Agreed on the wind loading with elements retracted. I was only referencing interaction between antennas. With the tapes homed, the antenna is essentially invisible to the other antennas on the tower.
I've used Bury Flex for years. I have a crank-up tower, so flexible coax is a must. Bury Flex is very flexible and it makes a nice rotor loop. I also have some LMR-600 type coax for 6M, it too is lfl
Great idea! If you ran the large hose down the entire length of your tower you could say you're using 1-5/8" hardline and get away with it! 73, Lou, W0FK Message: 11 Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 16:47:22 -
Participants of this list may have interest in a proposed change to the DCXX rules regarding remote stations. This is the text of a post on https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Awards. To make comments reg
I'll second the suggestion by Rick N6RK to follow his plans. I installed the system he suggests, using some different suppliers and a motoe/gear assembly with less load handling specs that he used on
Very sad news indeed. John was a lion among us and will be sorely missed. Lou W0FK Message: 11 Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 07:04:17 +0000 From: M?ximo EA1DDO_HK1H <ea1ddo@hotmail.com> To: "towertalk@conte
Dale, I have a Hi-Z 4-square in the woods behind my house. I have it spaced 90' a side to compromise between optimum 160M and 80M. It works extremely well. I can't determine if I have any degradation
There are a number of structure wind zone maps that come up if you search for wind zone tower. It appears on all of the ones I saw, most of NY is in the 115mph zone. That said, the specific map and h