Hi -- what a great group! Within an hour of my posting of this request I have had three responses that all confirm that this is a Cushcraft ATB-34. I will be looking up that antenna in the archives a
Hi all, I am helping the widow of AG1V (SK), John Bubbers, find a ham home for his HF triband. It is a Cushcraft ATB-34 and includes the roof tower and Ham-III rotator. There are pictures on my web s
I am involved in Corporate Training at both Hewlett-Packard, it's offshoot Agilent Technologies, and now it's offshoot Avago Technologies. Anyone who has a job that requires ladder usage takes mandat
Hi Tony, This is from the ARRL Antenna Book: -- Practical Suggestions For Vertical Ground Systems At least 16 radials should be used if at all possible. Experimental measurements and calculations sho
...and although the element-to-element spacing is not optimized for all frequencies, the element lengths are set to compensate for this as best as possible. It's probably better than a christmas tree
Do you have a West Marine close by? 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.co
I have been reading all of these posts and feel perhaps I can add to the conversation. Back in 2007 I was looking at property on the coast of Maine -- with tall trees. I was also curious about the ef
Is there some kind of stainless steel shoulder washer? This would solve the coax barrel <=> copper ground lug problem. 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ -- Original Message -- From: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
Hi Tony, I have two 6' roof towers on my roof. Granted, they are IIX towers, but they have been there a long time with no issues. Check them out at: http://www.qsl.net/w1dyj/station_woburn.htm There
Hi Eric, I built my own roof ladder. Check out the pictures "The House - Back" and "HF Roof Tower" on my web page at: http://www.qsl.net/w1dyj/station_woburn.htm 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ ________________
To bad I don't work for Agilent any more -- I could have bought it for 10% off! :) 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
For portability and simplicity, you can't beat the Auteks. 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
Hi TTers, I am adding a mast to the side of my place in Maine for a small HF antenna of ~5 ft^2 wind load and ~25 lbs. I wish to design a bracket for the side of the house to hold this mast. The chal
Hi TT'ers I am designing a base plate for mounting an old TR-44 rotator and cannot find dimensions anywhere on the Internet. I measure 3" c-to-c from the rotator on my workbench. Is this the correct
Thanks Bert, I have all of the templates -- but they don't have any dimensions on them! 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ _______________________________________________ __________________________________________
I am very interested in the answers to these questions too. Please reply to the list. 73 - Larry -- W1DYJ I was wondering if anyone can help me select the right material for full-size 80m verticals.
Hi Tower Talk Members, I am helping sell K1PKX's (SK), equipment. Bob was a good friend of mine, and I can say that he kept his equipment in great shape. You can see pictures of most of the equipment
Perhaps, but it also might be a really good rotary spark-gap transmitter above 200 meters... 73 -- Larry - W1DYJ Hey, can I mount a generator on top of my tower? or would that interfere with my recep
You can still read Kurt's stuff in WorldRadio Online. I am convinced, however, that the original Kurt was LB Cebic. In fact, now and then the column was written by "Lil Pistol" if you remember -- and
Hi Steve, I have not used either of these yagis -- mine is a HB 7 el on a 22' boom -- so here is my opinion. (And remember, my opinion is free -- probably what it is worth.) Since forward gain is a s