I bought this from an estate severeal months back and I now realize I will probably never get around to putting it up. It is a 3 section (20 foot per section) self-supporting crankup by Telex-Hygain.
I'm putting up a crank-up tower with a TH7-dx on it. I'd like to add a 6-meter yagi and a 2-meter yagi above that. Can anyone suggest a proper spacing for these? Should the 2-meter be on top or in th
This bearing is on top of a used W-51 crank-up that I'm planning on using. It does have a grease fitting. Is this a reasonable quality bearing or should I consider replacing it? thanks, 73, Phil W5BV
I bought a used M2 6-meter beam at a hamfest this past weekend. The seller had a few pages of info and said it was an M2 6M7JHV. After getting it home and laying it out in the shop floor, I find that
I'd be interested in the responses to this question. Why don't people use "reply all" to topics of general interest? Could whoever Paul is please post his information on the proper formula? thanks, 7
My personal experience with the R9 was not good. I'd been a Cushcraft fan for years and when my R8 got trashed I decided to put the R9 to have the 80 meter coverage. First, the antenna is tall and yo
I am currently using a Yaesu GS-800SA rotator but bought a GS-1000DXA for use on a planned new tower. The 1000DXA has a preset function on the control box that the 800SA does not. Can I use the 1000D
Today I picked up a "kt-34" from the ham shack of a friend who just recently went SK. It was all bundled and taped together. But, as the story goes, he bought the antenna that had come out of the est
I am involved in selling items to benefit the estate of a SK. One of the items is a unused roll of 400MAX cable that is still in the plastic cling wrap it was shipped in. I know there is at least 100
On behalf of a friend's estate, I am selling a new Hygain HDR-300 rotator with control box and mast clamp. It appears to be a later model with a stainless shaft and a pigtail and connector for the ca
It appears that the balun on my TH-7 has died. Can someone please tell me if this is a 4:1 balun....the Hygain manual is silent on this subject as far as I can tell. thanks, 73, Phil W5BVB __________
Thanks for all the responses. I suspected the BN-86 balun would not last when I put the antenna up so I acquired a DX Engineering balun as a spare. But, as I was getting ready to replace the old balu
Get some thin stainless sheet....DX Engineering sells it. Wrap it around the tower leg and then put your grounding clamp on it. This is what I do even with my galvanized tower. Since it is aluminum,
Any recommendations? I was thinking about taping the place for the cut with electrical tape and then wedging it in a piece of copper tubing.... thanks, 73, Phil W5BVB ________________________________
thanks for all the info. My bolt cutter is a little old and worn so I think I'll probably go with the angle grinder and cutoff wheel approach. At least I'm now comfortable that I can do a reasonable
It does not look like a harness to me.... 73, Phil W5BVB For Sale https://buckinghammfg.com/products/buck-stop-5vv124s1/ For full body harness with steel ring dorsal attachment. Length-6ft. Meets AST
Does Rohn offer flat bottom and top plates for 45G? If so, buy one of each, put the top plate on what you already have in the ground and bolt the bottom plate to it with shims to get it plumb. good l
I'd suggest drilling only part way into the mast on one side, tapping the hole in the rotator clamp on that side, and screwing a bolt in far far enough to go down in the mast a little. 73, Phil W5BVB
Just checked a 1966 ARRL handbook and it lists both RG8A/U and RG58A/U as 53 ohms. If I remember correctly back when I was getting started in ham radio in 1963 or so, it was generally referred to as
I use the K7FP arms myself and have been happy with them. 73, Phil W5BVB Tower is 70 feet tall. Cables consist of 2 LMR400, 1 Rotor control cable, 1 SteppIR control cable, 1 #6 ground wire, 1 3-condu