I had a cheap Ameritron RCS-8 at about 80' for approximately 25 years with no problems. It was working well well when I replaced it with a much more expensive DX Engineering unit. The old Ameritron w
I am in the process of putting up a 100' stick of Rohn 45G. Originally I planned on standard Rohn guying - 3/16" for the bottom two guys and 1/4" for the top - for Rev G. Does anyone have experience
Thanks to everyone who responded both directly and via the list to my question on using Phyllistran for top guys on my forthcoming tower. Looks like the consensus is that it is the way to go and that
I am in the process of putting up 90' of Rohn 45. Not only are there two different bolt sizes per leg, but there each bolt/nut is a different size. The larger bolt requires 3/4" and 5/8" wrenches whi
It fits fine. I had one in a 25G tower for years. Remember, you can take off the clamp portion of the 2800 and seat the motor section separately. One the bottom is in place just bolt the clamp portio
I had a Skyhawk for a number of years - worked very well, but the boom broke in an ice storm. If I were putting one up again I would add a boom truss. Keith AC9S _____________________________________
I have had success with a very simple 1/4 wave sloper fed from the top of the tower - braid to tower and center conductor to the antenna. I know it is inefficient because it is broad banded, but I wa
A friend of mines' T2X went bad and I am going to lend him one of my HamIVs while he gets it repaired. Question - do the two rotators share a common bolt pattern? Can I tip the old rotator out and sl
Does anyone have experience or an opinion on the JK BevFlex-4 beverage antenna listed on the JK Antennas website? It uses RG-6 for the antenna element as well as the feedlines. I first saw the design
" ?Most zoning ordinances stipulate a setback requirement for a tower. Around here, the setback from the nearest property line must be equal to or greater than 75% of the total height of the tower.?
If you live in the country you might try a shotgun to sever the line. I used that method to trim webworms from tall trees at my father-in-laws farm. Cheap, easy, albeit a little noisy. Keith - AC9S _
Note that I suggested a shotgun. No bullets fired, just a lot of small pellets. Sometimes when duck or dove hunting we will have pellets fall on us from adjacent hunters - the pellets bounce off our
I have been using a 200' BOG for the last couple of years on 160 with "pretty good results". Definitely quieter on receive than the 1/4 wave sloper. I could manage a 500' Beverage on my lot, but it w
I had a Skyhawk for a few years, but lost it to an ice storm. In my opinion the boom is a weak point. There is supposed to be triple thickness at the center of the boom, but where the doubling pieces
I have used Rohn MA200H 10' masts for many years. Hill Radio has them for $175 plus shipping. Keith - AC9S _______________________________________________ ____________________________________________
I have had a fair amount of experience swapping rotators. At one point Hygain/MFJ had a pot problem; mine were wearing out in roughly a year. What I did was procure a 2nd "hot swap" rotator so that I