Can the influence of a tower in the near field of an 80m array really be removed by detuning the tower? Here's the situation: I am contemplating an 80m vertical array but because of logistics it must
I have two 40 ft. bare telephone poles that will be installed to support wire antennas for 80m. Each will be installed 5 ft. into the ground. I will use wooden wedges around the hole to get the pole
Many thanks to all who responded with advice on how to install telephone poles. Here's some brief background info on this project and an update: Before I got the idea to use telephone poles to suppor
Did I miss something? I can't get to W4RNL's site. When I try http://web.utk.edu/~cebik/radio.html I'm taken immediately to http://www.cebik.com which seems to be the home page for a web hosting serv
I'm installing a pair of Hygain Hytowers and the city ordinance requires a "certified engineer's seal as to structural standards (seal frequently accompanies commercially purchased antenna towers)".
I've already discussed this with the building inspector. I asked if the seal was required since its a commercial free-standing antenna. He said I should be able to get one from the manufacturer. The
I'm posting this for my friend Steve. If anyone can help please contact him directly. (He lives in Van Alstyne, TX, north of Dallas). Wanted: Heavy duty crank up tower 50 foot or higher, preferably 7
Here's a response I got from John Hennessee, N1KB, Regulatory Information Specialist for the ARRL. (He tried to post to towertalk but it bounced because he's not subscribed). Kris, I know that you do
Here's the latest anti ham news from Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. I hope the league has the resources to make sure this proposed ordinance change doesn't happen. I'm not a resident of Plano but
I have some old style Phyllistran that requires the potting heads. My understanding is that potting heads are no longer being made and the new guy grips don't work for old style Phyllistran. Is there
Are the takeoffs angles for radial-less verticals such as the R7 and radial-ed verticals such as the Butternut HF-9V identical given identical nearfield/farfield ground conditions? -- 73 Kris N5KM ma
[This has *some* antenna content] Reuters LONDON -- An ambitious project to provide high-speed Internet access through electricity mains hit a snag when street lights using the same power supply turn
Chris, What is the advantage of the Zagi configuration? Does it have some mechanical advantage or performance/pattern improvement? How far up the mast is the DE installed? 73 Kris N5KM mailto:mraz@au
Question: With an antenna like a 4 square you simply "float" the other three verticals in order to get them out of the picture while you're tuning the 4th vertical. These three floating verticals are
Yep. I had my antenna stack up about 1/2 hour, no coax yet, when I got my first complaint. Next door neighbor's phone was dead and it was receiving a broadcast station. Had to be "that antenna". "Yo