Been following the Phillystran thread regarding how far to the ground it goes. On my roof tower installaiton, the plan is use it exclusively without EHS. I figure if the roof goes, it all goes (a gri
My Synthetic Textiles dacron rope is losing its cover (the black sheath) from rubbing in the trees. While the first run lasted a couple of years, this time I got only 6 months use. Admittedy, the num
I'm hoping to get a (daring, affordable) tree climber to put up some pulleys in my trees. I'm using 3/16" Synthetic Textiles dacron rope and am concerned that if I don't get the right pulleys the rop
First off -- thanks to all for the comments on pulleys and getting wires in trees and having them stay there! One respondent suggested 3/8" x 12" screw eyes, and another emphatically stated that I ne
I vaguely remember someone (AMP?) had a heat shrink tape product, but I can't seem to find anything about it, even in the McMaster Carr catalog -- never a good sign. Thanks in advance, Eric W3DQ Wash
Thanks to all who have responded to my query. . To answer the question, "what are you trying to accomplish" -- I have some pre-existing junctions and connections (patch cords) that if I were to re-do
I'm in the design phase of re-routing cables into the house/shack and have a question regarding entrance panels. The plan is to have all of the feedlines and control cables come to a box on the exter
I live in the city (Washington, DC) and have a 6 footer on my roof supporting a Force 12 C3-SS quite easily. I can email you pictures, if you like. It isn't guyed, and was relatively easy to put up (
My experience this weekend told me that I need to move my South facing receive antenna to the other side of my property line (there's about a 15-20 ft wide space between my house and the neighbors on
Steve -- I think you're mixing metaphors here. The K9AY loop and the Pennant are different antennas. K6SE is the 'author' of the Pennant. Which did you use? Eric W3DQ At 06:24 PM 3/11/2004 -0500, N3S
From the President's speech: "Secondly, a proper role for the government is to clear regulatory hurdles so those who are going to make investments do so. Broadband is going to spread because it's goi
A companion document, "A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICAN INNOVATION" was released along with the speech that did talk about BPL and spectrum. See the second-to-last paragraph below, excerpted from the ent
I find Dave's comments on one hand fascinating and the other hand naive. I'm neither an engineer nor lawyer. Worse, my undergraduate degree (from the mid 1970's) is in film and video production. My s
At the request of the TT administrators, AA6YQ responded directly to my email. Except where noted, I will not quote all of his comments. Dave's email response to me is his to post where and how he li
At a recent PVRC meeting, an interesting method for laying down lots of radials for a vertical. Instead of cutting each radial individually and attaching each piece to the vertical section, this tech
My neighborhood was zapped on July 4th. An indirect hit caused a powerline surge at our house that nailed my Omni-6+ and other devices (wireless phone, answering machine, home alarm control panel, co
I found the following thread an excellent discussion of surge protection and surge protectors. It's titled "TVSS Protection Questions and Answers", the host site being "National Electrical Code Inter
I need to repair -- for lack of a better term -- a wire antenna by using a snatch block to raise a leg. Can someone point me to an source? I've seen the HOLT (UK) items for ~$30, but everything else
Thanks to all for their suggestions -- many, varied and creative! Eric W3DQ Washington, DC -- Original Message -- From: "ERIC ROSENBERG" <wd3q@starpower.net> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Thur
New in box EF-140S with mounting instruction and hardware to attach to the C-3 line of antennas (including official instructions on how to add this to a C-3SS) $190 plus shipping. Eric W3DQ Washingto