Dear Group: I just joined Tower Talk -- I've read through the last 5 years of archives and have certainly learned a lot I did not know. What a resource! I have a question: I have just ordered a US To
Dear Group: Thank you for your comments -- all, very good points. Yes, I may be over thinking this. I purposely bought the heavy duty tower to make sure I had more than the required antenna area capa
The HDX-555 is a crank-up with no guys. Thanks for all your suggestions. 73's Norm Cox KE0ZT N6SJ Steve has offered the best advice below. In my experience Remigio is quick to reply to questions via
Thank you, Steve....I've learned a lot from the archives, hope to continue to learn. I did take the suggestion to contact the structural engineer at US Towers. Regarding the orientation of the T-base
Dear Tower Experts, I now have the foundation poured for my new tower, and am designing the grounding system. The soil here is acidic. I was wondering what your experience has been with copper conduc
Dear Group: I am now ready to connect the tower grounding rod network to the shack grounding system. The crank-up tower is about 30 feet from the shack. Is it preferable to run the ground connection
Thanks to all of you for your comments. I will proceed. Norm KE0ZT Dear Group: I am now ready to connect the tower grounding rod network to the shack grounding system. The crank-up tower is about 30
I can't exactly remember, but I think the main difference in RG-213 and RG-8 is that one has definite MIL standards and the other (RG-8 I think) had more-or-less standards, but varied by manufacturer
Dear Group, I don't think I've ever seen any information on how a tower effects an HF beam's tuning and pattern. I've never simulated the effect or made any measurements myself. Can anyone tell me wh
Ok. I guess a little more stick (mast) wouldn't change the pattern all that much. Thanks for your response. Norm KE0ZT Assuming your tower is vertical, your Yagi is horizontally polarized and the dia
Kent, it's sometimes suggested that you point the beam in a direction that will result in the least wind resistance. If your elements are longer than the boom, for example, you would point the beam 9
Yes, I guess it depends. If you have very small elements and a long boom, that would certainly make sense. With large HF arrays, I guess I would try to orient the antenna to lesson torquing around. A
If anyone is considering a U.S. Towers heavy duty crank-up, this information might be helpful, in terms of what it might cost. I ordered the heavy duty 55 ft crank-up with the motorized winch in the
Labor costs seem to be very reasonable here. I was also able to get a discounted rate on the rebar from a friend's company. I'm glad it worked out to something that wouldn't break me. Norm KE0ZT Must
I purchased my U.S. Tower crank-up two years ago, and have been very happy with it. I'm sorry to see this questionable price increase, though. Maybe in the future, when business slows, they will put
I have a small PV array that I use for testing microinverters. This past year, the microinverter under test failed after 2 years of service due to a lightning glitch. I thought I would try an inexpen
There is an old 55 ft (Delphi) TV antenna tower at the end of my house. The antennas have blown apart in the wind and we haven't used them in years. Not wanting to waste a tower already up, I wanted
Thanks to all of you for your advice. I get the message. The tower measures 28 inch sides at the base. The cross members are riveted. The sections are bolted. The tower is galvanized, but shows some
Thanks again for everyone's thoughts. Renting or hiring a bucket truck is on the list of possibilities. I'm looking in to that now. One problem is that we live in beautiful forest setting -- park-lik
Jim is exactly right -- describes the tower I have perfectly. Norm < Thanks to all of you for your advice. I get the message. The tower measures 28 inch sides at the base. The cross members are rivet