U.S. source for F9FT antennas? Pls ans dir. Mick W4YV <brad4@bellatlantic.net> -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests
FINALLY!!! A guy who knows what he is talking about!! Good job Dave! My towers, TV ants, trees etc etc etc etc etc have been HIT MANY times. I have drawn the same conclusion, ie lightning hits anywhe
Dear TowerTalk, There seems to be a great deal of interest in true lightning stories. At this point in time I am ailing with some kind of eye infection, but as soon as I can see well again I'll post
TowerTalk, I saw on the news this morning that a tornado felled a broadcast tower in Oka yesterday. A video of the failure shows the tower appear to buckle in the middle and collapse in a fairly smal
Someone has pointed out that I abbreviated Oklahoma incorrectly as OKa. Sorry the (a) was a slip. Chalk up 1 for the spelling police. Main Entry: Okla·ho·ma Pronunciation: "O-kl&-'hO-m&
Rick, I certainly feel the pain of your loss. In my 59 years I've never seen such a violent weather year. There have been more tornados in one month here in VA than I can remember in my lifetime, all
After suffering seven lightning strikes in the last two years, I'm starting to think the "ole ground rod per tower leg" just isn't cutting it anymore. I remembered a QSO with an American Ham, station
Dear Steve, Thanks for the reply. This is one thing I haven't tried. You raise a good point about bonding the tower joint's. When struggling with a problem such as this, one has to try everything. Co
Check out the Solder it web site at < http://www.solder-it.com/#BT-50 > 73, Mick W4YV -- To: <towertalk@contesting.com> -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towerta
Dick, I've had this problem also. Our property is very rural, and is loaded with deer, dogs, ground hogs etc. Some time ago I lay a piece of coax on the ground only to have it chewed to shreads by so
-- To: <towertalk@contesting.com> I have two very good friends that own the HDBX 48 towers. The towers seem to work nicely with a TA-33 style beam. However one tower got hit with a tornado type wind
Do any of you west coast men know what's happened to Tri-EX tower co? My good friend N4CH is finding it almost impossible to get replacment parts for his damaged LM-470E sky needle. Tri-Ex told him t
Sorry I mis-spoke when I stated Tri-Ex Tower Co. was not going to build the LM series tower anymore. The Facts as I see them are, Tri-Ex has discontinued the TM SkyNeedle series. The LM series triang
I'm looking for suggestions concerning a HEAVY duty 2 meter omni directional antenna. This antenna will replace a blown up Hustler G6-144. The antenna will have to withstand several big lightning hit
Thanks for all the suggestions concerning HD 2 Meter omni's, I've decided to go with the Force 12, and extend a lightning rod, or maybe a porcupine above the ring. Thanks Much.. 73, Mick W4YV -- FAQ
After surviving two ear splitting, Polyphaser eating, eye blinding strikes this summer, I want to stay as far from lightning as I can get. If you are ever at ground zero during a really big strike yo