Hi Lee, Pretty much of the same thing happened to me this spring. (I had installed the guys last summer.) It was not the fault of the turnbuckle because I have threaded wire through it to prevent unw
Hi Bob, Wow, what an interesting phenomenon! And I thought the signals were strongest when the antenna was on the ground because the signals were ground wave..... 73, Dave Clemons K1VUT -- FAQ on WWW
Hi Mike, When you mention about putting concrete under a guyed tower, I believe the purpose of it is not to prevent sinking as much as it is to prevent the tower base from kicking out sideways from t
Hi, I've done a great deal of this work, always without cranes, and sometimes all alone. You know, there's something about losing a little blood and skin on the job that gives you a special 'attachme
Hi, The problem of the drill bit sliding off the tubing can probably be solved by using the Black & Decker "Bullet"tm Drill bits. These bits have a special point which is designed to prevent the bit
Hi, About 30 years ago, my father had a small TriEx tower (55 feet extended, 3 sections). He guyed it at the top of each section with 3 strand copperclad wire (Mars surplus), perhaps each strand was
Hi, I currently have use an inverted V with the apex at 55 feet and one of the legs with some bends in it (to keep it on my property). With 100 watts, I get out real well to the Caribbean but the ant
Hi Tom, OK, tell me this - do you have to use Scotch 33 where the coax connects to the Bazooka bubble gum or does the whole thing stay sealed up properly without it? :-) 73, Dave Clemons K1VUT -- FAQ
Well, I am sure am glad this article came out. 4000 watts and a big hill, huh? Now I know how the High Power guys do so much better than us 100 watters in contests. I suppose this reflector won't be
Even if lethal problems are avoided by a proper installation, the local electrical inspector will have much to say if you haven't gone through the appropriate electrical permit process. 73, Dave Clem
Hi, I am trying to model a 4-wire lazy-V array on EZNEC. The array (as designed by K3LR and others in August 1994 QST) uses RG8X feedlines which are 153.45 degrees electrical length. One feedline is
Hi, Well, Ed's (K4SB) accident certainly has brought out quite a few comments. N8JF wondered how many of us climb alone - my bet is probably an awful lot of us do. I certainly have done many hours of
Anyone who owns a crankup tower should read this article, especially the two personal experiences concerning safety issues when working on these things (in short, DON'T CLIMB!). When I was old enough
Hi, I need to put beads on my coax to prevent the signal from traveling back down the shield. I cannot use the type which slide over the coax, because the antenna is at the top of the tower. (I have
Hi Dennis, I cap mine because I worry about internal rusting as well as ice. I used pieces of a truck tire tube held on by a stainless steel hose clamp. (The rubber deteriates every few years, but a
Hi Ron, Are your talking about the "Tower Jack"? If so, Steve K7LXC sells it at Tower-Tech. 73, Dave Clemons K1VUT -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@co
Hi, Here in Southeastern MA, we have pine trees which often grow 70 or 80 feet tall, and 2 feet across the base. Needless to say, these trees are solid. When I first put up towers in the early 1980's
Hi Charles, I don't know about the 205BA, but I have the 10 and 15 meter versions. This summer when I had them down (due to tower work), I compared the manuals for both the BA/CA versions. Indeed the
Hi, I have looked at the faily detailed pictures of these wrenches which I received in my Craftsman Club advertisement. It appears to me that the design is such that the wrench may not grab the nut a
I have recently done major construction on my towers (getting the anchors out my neighbor's horse corrals, among other things). I also replaced my broken TailTwister with a Yaesu G-1000SDX. (The Tail