Its very common for us around here to pour the concrete "in the hole", using the hole itself as the mixing container. Of course the amount of rebar/cage construction will play a big part in that scen
Imagine........climbing a MJF tower, supporting a MFJ antenna fed,by MFJ coax, hooked to MFJ rigs and amplifiers, in search of elusive QSL cards supplied by MFJ.........all this while strapped to sai
Go for the height now.....Put whatever feedline you can afford <now>. Hams are constantly finding great deals on anything and everything, and feedlines < at a time. Remember the old adage......"anyth
Just a word of something that "has" worked for me in the past.........we are dealing with wire "lengths" that interfere with "some" freqs right?........It helped me in the past when I simply "added"
I am in the process of looking at some antennas to get back on HF after several years hiatus. I am more interested in later versions of trapless tribanders ala Force 12 etc, than older TH7 trapped ve
I think you will find that 9913 coax actually "inhales" water.....probably through the jacket itself, and of course some egress is possible through poorly weatherproofed connectors. The hollow core o
Most people will be surprised what a simple cordless drill used on a winch in this or similiar application will do......73 Bob '4t ( I know of one being used at the present time to raise and lower a
Does anyone have info or website on the above? or a place to get brochures or pricing? Thanks in advance! 73 Bob ww4t -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -- multipart/alternative text/plain (
I appreciate the fast response and info! 73 Bob ww4t -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --
Does anyone have knowledge/ideas/options available for antennas that lend themselves to being "sidemounted" on towers vs the traditional mast mount? This would be for rotating towers (rohn 25/45) or
Brad.........I have heard "Motorola" tower referred to as..."Rohn 35".....for what its worth. I think it was spec'ed by Motorola so they could be a sole source supplier some years ago for more $$ of
rolls of "thermostat" wire are very cheap, and jacketed...6-8 wires in a big roll, easy tocut to length and easy to manilulate and bury. List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower
Does anyone happen to know the leg bolt sizes of Rohn 45 ? We have been given almost 200 feet of nearly new rohn 45 just to remove it. Inspection shows that in spite of a professional installation, t
Have you tried "Grainger" Industrial Supply? http//www.grainger.com This company is phenomenal with what they have in catalog and in stock. You have to have a "membership".....its free I think....I j
Roger... Several years ago I had the same problem with a bent mast and TH7 with a 2 meter antenna above it. Also keep in mind I had a "schedule 80" mast pipe in place. After several of us had headscr
<< Roger... Several years ago I had the same problem with a bent mast and TH7 with a 2 meter antenna above it. Also keep in mind I had a "schedule 80" mast pipe in place. After several of us had head
In my humble opinion.....go for the big tower.....the extra height will be similiar to having a bigger antenna, and and amp. Size does make a "difference"... Bob '4t List Sponsor: ChampionRadio.com -
The answer we all seek is not a simple one......the only way that a pipe or conduit will NOT "sweat" and manufacture its "own" moisture is to be buried below the level in your area that remains const
Rich, KE3Q, makes some great points, and it would be very interesting to ask the "reporter" , and the government "employee", how many birds were killed annually flying into the glass windows of the m
The only real negative we found is the constant hiss from the squelch that has no adjustment. On weekends in some areas, the guy up on the tower hears a lot of chatter from other users........IMO the