I'm coming down the home stretch with a tower, the first for me in this QTH, and with the long run to it (180' or so) am using FSJ4-50b cable -- something that I've not used before. I am digging a tr
Maybe I missed something. I looked on that web page but see no picture of the Heath tuner... _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk
How hard are the surplus masts to come by. I have been reading about them and seem to be pretty neat idea. Is there a good place to look for them on the internet. 73, Brian -- Original Message -- Fro
I am getting ready to put out a radial field for my 80M shunt-fed tower antenna. I have not read anywhere what is the best type of wire or gauge for this project. I have a large spool of 18 ga. ename
A small change in plans has me selling the antennas I bought yesterday, today! Nothing about these has changed other than being moved to a location near Issaquah, WA. Here's the original message from
Please don't call Steve, I have them - Brian N9ADG 206-390-4376 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contes
These antennas are still for sale. Call me at 425-222-3955 from 1500z to 0400z if you're interested: These antennas were recently advertised on Towertalk -- I bought them, moved them, changed my plan
Rohn HBX Light/Medium duty 48' tower (or maybe it's a 56?). In sections, on the ground. I have new mounting legs ready for your concrete pour, the bolts to put the sections together, etc... See tower
All I come seeking knowledge. Confessions I am not a radio person, but I know that a fair number of you will be able to help me. I am however an electronic engineer with good mechanical skills. I liv
All Thanks for the replies so far questions have bee asked, so here are my answers. 1) why not get DSL, Hughes.Net, mobile phone digital The local pop density is 7 people per sqr mile so ... DSL - I
I'm looking for a used TIC 1022 with controller; while I prefer the newer manufacture with beefed up design and revised controller, would consider anything. Brian N9ADG ______________________________
Don't you need 12-3 to wire this to code? The neutral (white) needs to be brought back to the box separately from the equipment ground. "James M. Daly" <punk_itup@yahoo.com> wrote: Hey guys, hope thi
Hi, I'm looking for information on what we believe to be a TM-358 or TM-358c tower -- manuals, lists of accessories, etc. We only have the tower+mast+work platform+ladder, no manuals, drawings, or in
If you're putting filters between the device under test and the analyzer and need a correct impedance measurement, don't forget to account for the transfer function of the filter. I had W3NQN build a
Does anyone have experience with Jefa Tech coax cable? Their equivalent to LMR400 is less than $0.50/ft on a 500ft reel, quite a bit cheaper than Times Microwavave product. Their customer list includ
I recently purchased a used tower, complete with a full set of EHS guy wires, from a ham some ten miles from the US East coast. While the tower itself and the guy wires are in excellent shape, the u-
I have had my HDX-589 tower up for just over 2 years. The marathon TEFC motor, 1HP, is making a heck of a bearing noise -- a radical change from it's operation a couple of months ago. I took it apart
David, I don't see any connection to the shield of the coax used in the driven element or the reflector (see drawing, "Center Conductor only is attached to feedline on both ends!"). It looks to me as
To the tower knowledgeable: Rohn's mechanical drawing of concrete bases for guyed towers shows a "bearing plate" on top of the concrete base, apparently concentric with the pier pin. I can't find suc
I need some help from the more structurally-oriented members of our fraternity. I need to know if it is practical to erect a 75-foot vertical element from aluminum tubing that has the following dimen