Steve the tower you described reminds me of the Aluma Tower which is made here in Florida. It very closely resembles lawn furniture. The Heights crank up towers, which are also made in Florida, are a
I can give you positive results. I'm using 600UF for preamp to antenna feed point connections including around the rotor on my VHF-UHF antenna systems and have had no problems in the 2 years it's bee
I have used 7/8" Andrews N connectors on European cable but not the splice. I found that the outer conductor wasn't as much a problem as the inner conductor which has a larger diameter than the screw
I'm not sure what a guying fixture is. Is it the same thing as a guy bracket assembly/torque arm? Julio, W4HY Hi... It's in excellent condition...never been on a tower. I can deliver to Dayton. Brand
In this area of Florida we don't mount any vertical antennas at the top of a mast on a tower just for that reason. All my verticals are mounted below the top of the tower to keep them away from light
Most V-UHF beams use a T match and a coax balun, al la the M2 design, on the driven element. I don't believe the standard yagi balun that is used for a tri-bander will be very effective at 2M and abo
What is the thinking of the group about used pre-forms? I have over a hundred 5/16" pre-forms that I removed from a tower that had only been up for a few years. Most of the coating on the inside of t
Yes very! You can cover it but best to take it off the tower and store inside. Julio, W4HY Our club is outfitting a tower-trailer with a Ham 4 rotor. Towing and parking, of course, has the tower hori
Some time ago I wanted to stack the CC A3S and the A3WS, I contacted CC and one of their techs advised 11 or 12 feet was the minimum distance for good performance. I stacked them at 12 feet and as fa
Every antenna has maintenance problems. Bad/shorted traps, damager baluns, elements falling off the boom, plastic parts failing because of UV light, ect. Mine's been up 3 years without a problem. Jul
Question about it. The SteppIR either 3 or 4 element. Julio, W4HY If you could put up only ONE antenna to cover 20 to 10 Mtrs (including WARC), what would you select ? The antenna will go on top of a
The adaptor pictured on your web page is the one my Father-in-law and I developed. It works well for raising the tower but not for lowering it. The drill motor turns too fast and causes the brakes to
In my opinion fence top rail is a poor choice for mast material. Once a long time ago before the internet when I was trying to get information about stacking antennas I used a 20' piece of top rail t
A MEN Julio, W4HY EMT is intended to be bent, not for its structural strength. It's purpose is to contain and protect electrical wiring. Ease of bending and lightness of weight for transportation are
Does anyone have a manual/instruction sheet for the TE7-01 noise bridge? I know how to use it but would like to have a manual for the sake of good order. Julio, W4HY _________________________________
I just timed my 4elem SteppIR changing from 20 to 10M and it was about 12 seconds, for the record. Julio, W4HY --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@co
What Blake and I used was my US Tower raising fixture. The UST raising fixture is quite expensive about 500 plus dollars. If what you guys need is a raising fixture for one of the smaller HY-Gain tow
Good question I look forward to seeing what posts follow this. It's my feeling that the percentage is quite small maybe under 10%. Julio, W4HY How ?lossy? are traps on a trap tri-bander? Some manuf
I don't mean to be disrespectful but I find it odd that Tony, K1KP who apparently was re-building his KT34/36 for the third or fourth time was concerned with the reliability of the SteppIR antennas.
You're trying to fix something that isn't broken. The bearing doesn't require any lubrication. Julio, W4HY I have done an easy fix 1. install a zerk fitting in the bearing housing This is a Grease fi