When raising and lowering the weight you'd have problems with it hitting a ring and not being able to get past it, or getting caught inside a ring between the inside edge and the tower face. The pull
It's been done. The 20m 4-stack at KC1XX can be switched by combination of antennas or by angle (when all four are selected.) Designed by K1GQ. 73, Dick WC1M 73, Dick WC1M SR From: "john@kk9a.com" <j
Don, Could you post a copy of your conversion chart? Below is my conversion chart for my 110' Rohn 555 tower, which uses HPTG67001 Phillystran guys with 1/4" EHS leaders from the guy anchors to a lev
73, Dick WC1M I guess the terminated their association with their US Rep? TT members have lots of helpful information and are happy to share it. _______________________________________________ ______
Similar question: Which F12 antennas didn't perform well compared with which lower priced antennas? A general comment on performance without any specifics doesn't help much. I have four F12 antennas:
I use this stripper from RF Industries for Bury-FLEX: http://rfsearch.rfindustries.com/drawings/RFA-4087.pdf It's adjustable, so it'll work on any pretty-much any 1/2" coax. You can buy one here: htt
The ARRL insurance is great, but it's quite expensive if you have a contest station with multiple towers, lots of antennas and pricey equipment. My homeowner's policy covered about $10K of damage to
I purchased my 87A from ETO as well, in 1995, and the original tubes are still going strong. At one point I had a problem that appeared to implicate one of the tubes, so I replaced it with another tu
Anybody tried one of these? http://www.homedepot.com/p/Powermate-9-in-79cc-Gas-Walk-Behind-Edger-with-Curb-Hopping-Feature-PWLE0799/202817519 73, Dick WC1M I got back to Home Depot and the edger is o
Would love to rent one of those, but no known options for that here in rural west-central NH. 73, Dick WC1M I have not used an edger, but I think it will be slow going especially if you try to go dee
Covering radials for an 80 4sq and a 160 vertical 1-2 inches deep would require a *lot* of topsoil-- I think about an acre and a half worth. I'm not an expert on the calculations, but I think it woul
In my case, the radials need to go down in a large field that gets brush hogged once a year (by early July the grass is knee-high.) After brush hogging I could cut the grass to the roots with a mower
My last sentence below should say "mow it", not "now it". 73, Dick WC1M _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTal
And if its a 4-square, as in my case, you have to pre-cut all the trenches that cross or use bus wires and do a lot of soldering. 20 years ago I did the latter for my 40m 4-square, which has 65 radia
Thats what I was assuming. I dont see how it would work to bury just the radials. Youd have to mound the soil over them and compress it very hard to avoid it washing away in the first heavy rain. Yo
Yes, grass grows up north, but does yours get cut with a brush hog? I think someone is overthinking this ... Ground radials are so much easier than this. I just put down about 2,000ft of wire for two
I put together something simple that does what I think you want, but it's much lighter than the Amazon item. (NOTE: This is not a substitute for a fall-arrest lanyard. You need one of those, too, pre
I've used LMR400UF and Davis BuryFlex on my US Tower 72' tubular crankup. Both worked, but the Buryflex is considerably more flexible. 73, Dick WC1M How tight a coil can the hardline be coiled into.
I bought a My-TE FA300/AB electric capstan winch when I raised my 55G tower. Also used it to tram large and heavy antennas, lift rotors, etc. It worked flawlessly and had plenty of power even at the
I agree with Jeff. I have lightning suppressors on every cable and wire at both ends. I recall reading a paper by the founder of Polyphaser recommending suppressors at both ends if the cable run is m