturday night through early Sunday morning local time, about 0400Z to 12