Some years back, N3ORY and I did this on some Rohn 25 and maybe some 45 and other stuff too. A place in Baltimore ("Southern Galvanizing" I think it was) had a $100 or so minimum, which covered the f
Right, as I've been watching the projected storm track, I see it's aimed right at N4AF (ex-K4PQL), who was on the southeast or south side of Raleigh-Durham until a few years ago when he moved further
I can't speak to whether they still make them, but... I acquired one each for 25 and 45 in takedowns (wouldn't have occurred to me to buy them outright) and they are great. Much more comfortable than
I'm told by some of the guys I know who have significant hearing loss that CW, with headphones on and the volume cranked up, is a lot easier for them to understand than is phone, consequently they wo
For your reading pleasure, here is a (virtually) all new thread. I often hear people say things like, "Do you prefer a beam or a quad?" I often point out that a quad -IS- a beam. Yagis are beams, log
In 40 years of climbing, I have almost always climbed alone. When I was a teenager I not only climbed alone but had no safety equipment, no climbing belt, no hardhat, always worked on the tower, and
At WP3R we have found that even a 200' beverage is very useful, definitely on 80 but also on 160. Without it there would be lots of stations we couldn't copy; with it we can. And despite the theory,
I've always heard 80% of the tower height. But, in talking to Rohn engineers about a Rohn 80 years ago, it was clear you can guy closer and make up for it in stronger guy material and greater guy ten
We're talking about 60 or 80% of the total tower height as the distance to the guy anchors. That is, for a 100-foot tower, guy anchors should be 80 feet away from the base of the tower to be 80%. 73
Two additional reactions. 1.. When having my house built, I found that the county was reluctant to issue a building permit for towers, they being "accessory structures," until there was something for
I've been working on beverage (or Beverage if you prefer) antennas and have some practical suggestions: 1.. A 500'+ beverage can be done with as little as 3 supports. I have 250' spans of wire withou
It will work but certainly will degrade faster than larger gauge wire. All wire will degrade over time. Radials can be put out pretty fast, actually, if you use a good system. W0UN's system presented
The last time I bought direct from Phillystran they also sold dampeners, solid gray coils several feet long that wrap around the guys every so many feet (about 20 I'd say). They have been on a 118' R
Some of the large cellular monopoles, I believe, have an access panel at ground level and an internal ladder to the top. This would mean the diameter would have to stay relatively large even at the t
Bill (W4ZV) and others, my recollection of W3LPL's presentations on stacking, at the Dayton Antenna Forum and elsewhere, was that the stack was always equal or better than any individual antenna. I t
Looks nice. I don't think it's a Telrex, at least it's quite different than the Telrex one that's here on my desk, which isn't a flat-front front panel, but has its dial on the top, with 15-20 degree
I haven't followed the SteppIR intensely, only casually, but my guess would be that, due to the ability to change element lengths, that SteppIR has optimized for the wider element spacing on 15 and 1
I totally agree that using something huskier is an excellent idea -- in a "short" tower like 40, 50 or 60' you end up with something really stout. I've been advising (giving opinions and observations
Hmm, one can imagine coming down the pike within a few years software upgrades that will allow you to enter your stack height (heights of all the individual antennas in the stack), maybe even terrain
I know the one made out of 4X4s (or maybe it was 2X4s but I think 4X4s) used to be in all the antenna books. I'd be much more comfortable with 4X4s! I guess they're available in 16-footers. If so, yo