I'm not sure if these antennas are already installed or if this is just in the planning stages. If you're planning, I'd just purchase two C-4XL's or two C-3's and add a 40m beam. You also need to be
I have a worse problem at my P40A home. I could only install 2' long ground rods before hitting hard coral. I simply used more of them and placed them 2 - 3' apart using 1 1/2" copper strap and Polyp
The subject of placing a 40m beam close to other HF antennas comes up a lot here on towertalk and usually a spacing of 10' (3m) from the other antennas is recommended. Some shortened antenna designs
You'll have a tough time walking up a 40' tower with the rotor, mast and antenna weight on top. I have a 70' Universal tower that I have climbed numerous times and I installed the rotor, mast and ant
The SteppIR appears to be a fine antenna, but with full sized elements and a $1,300 price, it's anything but small and certainly not in the same category as the Cushcraft A-3. I own an A-3 as well as
Are the dimensions for this antenna available anywhere? John My earlier message is slightly flawed, but I found what I was looking for... http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/towertalk/2004-May/0642
I guess I found the W6NL 40m Moxon dimensions in an AO format http://www.kkn.net/dayton2004/W6NL40.ant I compared the antenna to my homebrew 2 element full size 40m beam - the gain is nearly identica
Be careful of the fiberglass dust when cutting it with a chainsaw. Sounds like time to buy a chainsaw! David Robbins K1TTT _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.c
I had a "Z" brace weld break on a Universal aluminum tower from an antenna breaking and falling on it. I had it re-welded. It's difficult to spot the difference between that and the original welds an
There's SS U-Bolt information in the archives; Here's what I did: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-07/msg00391.html Since this post I also purchased stainless steel muffler c
I never use end caps on elements or the boom. I just see them as a moisture trap and I really haven't seen any problems with not using them. I did have a wasp nest in one of my lower antennas once, b
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2005-07/msg00381.html How high is the 80M yagi? And boom length? 73 - Rich, KE3Q _______________________________________________ See: http://www.m
Interesting tower guying. The tower is 161 feet high and only guyed at two levels with a 60% radius. If you want to take a look at some pictures of a BIG 4 element full size 80m yagi, follow this lin
With close elements you can design an antenna to have increased bandwidth. The element tips of the 80m yagi are 3 1/8 inch diameter which also improves bandwidth. John KK9A The 104 ft boom seems rath