If you played by all the town's rules, tell the neighbor to pound sand where the sun don't shine. I have learned that lesson the same way. My neighbor hates my antenna, the interference that he refus
Daniel, I just finished a quad installation. 3 elements on 20M and 15M, and 4 elements on 10M (dedicated spreader assembly for the driven 10M loop). You may want to consider a "dual polarity driven e
It sounds like the tower is close to the house. When I did my tower, I used a very heavy duty pully set up on a heavy duty fixture on the peak of the roof. Pulling on the rope on the other side of th
building stacking the halves 1 already Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
Guys: I do both. Massive protection with an entrance panel, grounds, straps... and I STILL DISCONNECT all the cables off the inside entrance panel and unplug the AC. Even the rotor cable is bulhead c
The statement: "includes all private, two-way, short-distance voice communications service for personal or business activities of the general public." obviously excludes LONG DISTANCE FEDERALLY LISCE
Gentlemen: Can Someone verify my wind loading calculations for my quad? I think I must be doing something wrong. 3 elements on 15M and 20M with 4 elements on 10M. Boom is 3 inch at 18 ft long. Calcul
Gentlemen, I installed a W51 last fall. Doug a hole 4X4X6 feet. First foot in clay, then 3 feet of sand. Took 3 days at 3/4 hours per day (I'm 46 with back issues). I used plywood in "channels" to pr
I would actually PREFER TO MEASURE THE INPUT DC POWER since I prefer operate a vintage home brew "1KW input" Class C AM transmitter. If I get 75% efficiency, I get 750 watts forward power. On positiv
Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 01:19:03 -0500
Thanks to all who responded. The rotor is pinned to the mast pipe, so the mast cannot slip in the U-bolts. When the rotor "slipped", the control indicator always matched the slippage, so I know that
Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 17:49:07 -0500
Oooops...I just realized that I mis-stated my rotor model: It's a HAM-IV, not HAM-M. My Ham-M has the wedge of course. If the wedge just happens to release on the high side of the casing bump, maybe
Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 18:03:34 -0500
I noticed distortion in my audio when I set the quad for vertical or circular polarization... horizontal was no problem. I discovered that the rotor cable (running vertically) was picking up RF and b
Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 20:28:07 -0500
Short Story: I have a nice older gent that lives at the next plot, back = of my yard. He asked my next door neighbor "JIM", if would be so kind to = repair the fence that the old man could see fallin
Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:03:38 -0500
Gentlemen, I'm surprised that nobody has designed a "two piece" Rotor plate assembly that can be assembled inside the lower section of the 25G tower to mount a rotor. I'm sure it can be done... Two t
Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:13:01 -0500
My tower mounted rotator swings a 4 element quad. In a wind storm last week, it was slipping during 45 mph gusts of wind. The next day it seemed "normal" and doesn't turn while the brake is on. Can t
Gentlemen, I am using circular polarization on TEN meters, using a 4 element quad. Loops acting as parisitic elements "don't care" about polarity, with NO polarization attenuation. That's another rea
Gentlemen, Thanks for your interest and comments. Sometimes it improves the received signal on the other side... sometimes no difference. Most say the QSB fades are less severe, never eliminated of c
I built a large quad with #12 copperweld...I wonder what the weight difference is between the teflon coated stranded / solid, and #12 copperwed (copper coated steel). I fugure the tefoln should offer
I bought a used triex-51 50 foot crank-up. It is slightly "overloaded" with a 3 element quad for 10-20 meters. Up for three years with no trouble. It goes up and down about twice a week. I keep it do
Michael, Quads rule. 4 elements minimum and you'll be on top. Set driven element up for both vertical AND horizontal. Use same feedline length for each polarity, and you can play with circular polari