Jim I too have experienced my Wi-Fi receiver shutting down because of RECEIVED RFI. I have my Wi-Fi dish mounted on the same tower as my ham antennas. The Wi-Fi dish and receiver and connected via CA
Marlon Check here: http://www.audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf Page 13 lists a bunch. Good luck! I know that I'll need it myself ;) (Thanks, Jim!) Chuck KØTVD ________________________________
All this talk about Gotham antennas and such has me thinking back to those days of yore..... when we were teenagers and would try anything to make some contacts! I started out at 11 years old and my
Greetings Towertalkians! A friend of mine is looking for a small beam-type antenna that covers 20M thru 6M. I mentioned the SteppIR to him but it carries too large of a price tag & I'd really like to
Does anyone have any experience with this antenna by Super Antennas??? I have a good friend that is thinking of purchasing one for his base station. I can't seem to get the home-page www.superantenna
Must have been a glitch as I am now able to open the web-site. Thanks for all who sent .PDF files. Chuck KØTVD _______________________________________________ ________________________________________
Greetings! Not sure how many of you have used the wonderful Beam Heading Site provided by NJDXA at http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=4526 but many of us use it daily. Lately it has been
This is a common problem with the HyGain/CDE rotors that have the wedge brake. If this happens, try this: If the rotor is stuck at the end of the CCW rotation, jumper terminals 4 & 6 together, then r
Unfortunately, Burghardt's are no longer in business :( Chuck KØTVD _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@co
And the specs say "Nothing with a boom length longer than 10 FEET!" Respect these comments. I did not and lost a bunch of antennas way back when ;) Learned my lesson and put up Rohn 45G. Chuck KØTVD
Ron I will certainly second the idea of digital photos! They can save you countless hours at times besides being able to blow pictures up to see "the details." Chuck KØTVD www.dxham.net _____________
Not like those made in Lincoln I've always loved HyGain antenna's and products. Living in the Midwest, not too far to their old assembly plant in Lincoln, Nebraska was nice. I got to visit their faci
From the June/July 1999 Grant AMateur RAdio Newsletter: MFJ PURCHASES HY-GAIN MFJ Enterprises has acquired Hy-Gain, a well-known manufacturer of antennas, towers, and rotators. Hy-Gain was owned by T
I called my local Rural Electric Company and they sent out an auger truck and they had the 4 holes dug in a matter of minutes....... 1 for the Rohn 45G tower and 3 guy-anchor post holes 8' deep. It w
Just curious..... Now that Hurricane Irene has gone up the East Coast, what strategies seemed to work best? Did you point your beam into the wind or broadside? No hurricanes here in Iowa but quite a
I have 100ft of Rohn 45G that was installed about 12 years ago with elevated guy anchors. I chose to go with 6in diameter Schedule 80 pipe. 14ft long pieces sunk 9ft in the ground would stick up 5ft.
Greetings Towertalkians! With Spring still many months off, I am still in the planning stare of replacing my old and weary T2X Tailtwister rotator. I am turning a 5 element 20 meter monobander with a
Bill Have you looked into the Alpha Spid rotors? I am in the process of upgrading my T2X that you know first hand at my station with the BIG RAK Alpha Spid. I have it here in my shack if you want to
Just had a new Alpha Spid rotor installed in my Rohn 45G tower at 96ft and it rotated about 280 degrees before stopping. I have been working with Jeff at Green Heron and we ran a battery of tests ass
I think we determined that when the Spid was installed, the installer dropped the rotor shelf a little to accommodate the taller rotor and hence, the mast clamp on the 20 meter beam is hitting someth