ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- A bit OT perhaps, but cubical quads don't seem to attract birds like yagis do. With mine, having the spreaders on a diagonal and the wires parallel and vertica
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Bare will corrode pretty quickly in most environments. I'd go with the enameled wire myself. Aside from the corrosion issue, either one will work fine. -- Bill
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- You really should model it with EZNEC or a similar program, but I can tell you this: Even at a 45 degree apex angle, an inverted vee is almost perfectly omnidire
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- A cutoff blade in a circular saw works good too. Almost effortless, in fact. -- Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ _____________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- 1. At night, stand at the base of the tower. 2. Find the north star. 3. Locate a landmark directly under the north star. 4. In the daytime, align the antenna to
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Do you compensate the compass while at the top of the tower? If the tower is steel, the top may have a different magnetic field from the bottom. -- Bill, W6WRT _
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Let's hope he has a SteppIR. :-) -- Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- 28 days is what I have always heard for a near-100% cure. I had the same quandary with my tower base and finally decided to wait the extra three weeks. That was
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Ok, but what about all the earth around it? We all know how important a good ground is. -- Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ __________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Interesting. I was under the impression that Native Americans did not bury their dead, but I suppose there could be exceptions. -- Bill, W6WRT __________________
I'm looking to get a new antenna and would appreciate some comments on comparing the 3-element SteppIR and the 8-element Cushcraft log periodic. The performance in terms of gain, F/B, bandwidth, SWR,
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Cushcraft rates the LP gain at 6.4 dbi and SteppIR rates the 3-el at 6.6 dbi, a difference of .2 dB, not 2. Where did your info come from? If the gain is within
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Yes, I saw that mentioned in the archives. Did this actually happen to someone or is it just conjecture? What RX? How bad? Was an attempt made to cure it with ba
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- You're right, I was looking at the two element SteppIR. However the three element shows only a 1 dB advantage on 20 meters, 7.4 vs 6.4. The other bands are highe
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Thanks, Jim. Your arguments are very persuasive, especially since you have actually owned both antennas. I'm now leaning in the direction of the 3-el SteppIR. An
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Actually, I am surprised how few there are considering the number of hams and towers in the country. -- Bill, W6WRT _____________________________________________
I'm going to move my rotator to the bottom of my 80 foot tower and would like recommendations for the mast. I will support it at the top with a thrust bearing, and at least one, possibly two, non-thr
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- According to Wikipedia, Polaris is 42 minutes of arc away from true north, so as the earth rotates, it describes a circle around true north of that radius. For h
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The "dip" coil from MFJ is a total waste of time. I have one and found it to be completely useless. Others have reported the same. Throw it away. Either use the