Greg: Based on my experience, I could recommend a Trylon Titan series of SS tower. Mine is their T-500-64. To haul up the antennas, my ground crew and I used a gin pole lashed to the top two feet of
Reid: I found some info on American Tower at http://www.amertower.com/amerite_towers.html . The way I read their product descriptions, it sounds like a Rohn design, i.e., steel tubing braced with Z-s
TT: I would imagine most of us model an Inv L with the flattop wire going in the +X direction on the Cartesian coordinate system used by EZNEC, etc. Depending on the vertical/azimuthal slice you sele
Michael: You might consider surplus <rocket launcher> mast AB-577 or AB-155, referred to at http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-05/msg00109.html . I have no personal experience
John: You can look to Klein, Bashlin and Buckingham for starters. Also, our moderator, Steve K7LXC, carries a set of climbing equipment on his web site: http://www.championradio.com/safety.html . 73
<snip> If your right at the medium to large size transition with a 38 waist, get the medium. <snip> 73, Mark N3GNW Ahh, those were the days..... 73 de Gene Smar AD3F _________________________________
John: Most of us here on TT recommend your using solid rather than stranded #2. This will eliminate corrosion from between strands, maintaining the electrical properties of the grounding wire. As for
Joe: Sorry to hear of your excitement but glad nothing more serious happened. Here in the WDC area, Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic Tel) has been shilling their FiOS service - fiber-based phone, inte
<snip> Don't forget that even if you have a whole house electrical or phone or whatever protection in place, that will only take care of energy surges coming from the outside lines into the house. Th
Steve: Would you consider shunt-feeding the tower using a Gamma matching section? I would suggest placing a pair of shunt wires off the tower face about two feet, using PVC T's to hold the wires off
Robert: I installed my Skyhawk (my first Yagi) on my Trylon tower (my first tower) in 2001. I decided on the Skyhawk based on the good review it received in Steve and Ward's booklet, "HF Tribander Pe
Ed: I hope you meant to write <five cubic YARDS> for your tower's hole. In any case, check out Scott's KA9FOX web pages for his first self-supporting tower at http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/tower/ . I use
Chet: I, too, used a similar three-wire inverted L as my first antenna on Topband back in 1998. The vertical wire went up into an oak tree about 45 feet and bent over to another tree on the far side
..... Pulling an antenna straight up a freestanding tower is not always easy as some have a very large base section. John KK9A TT: The thought of loosening the guys on a tall tower giving me the heeb
Mike: Two questions for you to consider: 1. Have you played around with the wire length to approach a better SWR? 2. Have you considered shunt-feeding your tower? No matter which way you go, put in m
Richard: I posted something here a few years ago about my home-made ground clamp system for RG-213, viz.: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2002-07/msg00698.html . You can probably
Art: I, too, would heartily recommend a Trylon for your installatoin. I've had one for six years now and would buy a second one if I had to. I would, however, use the loading tool on their web page h
Jim: Just use a 502/504 insulator and a couple of Biggrips to join the Phillystran and steel guy cables. No need to try to cobble something together. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F ____________________________
TT: I learned quite a few things about towers and climbing them here on TowerTalk. The one that comes to my mind from Doug's advice on testing your connection to the tower is this: Look, Listen and F