I also used chicken wire wrapped to about 6-7 feet off the ground. Never had a problem with anyone trying to climb my crank up tower. Tom, WW5L Nat Somersworth, NH ___________________________________
Fellow Tower Talk members: Anyone seen an Alpha Delta R4C (the "console model") antenna switch at flea markets, dealers, etc? I've got a conventional switch, but the heavier R4C would better suit my
Fellow hams: Anyonen used the new MFJ window feed through #4602? If so what kind of success have you had? Problems? I have one but haven't installed it yet. 73 de Tom, WW5L __________________________
Fellow (and lady) hams: In installing new more energy efficient windows at our home QTH in North Texas we had to remove the old window feed through (made by now out of business Lambda-Vector Company)
Fellow hams: Last August my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I were in Vail/Beaver Creek CO on vacation and stopped by a Home Depot just to check it out. They carried in stock 10 ft. copper clad ground rods onl
Dick: You're lucky, I had a friend from the Boy Scouts who owned his own excavating business and owed me a favor so he sent a backhoe over one day to dig by 4x4x6 base for my WT51 TriEx crankup back
I've had an Alpha Delta 40/80 DX/DD(82 ft long) inverted vee on my 50 ft. crank up tower for several years, but recently was given an Alpha Delta 10-80 DX/CC(approx 100 ft. long). Was thinking about
Glenn: I absolutely love my T10 it is flat across every badn and so far no ninteraction with the 40/80 dipole underneath. Only time I get a little SWR is when I turn on my Collins 30-L-1 amp and it s
Mike: Tnx. kept missing some stations on 40/80 that were in the nulls of the dipole. It reminds me of a situation years ago in the early 1990s when VP8SSI South Sandwich was activated. I had worked t
Fellow Hams and Lone Star DX Association Members: If this is true the amateur radio community and fraternity has truly lost a valued member. Lanny was an ARRL volunteer counsel and represented many h
Jeff: I have a TriEx W51 that I've had for more than 15 years and what I do when I notice any corrosion is use some steel wool, like 00 or 000 grade, and sand down the corrosion lightly and then use
Jim and fellow Tower Talk members: That message is kind of weird because I don't even use the WW5L@gte.net address to send e-mails and haven't in many months since I switched from dialup to DSL. I wo
Jim, et. al: In a related matter about 35+ years ago my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I were invited for a "free dinner" at one of our neighbors' homes for a "demonstration" on some kind of power "smoothing"
If you're that close to Tashjian Towers (Karl Tashjian used to be TriEx's chief engineer) you might consider driving up there and picking the raising fixture up. When I bought an extra base for my W5
Dan, et. al: Also be sure to watch the fiber "brake" pads on the 1550. The first 1550 I had, the pads almost "dissolved" after just a couple years outside weathering. When I tried to change them it w
Also with my first 1550 the clutch pads literally disintegrated from the weather here in North Texas. They were so bad I was just able to get the TriEX W51 cranked down and noticed other damage to it
Bill: I've had a TriEx W(T)51 since 1992 and the instructions I received with it from TriEx did not advise using an electric winch with it because supposedly the positive pulldown protection couldn't
Bill: When I bought my W-51 in 1992 from TriEX I asked their then sales mgr. Mike Feryan, who I ran into at Dayton this year, about motorizing it. He said that tower was never designed to be motorize
Ray, et. al: If you'll go to the Cushcraft web site and click on the tech issues drop down menu you'll find another menu for installation manuals in PDF format. You can download them or print them ou
Dave: Having moved from another Texas city in 1992 that enacted a tower ordinance a couple years before, I had my Realtor get me a copy of the deed abstract on our current QTH from the County Clerk's