It's been done. The 20m 4-stack at KC1XX can be switched by combination of antennas or by angle (when all four are selected.) Designed by K1GQ. 73, Dick WC1M How does this work? Is it only used occas
I don't think "Easiest" and "Safest" go together here. Easiest would be standing up the first 30 feet just on the ground with rope guys good and tight, then add the top section. Better, would be if t
If you are a contester, a low quad is valuable for high angle work and during rain storm static. Multi-band quads might be better than most multi-band Yagis. But, of course, that wasn't the question.
I have had hundreds of feet of hardline of several types and UF Romex direct burried for many years with no problems. Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ ______________________
What size is it? Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com
Some of the old fence chargers had a relay that made a "tic tic tic" RF noise. Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mai
I have a noise, what do you think it could be? doesnt give us much to go on. Can you give us more information? Does the signal level vary with frequency? Does the level vary with direction? How are y
Is it the same radio you use in the shack? Could it be a bad diode in the rig? Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mai
Good method, Ed. It can be in underground utilities too. It will propagate down the wires, but will be strongest at one point. At my location I used an AM broadcast band portable radio. I had a sourc
Possibly for a military rhombic? Chuck W5PR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I came into the possession of two unusual high power baluns, one with 125' of RG-213 attached and the other with a two foot l
I have a 140' tower with several beams on it and I want to get back on 160m. I want to put up a 1/4 WL sloper, but my experience has been that it will only barely cover 1/2 the band. I have measured
Follow up on feeding two slopers with one feedline. It did NOT work. Impedence way off (probably because they were close to the same length). I cut one off and the other one worked great. I didn't ev
K6TU will generously do the heavy lifting for you. That was the only way I could get HFTA to work for me. Go to: http://k6tu.net/?q=TerrainProfiles#terrainprofile W5PR Chuck Sent from Mail for Window
There is a machine similar to an edger that electricians use to cut the trench and insert the wire all in one pass. I think you can rent them. Maybe even at Home Depot. Might be worth buying one Chuc
If anyone reading this is contemplating a quad, but is concerned about it being damaged by wind, I had a 4 element tri-band quad up on the shore for years and it made it through a major hurricane wit
Living things conduct electricity. When they are wet it will deteriorate the Beverage performance. Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ _________________________________________
I am sure it is probably ok, but I still use the insulators even though i use insulated wire. Thinking about it, the metal nail or screw that holds the insulator may be just as bad. Chuck W5PR ______
NOTE: There are 5 cutting depth settings from approximately ground level to 2.5 (63 mm) deep. Do not overload the edger capacity by attempting to edge too deep at too fast a rate. To edge at deeper s
That would be my problem. In fact, I would like to get them deep enough to not worry about it. We aint talkin lawns here! Thats why Ill probably rent a ditcher that buries the wire Chuck W5PR Sent fr
By: the 6M in the middle, phased at 90 degrees to the other beams do you mean it is mounted pointing 90 degrees off from where the others are pointing? Chuck W5PR Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I rec