I dont know how long is required to crank down at 89 crank-up at full extension but I would suspect that it is at least 90 seconds. At this qth, when a Tornado or macroburst/microburst winds are appr
Yes indeed Jim, when the trees come down the local circuit usually goes down too. Not always, but most of the time, introducing yet another potential failure point to the anemometer/automatic winch i
Hi Rick, Like I said, I dont know how long is required..... I used a hand crank to crank up a very tall crankup tower many years ago at KR2N it may have been a TX472 but I dont recall. It was an agon
According to Trump, China pays that 10% tariff, not us. Shame on Digikey for defying him and charging that tariff to you. 73 Bob KQ2M I received 25 #31 Fair-Rite snapons from digikey and was charged
Hi Rick, If you some have grit between the elements, (sand grains, spider/insect webs/debris, previous conductive paste in the element, etc.) you can have two telescoping tubing pieces that are mecha
Hi Charlie, On my element tips I put the vinyl caps over the fanned ends of the dampening rope in the element. This usually ensures a very snug fit of the end cap on the element tip which keeps it on
My experiences have been different from KK9A. Open element tips with nothing capping them, is just an invitation for spiders, bees, wasps and other flying creatures to nest in them (extremely common
Hello Tim, I have taken down many antennas over the years but I never saw water in any of my elements with caps on them and the rope in the element tips was always completely dry. If there was ever a
I originally though about the idea of leaving the elements uncapped and putting some sort of mesh in them, but I didnt like the idea of rain/snow being blown almost horizontally back into the element
This is a first at my station.... a large Hornet Nest on the end of the Boom of my lowest Hygain 105CA (5L 10 meter Yagi) on my 100 Rohn 45 tower. The nest is located on the underside of the end of t
I want to thank everyone that responded and provided helpful information, experiences and anecdotes. I learned far more than I had ever imagined. :-) A little more explanation is in order for the gen
I used a different method which I will mention here just it case it may be helpful for a TT reader. My qth is on irregular and jagged ledge in some spots the ledge is at or just below the surface (li
Mac, Thank you for noticing my error. It was not 20 sq. yds, it was 20 cubic yds. Thats what I paid for and what I received. I actually used ~ 18.5 cubic yds for the two tower bases and six guy ancho
A lot of people couldnt care about SO2R. If you arent a contester it doesnt do you much good Actually, thats not true at all. I find SO2R to be of exceptional value when trying to work a rare DXpedit
Stop a direct hit? No! Make your appliance less likely to be damaged or destroyed? Yes! There are no protection absolutes when it comes to lightning strikes. All you can hope to do is make your valua
A key issue is taking into account not only the distance from the tower, but the tower distance + height of the antenna on the tower + length needed for rotator cable loop + additional length from th
Mark has nailed it! One of the nice things about making something and seeing it it works well enough is that what you make doesnt know how well it is supposed to work and doesnt care. :-) So if it wo
Actually we are saying the same thing. 1) Build it and put it up! 2) Take it down or adjust it and put it back up again. 3) Repeat as needed. 4) Get on and make lots of qs and have fun In each case y
Did we say the exact same thing? No. Did we mean the same thing? You bet, and we both UNDERSTOOD that. The rest you inferred based on your own assumptions, biases, etc, which is fine, but I didnt agr
Hi Scott, Yes, please share. I am very interested. Tnx & 73 Bob KQ2M Hi Hans, By coincidence, I just finished doing the math, recalled from my statics course some 50 years ago. 1.15 at 30 degrees is