From your description, I would suggest the following steps: 1. take that tower to the scrap-metal yard and sell it for scrap price. What you have described isn't worth re-working for any ham radio pu
My votes, in no particular order: W0AIH K3LR W3LPL Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting
Petr, Go to the universal tower website and browse through the Heavy-Duty tower specs. http://www.universaltowers.com/ Don N8DE Edmore, MI _______________________________________________ ____________
Hy Gain 204BAS Long-time standard that works quite well ... and can be modified for slightly better performance .. as per ARRL Antenna Handbook. Don N8DE _____________________________________________
Guying a tower that is designed as "self-supporting" is an "IFFY" situation. The guys will place additional downward force on the legs which are designed to absorb force when the tower "flexes" durin
Dan, Now that most cities and towns have cable and/or satellite TV service in the majority of homes, find someone with a TV-tower that isn't being used for TV and tell them you'll remove that monstro
4 or 5 el 40m full-size 40m yagi is NOT BIG compared to this one: http://www.netaro.net/~ja4xgc/75m/monster%20english.htm That is a FULL-Sized 5-element 80m YAGI. Don N8DE ___________________________
Why not use copper tubing which is available at those 'despot' type stores? Copper is much easier to work with [and solder taps where needed] than aluminum. Don N8DE _________________________________
I bought seven 100' coils of copper tubing about 5 years ago .. hidden in the garage .. but available, if anyone else needs some, LOCALLY. Don N8DE _______________________________________________ ___
Use a piece of flat aluminum plate, bending it to the correct angle and put screws through the plate into the side of the plastic relay box. Then mount the aluminum plate to a tower leg with a U-bolt
My problem, which I have been mulling over for months now, is somewhat unique. My electric service is underground, running about 450' from the service transformer to the polebarn garage in the rear o
Windload ratings for the heights tower is for tower with NO antennas located more than SIX feet above the tower top. Take care. Don N8DE _______________________________________________ ______________
Let us not forget to cut down all those trees so the birds don't crash into those dangerous branches and leaves. Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _____________________________
Dennis, Get some fiberglass rod and insulate the tower from the base. Put 8' of aluminum tubing out the top so the overall height is about 64'. Then feed it directly with coax, not through a shunt fe
This has been done often in the past: put a transverter for your particular band AT the antenna and use cheaper coax to run to your HF rig. Don N8DE _______________________________________________ __
By putting the amplifier at the antenna, too. Simple solution with a lot of logistics to overcome. Don N8DE _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________
Same here. Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman
As someone who has used a number of 204BAs over the years, and one that was 'optimized' by YO, I can assure you the 204BA works very well as designed. I will be putting up two this Spring/Summer and
There are some bargains in wire on eBay. Here is one that looks attractive for radials: 290079928662 It might go quickly. I'm thinking of buying it. Don N8DE _________________________________________
My 100 radials on my 80m vertical tower, where I lived in Indiana, were fully able to handle maximum legal power. I plan on doing the same here in Michigan with three verticals on 80m and 3 verticals