the even BETTER way is to detect them before they approach... example, I took a hit this spring that blew up some beverage transformers... it was the first and last stroke anyone heard out of the sto
absolutely correct... never ground through cement. always mix it up with some sand, gravel, and water and pour it in the hole first... you should be grounding through concrete! Why would anyone want
agreed, I use 10ga copperweld here for Beverages and inverted V's and L's and the only break I have had was at the top corner of an inverted L where it flexed too much. I have had ice and trees come
just go around the tubing twice with the cable above a joint and clamp it off, it will be fine and is much simpler than making rings. Hello, I have a vertical made from tubing and need to attach guys
no one height is best for everything so put up a whole bunch of them at different heights! When choosing a height for a beam is 1/4 wave above ground at the lowest frequency enough? 1/2 wave? I see F
I tried BIP/BOP on 10m and saw no advantage to it... but stacking antennas at 30'/60'/90'/120' with various combinations and single antennas available is definitely an advantage A lot can be done wit
actually, when all the variables are taken into account a null, or even series of nulls, usually have very little real effect on ham radio beyond random fading and sometimes weird results in A/B ante
ssn to ionization density is just one part of the equation, you have to also consider layer height and even the effects of other layers than just the F layer. you should also expect voacap and other
hasn't this been researched before and the result was that they had to be cut into pieces before removal from the site so they could not be reconstructed or even recognized as towers??? I seem to rem
my thought would be more like... mount the top section with rotor and thrust bearing sideways and then climb out on the mast... how far would you go before the rotor or or top section or thrust beari
well, if the coax from each comes all the way to the shack you can use a T connector and manual coax switch to switch them in and out to compare. or if you have remote switches like the rcs-8v you ca
Very good, at least some people on here have been reading spec sheets. while those cdv16 series capacitors cost more than some of the others that have the same capacitance and voltage rating they are
no, that means something is wrong. there should always be a point where the reactance crosses from inductive to capacitive and goes through zero. I would guess that you are getting AM broadcast inter
Thanks for giving us all your password, you might want to go change it now. The message is basically saying that your mail address is rejecting messages from towertalk. that could be because your ISP
and if you are going overhead like I do just use a piece of guy wire as the carrier and connect it to the ground system at both ends. Agreed.. I think the other discussion is whether it is worth runn
well, a big hammer comes to mind... that is if the tower is already assembled anyway. if its not assembled you just slip it on in the section joint and all is well. I am trying to put a rotor plate i
try again and maybe force a refresh on your browser, it seems to be working now, maybe they were late paying their hosting service. Is M2 still in business? Their website says "m2inc.com expired on 1
proper knots like pipe hitches won't slip off. or you could put a clamp on the pipe where you want it to stop going into the tower and use that as an anchor for the rope or sling. that has the advant
well, you can probably get close enough by using the mechanical drawings for the antennas to get the length of coax along the boom to the boom-mast clamp then measure it from there. any of the electr
also check interpretation of your current policy. for mine no extra insurance was needed for up to 10% of the value of the house which is adequate even for my stuff. perhaps you have just asked the w