I'm trying to decide what type of thrust bearing to use at the top of a 60' tower to support a small quad. The antenna only weighs 35 Lbs but I want the boom as high above the tower as possible to ke
Didn't mean to start dredge up what seems to be an old sore point about whether thrust bearings should support the weight of the antenna. And being new to this reflector I didn't realize the furor my
So I called my local city planners office to begin the process of getting a permit to install a tower on my one acre lot. We live in a kind of agricultrual area, but more horse-country than agricultr
Thanks to all of you for the information, for sharing your own experiences and all the great advice. I see too that we may have exhausted the patience of some with this subject. Even though its one o
test Noel, 2000SE Hampton, Va de KD6Jhv _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call
Yeah well they better reduce the price... I have heard that they are now being built in the US. Alan AB2OS On 01/25/04 12:01 pm Jim Jarvis put fingers to keyboard and launched the following message i
Reminds me of an incident in basic training many years ago. My first job in the Air Force was as an antenna maintenance repairman (huah!), and many of our antennas were installed on wooden telephone
Sure glad you're not making the rules, Phil. Noel But I do indeed support the notion that ham tower climbers be trained somehow and be able to show evidence or skills of such. Hope this helps; be saf
Now if I could make a 3 band yagi look like that I wouldn't hear a peep out of the neighbors. Noel _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting
This is a natural effect of copper and bronze ground clamps. They are a soft metals and pressure applied to tighten the clamp will diminish as the soft metal compresses and relieves the tightened cla
Only reason a matching device is usually required is when the antenna is multi-band as it was originally. But if you're going to make a single band 20 meter quad, Mike and Tom's advice below should w
I know this isn't exactly tower related but I'm considering an auto antenna tuner as an addition to my shack. I'm sure some of you out there have some experince with auto tuners and could make some r
Jim, You're right about the lack of high power capable auto tuners. I don't quite understand why. I'm no engineer but it would seem a natural evolution to incorporate auto-tune features into some of
Thanks for the link George. The TenTec 253 seems to best summarize the features I'd like to have in an auto tuner, but falls short because of its lack of memories and at least for me, overkill in pow