Which Facebook group? I can't quite make out the military part number to get more info. Wanna go look at the original. Not interested in buying since I have a 75' AB-577 and that's more than good eno
Ward Harriman, AE6TY, the creator of SimSmith ( http://www.ae6ty.com/Smith_Charts.html ), is stuck inside like many of us. He decided to spend a bit of his free time creating this: https://i.imgur.co
Yes, avoid Planning Commissions and requirements for a variance. Been at this for the last year and now here near the end. Town attorney decided that the Personal Wireless Service applies to Ham radi
Mike, good work! You were not the only thing prowling the woods and playing with wires yesterday. I ventured off to repair Beverages that came down in a recent storm. Repair may be too strong a word.
The performance of an antenna is inversely related to the temperature at which it is installed. Kudos for your perseverance! -John NI0K Mike Smith VE9AA <mailto:ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> Tuesday, January 15
I spent a couple hours down in the woods today 'trying' to resurrect my 160m inverted L (not successful yet.long story) and I looked about 100' away from where I was working and saw a CAR TIRE deep i
Yes, and this is very nice wire. I'm using #12 for common mode chokes. Look for this stuff on ebay. Not cheap, but worth it. I use a 33 ft. fiberglass pole to support an end-fed half-wave dipole whic
Same with the DDRR. It's official name is Directional Discontinuity Ring Radiator, which was supposed to refer to how it "worked", but in reality it's just a very short vertical antenna with a transm
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Apologies, I earlier replied under the wrong thread header. Should have been under wind loading... 73, Gary KA1J _______________________________________________ ______________________________________
My goodness, more answers than I expected. Thank you. I am in a somewhat difficult place, ham-wise. The problem is I am on the ocean, not directly on the ocean, but sheltered by Long Island Sound, in
I knew Milt many years ago. He was a great guy. The Jacks Peak / Cactus / Zia folks were real pioneers and actually developed several of those mountain top sites. It is quite possible in the this cas
$2660 is the average it cost me to install them on my towers. (they are ³safety-climbs²) as we call them in telecom. I use only Stainless kits made by Tuf-Tug. While it is NOT a requirement by anyone
I agree completely. So then the commercial owner should be paying for a pro and at pro rates, right? Obviously, if this is a repeater site shared on a commercial tower, then the commercial operator s
I agree completely. So then the commercial owner should be paying for a pro and at pro rates, right? Obviously, if this is a repeater site shared on a commercial tower, then the commercial operator s
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:02:50 -0500
I figure any rotator I use should be capable of turning the antenna regardless of winds. After tearing up a few of the ham series and an HDR-200, or 300 (forget which). It looked rugged, but I releas
My "war story":When we lived in Casper, Wyo., the Chinooks blew regular...and a lot. Then, on my trusty Heathkit wind gauge, I have seen, regular gusts of 50-70 mph. The elements on my TH7DXX and Cus
The Polyphasers are listed devices. Not UL but one of the several other certified labs. At least they were some years ago. I don't remember the lab that they used. They may ask for UL listing but the
Be careful, I have flattened all the flutes (?) blade thingies on a 12 inch augur with my tractor PTO. The augur started to try to "thread" itself into the ground eliciting a pull it up out of the gr