Lee, Red: The plastic scouring pad is known in the States as Skotchbrite. I've used it when assembling both new and reused tubing for antennas to apply noalox or equivalent. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F
TT: For your consideration and comments. When one climbs a mast, the climber's weight adds to the weight of the mast, antennas, feedlines, etc. These weights are all supported by the rotator mounting
Nice driver! But what's that red thingy in her hands? 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: K7LXC@aol.com <K7LXC@aol.com> To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com> To: <towert
TT: I had a similar experience with my D40 rotatable dipole. I overtightened the bolts that compress the insulator halves. Had to order new ones. Placed the order over the 'Net and received a reply e
TT: While this may be true for most guyed towers, I wouldn't expect a self-supporter to fair as well under similar heavy lateral loads. When I was planning my Trylon project, I used the company's sof
Jason: My comments included, below. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F It took one month for me to receive my Trylon T-500-64 after I placed the order. If the tree is so close that you are running into its roots,
Bill: If cost is no object, you might want to look at Hoffman enclosures. They come in a variety of sizes and materials, including fiberglass. You can order them with all kinds of accessory mounting
Mark: When I installed the coax balun on my tribander last year, I followed the recommendation by Jack WB4MDC in the ARRL Antenna Compendium (Vol 6, pages 156-157 for those of you following along at
Jeff: There is always (usually) more than one way to skin a cat. How much will two di/triplexers cost vs another run of CATV hardline? Or even vs a run of new 50 Ohm coax if you can't find more hardl
Gents: Water WILL get into any kind of conduit system that the average amateur can construct. In that case you will have to deal with the accumulated water. For my 50+ foot long conduit system, I dri
Bill: I used flat, black rubber bungee cords to anchor two corners of my now-removed horizontal loop and for the pulley and far end of my present inverted L. The far end (non-feed point) of the L is
Richard: Wish I had the option of choosing one OR two towers! Hi, Hi. For the life of me I can't understand why you'd want to spend the extra $$ on a second full tower, guying(?), conduit runs, groun
TT: Dan KK3AN wrote: <Have we also made it clear that the Trylon T-200 96' tower actually measures out to about 92' when installed because of the overlap in the 12 leg joints?> I just measured my tow
TT: Sorry - <My> tower is a Trylon T-500-64. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: EUGENE SMAR <spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net> To: TowerTalk <Towertalk@contesting.com> To: <towertalk@contesting
TT: Concur on the Skyhawk. Worked JT1FDI first barefoot call on 20M this afternoon. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: Bruce Osterberg <bruceosterberg@msn.com> To: K7LXC@aol.com <K7LXC@a
Vibration dampers can be seen more commonly on high-voltage power lines. Mounted close to the tower ends of the power line conductors and/or on the overhead ground wires (which run from tower top to
Jim: I agree with Phil's recommendations on Jeff's book. You can get it from ARRL. I based my Trylon 64's shunt feed on Jeff's design. The key is to have something as a capacitive load at or near the
Julio: Yes, radials are needed. For my shunt-fed tower I have only 7 radials, only five of which are over 100 feet long. The other two are 30 feet long. BUT - this tower has a pretty decent lightning
TT: I bought similar 8-prong connectors from The Wireman. Three sets: at the rotator, inside the shack and at the base of the tower (so I can bring the control unit outside and watch the rotator whil
Tony: My votes/comments below. 73 es GL de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: Tony Casciato, AI9X <ai9x@arrl.net> To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com> Cc: smc@qth.com <smc@q