I have an Alpha Spid turning the XM240 40M yagi and a HyGain TH7. Been up for two years and seen some good wind. I am very happy with it. Pat, K8PC _______________________________________________ ___
I have an Alpha Spid turning the XM240 40M yagi and a HyGain TH7. Been up for two years and seen some good wind. I am very happy with it. Pat, K8PC _______________________________________________ ___
I shunt feed a US Tower HDX55 with a TH7 at 57 ft and a Cushcraft XM240 at 70 ft. It works quite nicely. I also shorted my parasitic elements to the boom in a similar manner to Gene. I built a 12v re
I made an error in my earlier post when responding to shunt feeding a tower on 160M. My tower is a three section crank-up and I stated that I attached the shunt wire to the top of the first section a
I have US Tower 555HDX. It has a TH7 2 feet above the top of the tower and a Cushcraft XM240 about 12 feet above that. I installed both of these antennas myself without my feet barely left the ground
I received an email inquiry this morning about how I actually start my crank-up tower tilting over so that the weight of the tower is off dead center and starts it decent unaided. For those of you wh
Thank all of you that replied. I liked the hydralic approach, but it was a bit expensive for my taste. I started looking around my place for a solution and found the perfect one for me. It is the poo
Roger, I have the same tower and love it. My first suggestion is to replace the winch with a Fulton 2500 (about $169). Much better gear ration and makes the tilting a lot easier. When I unloaded my t
Paul, The 3 inch irrigation pipe would be a good solution. The people in Farmville, Va see to be a pleasure to work with. I was designing an 80M phased array and called them. The man I talked with wa
Alan, When I put up my US Tower HDX55 a few year ago I replaced the K1550 with the K2550 after using the 1550 just one time. At the time I believe I paid about $160 for the winch. The holes matched u
When I installed my HDX555 I also bought the parts precut and bent. I used wire wrap to build the cage on it's side in the yard with the help of the XYL. I used a front loader to put it in the hole.
I am in the process of erecting phased verticals on 80M and fear that it will be necessary to detune my tower which is close to one vertical. In the 2nd edition of ON4UN's Low-Band DXing page 11-22 h
I am putting up a couple of full size 80M verticals made out of 3 inch irrigation pipe. Does any one have some suggestion for attaching the guy wires to the irrigation pipe? Idear will be appreciated
My pipe fits snugly into 3 inch PVC pipe. I just bought it yesterday and they said the wall thickness was .050. I will probably try several of the ideas present, but I just got back from Home Depot w
I am installing some raised radials on full size 80M verticals. I have never done raised radials before. My questions are a. do you insulate them for the vertical support mast (wood)? and b. are they
Doug, There are several people on this site who tilt 100 feet of Rohn 25 using a 40 foot derrick made of Rohn 45. About 5 years ago one of them ( Tony, N2TK) sent me pictures and details. I chose to
Jeff, Here is what I did. My tower is 8ft from my shack window. From Home Depot I bought an electrical box (about 6x14x14 inches). Inside of this I mounted a 1/4 inch plate with all my ICE equipment