A Great Big Thanks to all who have answered my request for information = and tips concerning the Hy-Gain Discoverer 7-2! I appreciate it very much! I hope to get it in/on the air this summer. 73 Tom
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Joel I think you misssed the point. I ordered a product from First Call not your supplier, you represented yourself as part of the manufacturer, you never informed me that your were a reseller until
Just to fuel the fire a little and FWIW: 1) Many years ago when I was in the Royal Air Force in the UK we had a = 75 ft inverted -L antenna at the radio workshops for general listening. During stormy
that my plate Let's examine the question and put some numbers on it. Here are numbers I got from Hygain and Force12 catalogs (sorry, no KLM catalog) which should be about right for your situation (Hy
is I think that you forgot to multiply by the wind pressure. At 70.7 MPH, it's 20 psf, 80 MPH is about 25 psf. Your analysis doesn't allow for the load distribution up the mast. (Sorry, I'm not an en
We at U S Tower Corporation would like to join in on the on going discussion about shipping ! We have changed freight carriers to insure our customers, who receive our discount, a better rate and les
A sampling of what *I* have seen on TowerTalk (TT) in the last several months: (1) Watched puerile miscreant posters of personal attacks get thoroughly and professionally bashed on and off the reflec
The hairpin (or BETA) match requires that the DE be slightly capacitive (i.e. with an impedance approx. R -j15 ohms). The shunt inductance of the Beta match and the series capacitance of the DE cance
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Several people have asked about the Bencher Skyhawk. Here are the specs: SKYHAWK 3X10 (3 bands and 10 elements) Boom Length 23 feet Wind load 8.5 sq ft Turning radius is 22 feet Weight is 60 lbs (Wil
TowerTalkians -- I am pleased to let you know that Walt Maxwell, W2DU, has subscribed to TowerTalk and has posted the following message. He said that he is working on a new edition of his preeminent
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Why do you (you know who you are) people persist on compounding this stupid situation by cross-posting to every other reflector that the original jerk (callsign available on request) put in the addre
Greetings, TowerTalkians -- In the last two years, many of you have purchased safety equipment, tower hardware and other items from the Tower Tech mail order business. I want to thank you for your bu
Greetings, TowerTalkians -- I've got a local ham who can only install an HF vertical in a kind of restricted spot. He can only put a couple of radials out but they'll have to be bent, shortened, etc.
Gentlemen: I appreciate your comments regarding Cushcraft's technical support organization. In our own defense, I would like the amateur community to understand that our technical support organizatio
Ditto Dave I moved to a 13 acre site and more less the same thing happened, that was 10 years ago. I lost my 15M tower 15 Months ago due to a nicopress fitting failure. I reinstalled the tower last J