Not to mention the climb. 73 Mike NF4L _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.con
I've been offered a crank-up tower, but the owner has no idea what it is. Can anyone ID it? Pix at http://nf4l.com/tower/ Are spider webs ( I'm assuming it was a spider, the critter wasn't there) con
Thanks, Mike. I like the bearing/sleeve arrangement, keeps side forces off the rotor. 73, Mike NF4L _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tow
What's the secret for getting the center pin of a crimp-on type N connector onto the center conductor of Bury-Flex? Is it OK to clip a couple of strands? 73, Mike NF4L _______________________________
Thanks, Alan. They probably do make different versions. The connectors and coax both came from Davis, who I regard as a very reputable vendor. Oh well, 2 strands clipped, connector on. 73, Mike _____
Thanks Steve. I'll take a look. I've heard RF Connection mentioned before. 73, Mike _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing l
I have one of the original SteppIR controllers that isn't communicating with the radio. It had been for the last 4 or 5 years. The driver board just came back from having the smoke put back into a dr
My 4L SteppIR with the 30/40 M trombone is on sawhorses in the front yard. It was down to replace the driven element motor. The climber and crane are scheduled to put itback on the tower tomorrow mor
Does anyone know the status of Dino's tower service? The web site is gone, and the phone number I have is bad. 73, Mike NF4L _______________________________________________ __________________________
My SteppIR is exhibiting high SWR at all frequencies. Varying the length of the driven element does not affect it. If I plug only the center conductor of the coax into the rig the noise level is much
Thanks, Doug and Larry. I'll check with Dan. 73, Mike _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com h
Thanks, Martin and Krishna. The EHU is brand new, it replaced one that had a tape snarl. While a possibility, I think the probability is low....... maybe. 73, Mike ___________________________________
That's my best guess too, Gerald. 73, Mike _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists
Thanks, Jim. The EHU's ohm OK, I have 2 bad driver chips in the controller, 2nd director and reflector. My Ameritron RCS-12 switch handles 6, but not 60. Which is OK with me. 73, Mike _______________
Thanks, John - I'm going with the coax theory for now. It's a new motor and balun, so hopefully that's OK. 73, Mike NF4L _______________________________________________ ______________________________
Thanks Ron - The motor on the driven works fine, at least it did on the ground. One other anomaly is that on the ground an analyzer showed a dip at around 6.5 Mhz with the antenna set at 7.150 Mhz, w
Yeah, it'll come together ......someday. I would have thought it would be zero also. It is a cheap meter so who knows. The coax run is about 130 feet. The only "hanging weight" is maybe 6 feet of the
I need to replace the attachment for my 160/80 meter 1/4 wave sloper (fed at the same point, attached to one leg of the tower). I'm currently using an Alpha-Delta sloper connector, but it's in bad sh
Now THERE'S a blast from the past. 73, Mike NF4L _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http:/
Does anyone know where I can get a paper manual, not a scan for this tower? The scanned .pdf's drawings are mostly illegible. How about it's weight? If I can adapt a UST TRX80HD raising fixture, what