Boy do I have suggestions! We live on a mountain top and need back up. We have gone from a 4500w Onan gasoline unit to a 12kw Onan propane unit. If you are going to get something the size of a 7500w
Hi Vaclav, First of all I am NOT an engineer but I do have 40+ years of quads under the belt so this is free advice based on lots of failures and successes plus free advice is worth exactly what it c
I have a home brew 5 band/4 el on a 30 ft boom. All fed separately thru a coax relay and a 1/4 w 75 ohm stub. I just checked 20m for you: 14025 1:1 14125 1:1.23 14225 1:1.53 14325 1:1:05 Hope that he
I had exactly the same problem on my 4el 5 band quad. (almost 1000' of wire) It lasted less than a year. I will never use anything but 7 strand hard drawn copper again. 73, Ed List Sponsored by AN Wi
I, for one, totally agree with your position. I to live in an isolated rural area that would not have been my wife's first choice but she married a ham. After all these years she sees many more reaso
I'm doing my homework to build a tower site nine band antenna switch. I want to drive it with a band decoder so that the FT-1000D will automatically select the antenna based on the band selected. I'm
I asked this question on the Alpha reflector and got no replies. I'll bet one of my Towertalk friends can assist, you always do ;-) I'm building a nine antenna remote switch to be controlled by the A
Anyone have a manual on this antenna you might be willing to copy and send me? I'll be happy to pay your cost/postage. I'm going to include this antenna in my "travel gear" to use with the IC-706 on
If anyone is using the Alpha DAS switch with either 12/24vdc relays would you please contact me direct. I have some questions re wiring this unit not covered in the manual. 73, Ed -- FAQ on WWW: http
You need to ask a real estate attorney. I have been a RE broker for many years and CCRs all have some vague "catch all" language like "or any obnoxious activity". Like my RE attorney says: it makes l
I need some suggestions towertalkians. I will be moving to a new location the end of August and I need to construct a temporary antenna system until I get my Triex and 4el quad back together. That ma
After using Hygain/CDE/HamM rotors for more than thirty years I switched to Yaesu. I was turning a 4el 5 band quad on a 30' x 3" boom and a 2el KLM 40m beam 10' above the quad. The Yaesu 1000SDX last
I need an antenna for 40-160. I have been looking for a Hytower or Voyager to get me thru this winter. I am on a densely wooded, very steep mountain side completing construction on a new house and ha
Am cleaning house. I have three Triex limit switches: One used but good, one used, good, but activation arm missing, one never used-new. Also have the UP/DOWN control box (desk top). With some wiring
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I have several questions for anyone using the Hy Tower. I'm am renovating an older Hy Tower. It's in the air but not yet completed. I do have the 40 meter trap (MK-160 kit) which will allow 160m use.
How about three six foot high by 48" chain link fence gates in a triangle around the base held together with appropriate off-the-shelf chain link hardware? Under 100 bucks I'd guess. 73, Ed W4EP ____
I'd look at it this way Doug. The most dangerous "attractive nuisance" is the back yard pool and in most communities a 48" chain link fence is all thats required. Nothing is bullet proof ;-) Ed At 12