Rex: Come here next! 73 k0dan That's an offer I wouldn't turn down... Doug - K1ZO -- Original Message -- From: "Rex Turvin" <turvin2009@yahoo.com> To: "Mickey Baker" <fishflorida@gmail.com> Cc: "Ray
Do you have space for, and have you considered, an Inverted-L? 73 de k0dan My lot size is 160' wide by 125' deep. Want to run a wire ant. for 40m to "maybe" 160m. Problem being I have to feed it from
Wow, good info thanks! I'm real close to renting a demo hammer. Needed to this for years, add a dozen new rods into an established established ground. But now I am too old & lazy to use a fence post
I don't think you will (or should) need washers with the base. If the legs of the Tilt Assembly and tower are installed per specs there will be a little clearance between them, which you will need wh
I agree that the dipole/Zepp is worth rescue. I would consider trying 450 or 600 ohm line. Ideally balanced antennas should be perfectly balanced, but in my experience you can tolerate a lot of slop
Yes, you can use coax lines as pathways for your ladder line to enter the shack. Once in the shack you can continue the run of ladder line to your tuner. The short lengths of coax will have minimal e
88 feet? Not sure I understand what you're doing? If your Windom is fed with ladderline, bring the ladderline up close to the house, then use two runs of coax (or a pair of barrel connectors) to get
I stand corrected...looked closely at the photos and on each side of the ladderline I have a pair of 3 meg resistors in series (6 meg total per leg to ground). The selection was made arbitrarily, I d
Hi Ed... The resistors need to be carbon composition and at least a couple megohms each. IIRC mine are around 3 meg per leg (not sure....maybe their value shows up in the attached photos), maybe 1/2
I have a T10 on a nominal 2" mast. It has been up since around 1999. It was put up before SlippNott was available. I am in Kansas City area, subject to weird WX including occasional ice loading and h
Actually the T10 is quite well balanced (weight wise!) at the center, and being light weight it quite easy to manage on the tower. The boom length is, I think, 28' and the longest elements are around
OK I got ya. Went and looked at the device on the Tennadyne page, I should have looked at it before! So you're correct it wouldn't change my situation. My mast is drilled and pinned thru the rotor mo
Plus I'm sure there's plenty of guys on the list who will analyze the pictures you just got, plus give you a full report in the morning... ;-) --Original Message-- From: Roger (K8RI) on TT Sent: Janu
True, but in some circles that would be considered a "good lead"! --Original Message-- From: Roger (K8RI) on TT Sent: January 24, 2014 19:08 To: towertalk@contesting.com Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Need
Patrick: Sounds like you have gotten an education (lucky guy) and I checked the spelling of the word "guy". I have received some similar mail over the past year, here's a couple things I learned: CRA
I heard about this guy! Hasnt happened to me, but someone I know (who is computer smart) got the call, and decided to play along to the point where he was getting seriously compromised. What the dude
I have 600 ohm homebrew line outside. When it gets to the house, each leg is soldered to the centers of two pieces of 1/2" hardline (spaced about 3" apart), which pass thru the entry port and then ar
--Original Message-- P.S. Two lines of RG-11, 75/2=37.5 ohms. Two lines of RG-8, 50/2=25 ohms. Not much of a difference to worry about. -- If you don't tie the coax shields together you basically hav
The outdoor unit uses a small solar cell to charge a small (but several Farad) supercapacitor and a small battery. Battery replacement is easy, repair/replacement of the supercap is a little dicey, b
Andy: I have replaced two Leeson Washdown motors on my tower over the course of 16 years since I bought it from SK estate & refurbished it. 3 years on your motor sounds a little short-lived! I was te