Send a message to towertalk-request@contesting.com with <subscribe> in the subject. Or go thru the website info at the bottom of each TT post. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TT ADMIN
Howdy, TowerTalkians -- I ran across this info that may be helpful to anyone contemplating shipping some tower hardware. I understand that he is quite helpful and the prices he comes up with are good
crystal Rohn discontinued the BX towers serveral years ago so they're not in the current catalogs. I've heard rumours that they're back in production but any Rohn product lately has been hard to come
FYI. Cheers, Steve K7LXC As we have mentioned over the past several months, an efficient compact was in the works and, best of all, based on conventional science! In the upcoming issue of antenneX we
positions. Yep. I do it all the time. Put the piece of plywood over the base and then spray paint it to mark the hole locations. Drill and assemble with the bolts and then test fit to tower base. Pou
What about the other way around? That is, does the tower act as a Faraday shield to keep lightning transients off of the cables *inside* the tower? Or is this another urban myth? Cheers, Steve K7LXC
I think that Mosley calls for an rf choke. You need to follow their specs EXACTLY with the 1.5" pigtail, etc. I think I tried a balun in the past and of course it didn't work. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOW
A balun is a balanced (antenna) -to- unbalanced (coax) transformer typically wound on some sort of ferrite core. The newer versions are the "current type". There are a couple of good books on the sub
is I suspect that it's not "dirt" but airborne particulates. With a chemical processing plant nearby, that's probably the culprit. These days there are many sources of air pollution - some of which a
Good grief. This is a valuable reflector because people share their experiences. PLEASE use businesses and product names. How are we going to take advantage of your hard-earned experience? I encourag
The easiest thing to do is to stand a section in the spot where the base is going to go. Aim the legs in the directions where you want the anchors to go. Look thru the face to the opposite leg and th
FYI from the HamLaw reflector. One person's opinion - YMMV but a big warning if you're going to be buying a place with CC&R's, HOAs, etc. Cheers, Steve K7LXC property is subject to the bylaws of any
Greetings, TowerTalkians -- Had a chance to drop by the Fluid Motion factory yesterday and had a nice chat with Mike Mertel, K7IR, the owner of FM and the designer of the SteppIR antennas. He said th
The C3SS works great. I don't think either of the other ones approach its performance. Or any other 'small' tribander for that matter. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH
Install the rotator and mast, then use the mast for a ginpole. One 3 feet or so long will be FB. How far are you from the street? Many cranes will go 100' with no problem. It would be the easiest and
True. King County here is WA has an 85 MPH rating. The last MA tower I installed here was PE rated at a 25 pound load at that windspeed. Your rotator and mast will fit but no antennas. Cheers, Steve
Hiya, TowerTalkians -- FYI there is a reflector sponsored by antennex.com that just discusses antennas. I don't know anything about it so would appreciate any feedback. For you guys more interested i
Anything is feasible is engineered properly. Are you talking about putting a 100' aluminum tower on top of 50' of steel tower? What do you want to do with this structure? Do you know what the cost of