I use a 4 1/2" angle grinder. Just move enough dirt away to get below the surface of the ground and cut them off. I also use this on tower legs that protrude from a concrete pad. Grind the legs off f
For all intent and purposes the antenna is blind to everything behind the reflector. All you gotta do is get the reflector off the ground. de Paul, W8AEF _____________________________________________
Are you saying that the "raise the reflector off the ground and point the antenna straight up" method that I have used on: 204BA @ 73' 153BA @ 88' 103BA @ 95' TH3-JR @ 45' TH3-MK3 @ 47' C-3 WARC-7 2m
I find that after the shine goes dull with age my towers/antennas kinda blend into the background, which in Arizona is the mountains. We don't have trees that get over 20 feet tall in my neighborhood
Have her call you at the local bar (pub) and critize the toys you like to play with when you are home. de Paul, W8AEF Somehow they don't have an appreciation for tall metal sculptures, particularly i
I have several pieces of 1 1/2" id x 1/4" wall and 12" long in my junque box. Will these do you any good? de Paul, W8AEF _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com
I have downloaded all of the archive indexes by subject and find that they are a tremendous source of information. The .zip file is almost 2 meg and if anyone wants a copy I can email it to you as an
Wow, a tremondous response. And what is really nice is the requests for the archive.zip are coming in as a group and are easy to fill. One of our local club members suggested the archives.zip file be
The biggest problem I have seen with antennas on motor homes is they are mounted such that the antenna itself is too close to the motor home frame. You gotta get the antenna away from the frame, eith
Sounds like the same problem when we moved into a home in Sun City West, AZ. I found that NONE of the shields were connected in the television wall outlet receptacles - only the center conductors wer
I have .pdf manuals for the FB-45A, MT-61 (3 section) and RBF-20. The MT-61 may be of interest to you and the RBF-20 has a little information on the TT-45 (2 section). The 3 files total a little over
I have been know to use Uni-Strut (available in the electrical department of Home Depot) and U bolts. de Paul, W8AEF _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for
I am under the impression that if you run 110 vac to and up the tower the work has to be done by a licensed electrician. Of course if you installation does not have to be inspected....... de Paul, W8
You do. Same as I did. Built to work, built to last. de Paul, W8AEF _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stat
SNIP SNIP And that is really too bad because equipment that uses Surface Mount Devices are really east to circuit trace as each device has at least 2 accessible test points And the components themsel
As W1XT told me once: You have a driven element and a reflector, find out where you DO have front to back. Stupid me had to receive an elementary tutorial. Generate a signal from your remote antenna
Any answer you get here will be rumors and hearsay with perhaps some fairly good advice. But for the real answer you gotta go to your local Planning and Zoning board. And if you have a homeowners ass
It's available at: http://www.hy-gain.com/ de Paul, W8AEF _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and
Do a google on Hygain. The manuals are on line. de Paul, W8AEF _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations"
Most of the Hygain manuals are on their web site. Google on Hygain and look around. de Paul, W8AEF _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting