Yes, antenna mart is alive, but Bill is having serious family health problems now. If you want to see the products on line, check out the maxgains web page run with Allen Bond. He and Bill work close
Well, I do own a rivet gun, and as someone remarked, drilling out the heads is a matter of minutes. However, with every antenna I have ever built, I use self tapping stainless steel screws and have n
Such is so. I forgot to mention that after setting the screw, I remove the element and file down the area around the tap. Plenty of NoAlox and they come right apart. Just moved QTHs after 20 years, a
Never again will I buy anything from Brian. Besides being a PITA on support, those damn keys just get lost too much. One thing Dan didn't mention is that if you backup your HD, you loose the key. Roy
above snipped... W6AM also never buried a single inch of those poles, and to attain the height, he mounted them base to base...been too long to remember the specifics, but it was weird looking at po
The weight given for the 24 foot length is interesting. The 24 footer I bought from Texas Towers weighed in ( according to the shipping manifest ) at 155 pounds. I can lift 100 pounds...I cannot lift
You think you're a dummy. I left outside in below zero temperatures in my tower bucket and it rained like hell!!!! I've also dropped it from about 50'....took a licking and went on ticking 73 Ed -- F
Well, not to quibble too much about the definition of "resonance", a wire is resonant when it presents a purely resistive load with 0 reactance to a signal generator. An ungrounded 1/4 wave long wire
I disagree completely. The presence of standing waves is not applicable to the antenna itself. Standing waves will be present regardless of the antenna length or frequency. Resonance of the antenna,
This matter seems to be getting out of hand, and I'm sure not doing any good for Scott's nerves. First of all, how do you get a city attorney to write a letter exempting something that isn't even cov
Just a remark about base loading. It does not, as someone suggested have a bad reputation because of the proximity to any metal. Picture in your mind a bow ( as is bow and arrow ) and let the bow be
For the caps on mind, I use that "self expanding foam insulation from Home depot. Seems weatherproof and will expand to fit almost any hole. Use it also to seal off boom ends ( so far 4" is the large
Guys, if I don't kill myself packing and throwing away 33 years accumulation of stuff, I should be outa this QTH by the end of the month. I'm going to erect a rather short ( 50-60' ) tower at the new
Mike, nice ambitious process you've started. Been flying the balloons since about 1966. 1. You can use #18 wire for the vertical. 2. If you have a pair of trees you can hang a rope from, that is to s
Geez guys, John admits to 1 mistake and then mentions a recent bachelor party? Guy needs all the help he can get. Seriously, for us snail mailers, there's no reason not to help John out with his expe
Hey Ed, I've got an HP-4C here, and it's good. Have sent an SASE to John, but if anyone can get me hard copy sooner, I'll be glad to scan it in. 73 Ed -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towerta
How does the kids shins look? 73 Ed -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems
The "washers" or "spacers" are a holdover from older plates, and were used to insure the electrical strips didn't touch the metal. 73 Ed -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Sub
Two things... 1. If you put all the cables through the individual pipe sections BEFORE you glue them together, you eliminate a lot of trouble. 2. Whenever you add a cable, just tape another length of
I'd just like to "hear that sucker play", but if you wanted the absolute max gain from an antenna, I believe the ARRL credits that one to the Hadley "fishbone". I do remember from many years back a W