Lou: Here's a link to W3LPL's table of coax cable selections for a given (or desired) antenna loss: http://users.erols.com/n3rr/Cable/coax_attenuation.txt . I followed Frank's rule of thumb of one dB
TT: ANyone that receives this by 10PM EDT tonight, turn on History channel NOW! 73 de Gene Smar AD3F _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supportin
Alan: CHeck out the TT archives for the phrase wood pole. There were several discussions on this topic about three or so years ago. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F length. Weather Stations", and lot's more. Cal
Howard: IT's all combined in one container. You fill the mold by inverting the shot container, thereby placing the starting power on top. How long have you had the shots you used? Maybe they were wet
Don: I tied both the radial system and lightning ground system wires together on my shunt-fed Trylon. I can't help but think that the combination enables the tower to work better than either alone co
Dave: My comments embedded below. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Thin radial wires on the surface of the earth serve no useful prupose regarding electrical safety of the service entrance. We hams use radials t
Rusty: Welcome to the group. You'll find this one of the most educational and h elpful reflectors in Ham radio. I have a T-500-64 at my QTH. Installing the rotator at the bottom of the top section is
Rusty: I re-read your original post and now see that you're planning on installing the rotator in the MIDDLE of the top section. That should still be ok, provided you still consider the need to de-ra
Collin: Just something to think about - Go out tomorrow and tighten each of the acorn bolts on your ground rods. You'll probably find that you can snug each of them at least a bit (i.e., noticeably.)
Alan et al: FYI - Klein, Bashlin, Buckingham and Miller (and others, I'm sure) all make positioning belts and lanyards, fall-arrest harnesses and accessories. You can also consider Petzl (makers of m
Bud: Shoot! Wish I'd heard this a few years ago. I'll be graduating my third (and youngest) child from High School next week! Thanks for the admonition, though. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Weather Stations"
TT: With all this talk about safety equipment, etc., let me reiterate what I've written quite a few times here: On towers (as with driving a car), there's no such thing as an <accident>. Let's be car
TT: I know Steve 'LXC offers Chrome Moly tubing material for masts, but I bought mine from Special Metals (Steve didn't sell masting at that time.) If you folks are interested, I'd suggest you check
Martin: I have a similar tower installation, with the tower fifty feet from the ground-floor shack, and three ninety degree turns and one forty-five in the conduit run. My two cents follows. I'd reco
Mike: I erected my tower in 2001 after I guessed (correctly) that the local county bureaucrats would eventually tighten up on the engineering requirements for such structures. Pulling a permit for my
Van: A similar question was asked here a few years ago regarding tuning a tribander close to ground. The concensus of opinion and experience, I believe, was that the resonant freq would increase as t
TT: One sure-fire test to see if you have PCB or mineral oil is the PCB stuff tastes a bit like orange juice, whereas the mineral oil tastes like, uh, mineral oil! 73 de Gene Smar AD3F P.S. You can a
TT: FWIW: I found this site on KA9FOX's web site: http://www.quiltershusband.com/hamhtm/hamplastidip.htm . A source for Plasti-Dip and Liquid Electric Tape, per recent postings here. 73 de Gene Smar
Bill: I recall a figure more like 97% (3% shortening) for insulated wire. I got this figure some time ago here on TT. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333
TT: I'd recommend against EVER using the term radiation when referring to the signals produced by an Amateur Radio station. That term carries a lot of negative baggage with it, especially when heard