Verticals have always held a fascination for me. But I wonder to what degree my fascination is overly influenced by misleading articles and unscrupulous advertising. There is a ham...maybe about 3 mi
For those who have expertise with verticals.... Since the conversation has come up my interest has been perked. Here is an article online article on tips for reducing ground-loss in vertical installa
My brother was a master plummer. There was a farmer in the county who had a well drilled for his cows out in the middle of a 50 acre field. The farm area was located less than a mile from Lake Champl
Some in that circumstance have found that putting up some kind of directional parasitic array, and if nothing else, using it as a receive antenna along side the xmit antenna can provide ROI for dx no
I believe it the case that tower manufactures recommend guy-wire tension to be 10% of the lines breaking strength? In that case, assuming that 3/16th line is common for Rohn 25 towers etc, and has a
I have heard DX mentors suggest that contests are high potential events for snagging some dx that wouldn't otherwise be so readily available. But I'm not sure how the contest people would feel about
I had an enjoyable 40m cw qso with a VK station this morning before I had to run off to work. He had just barely started calling and I happened to be the first to hear and respond. It turned out he w
Whats a common selling price for a used crank up or tilt over tower? -- Bw_dw@fastmail.net _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk ma
Hmmmm.. Since I know very little about those details. I wonder if a common pricing parameter would be to price them per sections, like a price per 10-foot section. Very similar to the way one might p
I want to experiment with building a 2-element half-WL wire-beam for 40m. I know that Cubex sells fiberglass poles I could use for spreaders. Does anyone know of any other sources for fiberglass pole
Hams have always had fun names for things. I remember an article in QST, maybe back in the early 40s, where they called a simple wire beam the "Signal Squirter". -- Bw_dw@fastmail.net _______________
Thanks for that info Steve!! -- Bw_dw@fastmail.net _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http
Googling for phased vertical dipoles will probabaly turn up some results. -- Bw_dw@fastmail.net _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTa
Googling for phased vertical dipoles will probably turn up some results. http://www.qsl.net/ei7ba/low_band_antennae.htm -- Bw_dw@fastmail.net _______________________________________________ _________
If the bolts that are already there, are possibly welded internally, or fixed to internal anchoring metal within the cement, then wouldn't it be true to say that drilling out cement material and inse
Hi John, I'm curious, how low was the dipole, and what was the extent of the radial system for the vert? Also, how close to the water were they? Thanks! N1BBR :-] -- Bw_dw@fastmail.net ______________
A couple of simple QST questions I didn't seem to find the answers too on the ARRL site. 1) The label on the magazine which contains your mailing address has "FO" followed by a date. I suspect that d
I've also used the surplus pulsed rotary switches with good success. Had an 8-pole 9-throw unit I used for about 5 years switching an external impedance match-box with 9 fixed L-networks in it. Used
Recently I've watched a few Youtube videos of hams making home-made lateral crank up assemblies. I'm wondering what kind of stress that might put on the mid-section top loaded with rotor and antenna?