I think this calls for a class action lawsuit! LOL! Chris KF7P Apparently I am supposed to be more concerned about the way Mitt Romney spends his money than how Obama spends mine. ___________________
10 ACRES!!! For the love of mike, buy a bulldozer not a tower! I'd kill for 10 acres for an antenna farm. Chris KF7P Darn! I was hoping that everyone would either love or hate aluminium towers so I c
Umm, my Universal doesn't have a swedge, it has another section of smaller dia. tubing inserted inside. Possibly they changed their mfg. process? Chris KF7P Apparently I am supposed to be more concer
The easiest way is probably just terminating the coax in a PL259 and using a bulkhead connector through a right angle bracket of some sort. There are also gizmo's out there where you strip away the c
I use (automotive) brake cleaner! Cheaper than the bee spray, and works great on all insects. Follow it up with a flame if you're brave... Chris KF7P Some of the popular bee sprays don't kill all the
Don't forget Zero-Five antennas, this guy makes some killer stuff. http://www.zerofive-antennas.com/80-meter-full-size-monoband-14-wave-freestanding-superduty-vertical-antenna Chris KF7P All the radi
OK you two (Ward and Steve), time to do this test over again with more recent antenna offerings. I'd like to see the stepping kind of antenna included, and a log, plus some others. Pick the top three
No doubt about it! This is not a small undertaking. I'd consider pre-ordering the book if it would help, and I bet a lot of others would pre order too. What else can I do to help? If they were ready
Is it temporary or permanent? We use trucker's hitches on everything we put up on Field Day...I think it is more secure than the tautline. Chris KF7P I'm putting up a 40' aluminum mast as an end poin
If that's the case, why bother with the rods at all? Just lay *a lot* of copper strap in a trench as deep as practical and call it good? 2" wide strap is the same as the circumference of a 5/8" groun
Right! Lightning just came through 2 miles of air, which is an insulator, and you think it can't jump from the base of the tower 50 feet away to your house? Also what about transients coming into you
Hey Marv, It's probably best if the arm hoops line up vertically so your coax goes down as straight as possible. I'd extend them as far away from the tower as possible rather than close to it. I'll l
Using castle nuts and cotter pins is also an option. Does require the hole in the bolt in the right place though! Also putting a mark on the nut and bolt after it is tight with a paint pen to mark th
Somebody aught to put together a "TowerTalk Chronicles", or Tower Talk Wiki, or something. Not that we don't want to be helpful, but these topics do repeat from time to time. Maybe it would be good t
These work great, you won't be using two of the conductors of course. http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/Cables.html (scroll to bottom) Chris KF7p _______________________________________________ ______________
Right, I think they are a shock absorber so if you let go of the brake too soon it won't slam the rotator, also to help prevent shock loading due to gusty winds. I think. Seems pretty pricey for two
Sounds like a US Tower problem to me... :-) Chris KF7P (tri-ex owner...knock on wood) Regarding failure points: I've seen photos of two fallen US Tower retractable towers and both of them failed at t
Does anyone have an EZNEC model for a F12 C3? Thx Chris KF7P _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contestin
What a great idea! I'm going to join immediately! :-) Chris KF7P Hi All, I'm new to antenna modeling and I have lots of questions. I looked for a user group for EZNEC but couldn't find one. So I crea
I have the Elk River "eagle" and I like it. The only other harness I've used is for rock climbing, so I don't really have much else to compare it to. But two thumbs up for me. Chris KF7P I have an El