John This is from Barry W2UP.. Jumper 4 to 8 for CW, or 4 to 6 for CCW, to bypass limit switches. BTW, I have this info written on the inside cover of the manual, so I don't have to remember it :.) 7
John Last month I put up a F12 XR-5. It replaced a Mosley PRO-57B. I have been using the PRO-57B for ten years without any problems. I changed over to deduct weight and WL from tower and to upgrade t
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Kent My advice is to replace the cable. It is an easy job on the MA40. I had a cable break. It bent the boom on the antenna.. Tom KA2D Tubular style need to be a professional replace the cables on th
Steve I helped take an EZ-Way down last fall that has been up since 1988. It had a sommer XP-80 since 1993 and a TH6 before. The wonder pole was intact except for one of the braces to the very bottom
The article "Another Look at Reflections" is available on the ARRL website in PDF format. Here is the URL http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/Reflect.pdf Tom Carrubba KA2D [snip] -- FAQ on WWW: http://w
Bill Consider the F12 XR-5, a C3 with WARC. I would reconsider the coax choice. For HF a good quality RG-213 or RF Davis buryflex would be a better choice.. my two cents. I use burylex. I have had mi
Hello George I did not read your entire post the first time around. This is a common problem.. We solved this problem by pinning the elements to boom. We used #8 stainless screws though the clamps in
Hello I am looking for a source for a 2in mast collar. Thanks Tom KA2D _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk
Bill It may not fit. Mine did not. Here is what we did to fit it in... Invert the housing bolts and you may have to grind the housing boss's a bit. Works great.. Tom KA2D -- Original Message -- From:
Rob I believe the antenna is a Force 12 XR-5. (C3 with 17 and 12 meter elements on an 18' ft boom) 73 -Tom KA2D _______________________________________________ _______________________________________
Jim Check out this video from YCCC for WRTC2014. http://www.cape-vision.com/wayg/yccc/YCCC-falling-derrick.mpg GL -Tom KA2D We've walked up a 40' 25G with a TH5 and Ham IVusing 5 men, 2 of which were
Wilson These were EZ Way towers. The "pipe" was called a "wonder post". Tom KA2D I remember seeing talk of a galvanized steel crank up-tilt over tower that mounts on a pipe column with wings set in s
I agree with Steve F12 did offer a 19' foot boom with 3 elements on 20-15-1 It was a C-19. The boom is a foot longer than C3. Tom KA2D I use a F12 XR-5, C3 with 12 and 17. I was interested if anyone
Roger Use 10-2 or 12-2 romex from your favorite box store Tom KA2D Outside of ordering this part and waiting-- Would a piece of 450 ohm ladder line work for this? Otherwise, what would be better? 73
FYI https://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/instructions/SWR-RefChart_Rev0.pdf gl-Tom KA2D On 8/14/2018 12:19 PM, k7lxc-- via TowerTalk wrote: If there are 100 watts out and 10 watts refle