That's quite the project that Stan has going ! I do have to ask one thing....If the primary objective is EU, couldn't the same effect be achieved with 2, 4 or 6 strategically-placed 140' Rohn 25 towe
When ever I reassemble a Tailtwister, I have the feeling I never get it exactly right. The gears are in the right sequence, but I always question if I have the washers and spacers in the right places
http://www.ksyz.com/towerpics.html Sorry...don't know any details, other than ice loading and wind. Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ _______________________________________
I'll add a third voice in agreement. It's easy to say don't turn it on a windy day, but unfortunately, contests sometimes (often ?) happen on windy days. If you're handy at repairing T2X's, the probl
In the hardware-store variety, the Maasdam PowrPull is built reasonably well. When the leaf spring that switches between "up" and "down" broke, they sent me several replacements for free. The Walmart
I have had 2 Tailtwister failures in the past 3 months with the same T2X, same antenna, same tower. What is puzzling is that the failure mechanism has been the same both times, and I haven't previous
And it's even worse in situations like mine, where the whole house protector is attached to the main shutoff next to the meter, but the circuit breaker panel is 30 feet away in an interior room. I us
Steve, You still haven't determined an important piece of information - At what frequency is the current antenna resonant (X = j0) ? Find someone with a Palomar Noise Bridge, and the knowledge to use
Someone could probably make some money by marketing a sturdy, 2 element 40 based on Dave Leeson's Moxon-like design. A hint for CushCraft, M2 and W3TX. Force 12 need not even try ! 73, Steve, N2IC __
I'll join the M2 cheerleading squad ... Sent jeremy@m2inc.com an inquiry Friday afternoon on ordering a 40M4LLDD. After a few phone conversations to get the shipping arranged, it was on-the-way Frida
I had similar problems when I converted my one of my KT34XA's into a KT36XA. To isolate the problem, I ended up removing each element from the boom, opening up the center shorting strap, and measurin
I often see people throw around phrases on Towertalk, such as "my hill is a 10 percent grade", or "my slope is a 10 degree grade". As I discovered in a wildland firefighting class, these are definite
A 2nd edition, Radio Engineering, Frederick Terman is for sale on e-bay. Item # 220211095506. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________________ _________________________________________
Ever since I had a problem after converting my KT34XA to a KT36XA, I have been collecting KT34XA/KT36XA element resonant frequency data from various sources. The results (which now include K1KP's dat
In scouting the antennex web site, I see a long list of writers who have made technical contributions to the antennex pay-for-access web site, but nowhere do I see the call of the person responsible
Anyone have some good tricks for splicing Andrew LDF4 1/2" Heliax ? This would be for HF use, only - not worried about a small impedance bump. 73, Steve, N2IC ________________________________________
I'm sure that others will disagree, but in my experience, protecting rotators and remote switches on towers is often a losing cause. On the positive side, I have never had a CDE/HyGain T2X/Tailtwiste
Hal, N4GG, has done exactly what you want to do - built a successful, single-op contest station in a deed-restricted neighborhood. Check out these articles: - NCJ, January/February 2008, page 14 "Wir
You can save a considerable amount of money by having large/heavy items delivered to the trucking terminal, instead of your home QTH. I recently bought a M2 40M4LLDD (16 foot length, 160 pounds). Th
There is a copy of Leeson's "Physical Design of Yagi Antennas" being auctioned by the ARRL at http://arrl.auctionanything.com . Hurry - bidding ends at 2000Z, October 31. 73, Steve, N2IC ____________