Needed - Base insulator Information for upgrading my low ban vertical. I checked the archives and found references to Antenna Mart but the owner passed away so that source is no longer available. Ple
Bob: Array Solutions (WX0B) has nice insulators sized for Rohn 25G, 45G, and 55G. http://arraysolutions.com/Products/towerinsulators.htm 73, Jeff K8ND _______________________________________________
I have used old power line insulators. They will hold a whole tower. Pix of the 160m driven element here under "towers.": www.aa1k.us. I have four towers using similar insulators. One set had been li
Bob, I have been checking out insulators for Rohn 25G. Here is what I have found: 1. Array Solutions - Delrin insulators. $1145 for a set of three. The $250 solution is no longer on the website. 2. K
Using three separate insulators, one in each leg of a guyed tower, is about the WORST possible approach. Most insulating material has excellent compressive strength, but poor tensile strength. With t
I agree 100%, but would also add twisting motion to the problem. Towers also tend to twist in the wind. It's very important the base be able to rock and slightly twist on some form of pivot without
I have several towers using 6-8 inch diameter power line ceramic insulators at the base. Any one of these would support the tower, but using three meant I could use one under each leg rather than ha
Using three separate insulators, one in each leg of a guyed tower, is about the WORST possible approach. It's very important the base be able to rock and slightly twist on some form of pivot without
OPTIONS While I can't argue with the logic expressed here concerning ceramic insulators, I must point out that they were designed during a time when there weren't many choices for materials and for a
Hello Mark! This 160 meter vertical Yagi array is well documented in the ON4UN Low Band book (last two editions). I think 6 parasitics may not be justified. The half power beam width is large enough
... TopBanders, I offer as an example some photos of the 1200 foot tower (now gone) at NSS Annapolis Naval Communications Station. The website with a number of pictures: http://hawkins.pair.com/nss.s
Maybe you can use this as a reference :) http://hawkins.pair.com/nss.shtml Its amazing... There is a picture about base insulator. _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list