Where can I find a capacitor suitable for use in shunt-feeding a tower for 80m/160m? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing
When I talked to Joel at The RF Connection about Cadweld one shots about 2 months ago he told me that the "old style" one shots has been discontinued and replaced with a "new style" which needs to be
I'm trying to figure out the gain pattern of my 3 element SteppIR in the vertical plane. Anyone have an EZNEC model already for a 3 element SteppIR and can anyone tell me how to plot the vertical pat
I'll be happy with a model of the 3 element SteppIR tuned to 28MHz. This isn't the first time I've used EZNEC, but typically I start with something similar to what I want then just modify as necessar
I would like to mount a Force12 LPT tower on a trailer. Anyone have any experience building a trailer for a tower (or otherwise)? I am looking for design/construction tips. In particular, I need a tr
The bare minimum required here is a trailer that can hold a 145 pound "tubular" tower and is small and light enough to be pushed into my backyard. Anything over 9 feet wide would not work at all. Som
The primary reason for the tower trailer is to make it possible for me to use this tower by myself. I need to be able to load, transport, and erect it by myself. If that can be done by a trailer that
Outriggers would be preferable, but guys would be acceptable if necessary. Here's another thought. Would it make things easier or harder to assume that the tower will be transported by an SUV or truc
I started this thread. I've put a bit of thought into it and have a proposal. Any big holes in the following idea? I found some small ATV/Utility trailers on EBay that fold up when not in use. They f
Yes, W6DR was part of our field day this year and we used that tower. Unfortunately, it is way to big for my needs and for my storage capacity. I need something much smaller for moving my 145 lb. LPT
I spoke to US Towers about a more heavy duty version of their Tubular Towers. They said they could do it and the additional cost wasn't all that much. I doubt, though, that they'll be able to build o
I wouldn't want to depend on the "automatic lowering" system to protect me and/or my neighbors either, but ... it HAS been done...with a building permit. I know a ham that has an MA850 with a MonstIR
And no neighbors to complain to the Planning Commission about it! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@cont
Unfortunately, FluidMotion no longer sells the boomslide. I could use one myself. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing lis
I've been noticing a strange phenomena that I'm hoping someone can help explain. I'll be sitting in front of the rig tuning the band and listening when all of a sudden the background noise level star
Thanks for all of the advice. 90% of the responses suggest it is a relay; probably in my remote switch. I have 2 or 3 spare ports on my remote switch so I guess it's time to climb the tower and move
Is an Inverted Vee inherently more susceptible to QRN than a dipole or yagi? My noise levels on 80m are much, much higher than my noise levels on 40m. I mean on the order of 6 or 7 S units higher. I'
Or buy a different model. I have several CO monitors in my house and none of them are affected by my QRO operations. _______________________________________________ __________________________________
I think I resolved my issue of a few weeks ago whereby the signal would just start dropping out and a tap on the CW key would bring it back to life. It was either a relay problem OR a bad PL-259 sold
Well, cleaning the relays is not something I'm up for right now since I'd have to climb the tower. If/when I fix or replace this box I'll move it from its current position at the top of the tower to