A recent fire in my neighborhood burned a few houses and most of my 5 acres, but mostly spared my buildings (now brightly decorated with fire retardant and melted vinyl). The tower is 100' with two l
Dave asked: It depends on what the city wants. You should ask them. In Salt Lake County, all I needed for 100' of Rohn 55 that mostly followed the catalog configuration was a PE cover letter (with "w
Tonno ES5TV posted: <email link to pictures of a monstrous 15m array of 8 x 15 ele yagis in a 2-D stack on a 70meter tower> - an impressive engineering feat! Roger K8RI asked: Don ND8E replied: I say
Use a light bulb as an antenna. Or even better, an array of three. It worked for Tom Schiller N6BT. I don't have his book handy (Array of Light) so I don't recall how many countries he worked. I work
Larry K4AB asks: I've never had a problem with my Yaesu G-1000. It was fed through a 435' foot run using a mix of two-strands-in-paralleled of #18, single #18, and #12 wire. It's a bit complex becaus
Paul comments: [snip] One of the conditions I agreed to was that I would retract it when not in active use. So hook up a radio to a computer logger (e.g., Faros, BeaconSee, Beacons, etc.) - not only
[Hans N2JFS wants to ship Rohn 25G pieces at a reasonable cost] May I suggest you put it out to bid on Uship (www.uship.com)? It's a service that allows independent contractors (and freight brokers)
Mike - I bought a 1000' spool of ½ inch hardline circa 2000 of unknown age (I don't recall the make, it wasn't Andrew, but it was compatible with the most common LDF4-50 connectors). I did note there