I, too, would like to see some ideas. My soil is almost the same, except my QTH is on a prehistoric riverbed. My neighboring hams are on silt/loam soils. but my top soil is only about 4 to 6 inches d
Chris, Will the choke and resistor techniques also work on wire dipoles? 73, K7MEI Brent From: "Christopher J Galbraith" <cgalbrai@umich.edu> To: "'EC1CT Fernando'" <ec1cwg@dxhunters.com>,"'towertalk
Slight change on the topic. I'm almost ready to go with my 33 foot unknown-brand crank up. (For those who want to take a stab at making an ID, I'll send you photos.) Zoning is clear, my small communi
Thanks all for the replies. Interestingly enough the building department, when pressed, said they didn't care about anything but the foundation. On the rest they defer to the experts in the field, i.
Given the number of times I've had helicopters go out from under me, carry me into the ocean, etc. I'd be more afraid of the ride in and out. If God truly meant for men to fly it wasn't in machines w
George, Sorry, no help from this QTH. I was a Communications-Electronics Officer in the Corps for quite a few years and never saw this type of tower. Of course the other, richer services had more toy
In addition, a tree grows thicker as it grows taller. Eventually anything attached to the trunk will eventually wind up inside the trunk. Many species of conifers will "bury" nails, fencing, forest s
If you have rope at the ends of the wires you can get out your old Scout hand book and look up how to tie a taut line hitch out at the ends of the rope. Then as the tower is lowered you, or a couple
I currently have a 32 foot length of heavy top rail that is guyed at the top (3 guys). ALL it holds is a 20 meter dipole, and I wouldn't put any more on it. Even with guys it provides an entertaining
towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] EMI concerns;Detectors/Radiation Allergies> > Do a search on Google for Sarah Dacre, and you'll find several articles about her ailment, along with
One thing to watch out for with mushroomed heads on metallic items intended to be driven with a hammer: Shrapnel. Pounding against a mushroomed head can make flakes fly off with the speed of bullets
A vibrator is the best way to go, however as long as you are diligent you can use a length of 2x4 to tamp the concrete every 6 inches or so of lift as the concrete is poured. Hard to keep up with a f
Naw, the porcupines are used to keep the plastic owls from nesting in your tower. towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Porcupine> > Gee, I already have a plastic owl facing north on the
I originally joined the group seeking information on a fold over crank up tower that I was given by our local historical railroad in return for building them a better antenna system. Mostly I moved t
When I contacted a local PE (Heber City, UT) regarding my tower base he asked how I was going to dig the hole. I told him I would use a large auger and then square it up. His reply was in effect, goo
See my comments attached to your questions. The patterns you see are general conventions of momentary snapshots of an antenna system. These conventions, or standards, keep us all on the same sheet of
Training develops habits and automatic responses to situtations. Obviously this ham was well trained, but when he elected to forego one element of his training the rest took over. Semper Fi, K7MEI Br
Good deal for K8JHR. The small Utah town I live in requires a permit for the tower foundation, everything else is unrestricted. Guess it helps to have a former ham in the building ordinance departmen
As a variation on the pot scrubber theme, why not try some wadded up window screen material? It seems to be reasonably UV resistant and sufficiently porous for your needs. Brent, K7MEI> Date: Tue, 9