Mike: I would install lightning arrestors on each of the coax lines coming into the box from antennas. These will protect the switch should an antenna be connected during a strike. 73 de Gene Smar AD
Gents: Here, here for the Skyhawk. I've had mine up for 12 years, loads on 17 and 12, broadbanded. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F I love my Skyhawk and you can load it with a tuner to work 17 & 12M. Just finis
Patrick: I would not bury a mechanical ground clamp. It can't easily be checked and retightened each year. I would use a longer ground rod and leave six inches or so above ground and apply the clamp
TT: I bought my trailer hitch connectors for my TailTwister in 2001 from The Wireman. Worked ever since with no troubles. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F -- Original Message -- From: "Chuck Sudds" <chuck@dxham.
TT: When a local posting on this showed up here a few months ago, I protested that this service can't be legal. See below, especially 97.113(a)(2) and (3): "Sec. 97.113 Prohibited transmissions -- "(
Dave: You can also download this: http://www.qsl.net/n1lo/towers.txt . Mark has done an excellent job compiling a list of tower-related information. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Dave Robbin, K1TTT wrote a ni
Patrick: I ordered a Trylon Titan 500-64 from Steve in 2001. He was very helpful before and after the sale, answering my questions about my own first tower installation. As for the product itself, if
TT: From one of the members of our local Ham Radio club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEd7ru24Vx0 . Interesting technique to wind coils of small cable (which are often found run up inside towers.)
Jeff: Anything is feasible, given enough time and money. And I wasn't being flippant with that comment, either. There must be a few Cellular towers in the vicinity of your property; they had to be de
Reminds me of the expression: "Hauling garbage in a Cadillac." And they're allowed to vote! 73 de Gene Smar AD3F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWi0wlSyU3U 73, de Nate >> "Winging it" was not a good
... and those anecdotes remind me of the time I was on a flight to somewhere in the US and spilled sparkling water on my shirt..... Didn't know what to use to clean up. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Remnds me
TT: If you use a pumper, he will clean the hose on your property before he leaves. Make sure you don't mind the mess. 73 es ARL Sixty-one de Gene Smar AD3F Exactly what I used to get back about 300 f
TT: I just tried the tool with my antennas. Be carefull! Apparently the calcs don't tell you anything about your tower's limitations. The calcs merely say that the DXE MAST will or will not fail at t
TT: I used these same trailer hitch connectors for my rotator installation. I bought three sets: one for use at the rotator shelf; one for inside the shack on the back of the controller; and one for
Al: As others have pointed out to you, 50 feet of unguyed 55G will support a miniscule amount of antenna area for the price. I suggest you consider a Trylon Titan self-supporter. I bought a T-500-64
Markku: When I constructed my tower (Trylon Titan T-500-64) in 2001, I was required by local regulations to secure a construction permit from my county headquarters. It cost me about $100 USD. The pe
TT: A few months after I installed my tower in 2011 I received a new assessment from my county tax office telling me that my home's assessment, and hence my taxes, had increased. 73 de Gene Smar
TT: Trying again in plaintext. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F The message's content type was not explicitly allowed TT: If you drill through the new, energy efficient double window pane you will let the argon
TT: For those interested, you can find a PE continuing education course in cathodic protection at www.pdhonline.com . Register as a user and go to course E181. You can read all the reference material
I concur. Totally convinced me to change my mind over my initial Yagi selection. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Excellent work, well done, well worth the money. 73, Jim K9YC ___________________________________