Isn't it great... ! noTHING like hams supporting the hobby through small businesses... I just got a pneumatic tennis ball wire antenna launcher... no tree top can beat this thing, haha. 80lbs = 200ft
2 horizontal pieces of Uni-Strut spaced 2 or 3 feet apart, 18" long and 6 conduit clamps. 4ea for the tower legs, and 2ea for the small mast you can mount the Yagi on. You can get this stuff at Home
That would make a pretty nice antenna rotor too! 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: Jon Pearl - W4ABC Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:45 PM To: richard@karlquist.com Cc: towertalk@contesting.c
Usually just the tailtwister brake "sticks". 73 Jim W7RY Hi Doug - I believe that the "ham" rotators have a reputation for having the brake wedge hang up in the gear, in which case rocking it back an
Use the type made for aquariums to avoid the problem of acetic acid formation while curing. NO! Not necessarily! I have a tube that says aquarium seal and it smells of vinegar. 73 Don N8DE Although N
Im looking for a 50 or 60 foot Rohn 25 tower in the Portland, Seattle or surrounding areas. I can meet you to pick up. What do you have? I had found some a year ago, but didn't follow through with it
Has anyone used the Elk River brand Tower LX harness? What do you think of it? Are there any better manufactures out there? Pros-Cons? Thanks 73 Jim W7RY _____________________________________________
Why not just rent one Steve? Then you can see what your needs are before you buy one? 73 Jim W7RY Thanks to everyone for the advice in confirming a tower is straight up vertically. I think I will buy
What mode? What are you going to be transmitting? 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: Tõnno Vähk Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:45 PM To: towertalk@contesting.com Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
In the RTTY/Digital portion of the band. Ok I'll look for you. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: Tõnno Vähk Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:33 PM To: 'Jim W7RY' ; towertalk@contesting.com Cc:
Not a peep here in SW Washington with the TH7 pointed at 103 degrees which is where the moon was for me. I did hear a w6 or wa6 YP station directly sending CW. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From:
""" Particularly when your buddy with the SteppIR is calling the crane guy to do a repair and you're working the P5. :-)""" LOL!!! How true is that! (Ok... Let the flames begin). Chris KF7P 73 Jim W7
Take a look at some of these pictures! Corroded/rusted guy anchors causing towers to fall. http://www.anchorguard.com/alert.cfm Just a link that someone from work sent me. 73 Jim W7RY _______________
Indeed! Problem comes with using galvanize anchors and copper ground rods. Even an insulator would help this. Probably why we haven't heard about it until recently because of all the tower guys witho
Check all of your antenna's connections. Anyplace there is a nut and stud, can cause corrosion and poor connections. Or anyplace something relies on a bolt or screw. I have had this problem before on
I have used the VHC-1 for my QSK system and they work fine. 73 Jim W7RY Does anyone have experience with products by Greenstone, especially the vacuum relays: http://www.greenstoneusa.com/vacuumrelay
Agreed! 73 Jim W7RY I would buy through Max-Gain. In my experience, they are very good to deal with and stand behind what they sell. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://rever
Im looking for a light weight 4 or 5 element 6 meter beam to mount above a small tribander. What do you recommend? The Cushcraft A50-5S is cheap enough and HRO ships them for free but Im concerned wi
I run my TH7 with a BN86 with 1500 watts in RTTY contests. Only think I notice is that the SWR starts to climb slightly on 20 meters after an afternoon of calling CQ. Not really sure what it is but I
I don't think I would ever use steel guy wires again. Steve, N4JQQ I absolutely agree!! 73 Jim W7RY Patrick, I don't think I would worry much about it. I'm sure opinions differ but try it without fir