This reminds me, a friend of mine did succeed in getting his concrete for free by calling concrete companies 'til he found one willing to listen to his pitch that he's a ham radio operator and was wi
And you do see the occasional ones for TV antennas, now not being used, that are Rohn 45! _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers",
Good point, on permits for "structural concrete." I think the argument could be made that a county's authority extends so far as the foundation, but not to the tower. As a for instance, my county sig
As far as being "cheap," I think frugality, good common sense regarding one's resources, and "good stewardship" of one's resources, be they the dollars in your pocket, the "environment," etc. are vir
You may have noticed, as I have, that we seem to have a lot of non-hams who read Towertalk. That's okay, just interesting. Personally, whenever I see a message without a callsign, I assume it's a non
No, I don't think that's the point, Gary. To me, to a ham, his callsign is the best identifier he has -- among hams it's generally more helpful than the name. Now, I can appreciate that a lot of peop
It's clear from all those brave enough to comment that there is no reason for anyone to be embarrassed about their callsign. I'm pleased we all agree! 73 - Rich, KE3Q ________________________________
Absolutely. I agree. There are many, many who are fine with their callsign including extras who have opted to keep their original callsign. 73 - Rich, KE3Q ___________________________________________
Put your name, callsign and E-mail address on every message you send. We don't all know everyone by just a callsign, nickname or Internet address. Furthermore, not everyone's E-mail software lets yo
Anyone have any really good 4-element quad element spacings and wire lengths for each element -- 20/15/10? 73 - Rich, KE3Q _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.c
Anyone have really good 4-element (20, 15 and 10) quad dimensions -- element spacings, wire lengths on each element, etc.? 73 - Rich, KE3Q _______________________________________________ See: http://
One or more people have mentioned their "quad" was not as directive as their SteppIR. Since they did not mention how many elements their quad was, I assume it was a 2-element, in which case it's not
Anyone have experience, anecdotal or otherwise, on the performance of a vertical "in the woods" versus in an open field? I potentially have both options. Especially with lots of radials, "in the wood
The typical cage dipole design I have seen brings the wires together at both the end and the middle -- twist and solder them together, and that's where the center of the coax connects -- and on the o
Thanks all for the responses on verticals in woods/trees. I haven't read or responded to them all yet, but plan to. Meantime, I have a followup question that's occurred to me, another practical, simp
I for one have been satisfied with the excellent response to the question and generally do find I am satisfied with the non-scientific approach, to this question and to many other things in life I su
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If you can't otherwise find it, WB4NFO, Rana, is the one guy in our Maryland-DC-northern Virginia area that I know of who has a TB6EM. I think he almost certainly has a manual. Rana is active in our
Let me ask you TB5EM guys a question. I have had one for years and use it every year for Field Day on our RTTY station. We pressed it into service when someone said, "Anyone have a tribander we can u
Okay. Yes, at the rig end of the feedline, 1:1. 73 - Rich, KE3Q _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations