-- WB0W 816-232-8786 Don't forget to mention the TowerTalk discount (I forgot!). I think his price was $184. 73, DavidC AA1FA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: t
Has anyone reviewed the many programs for calculating antenna dimensions and performance at this site? Any comments as to their accuracy or reliability? http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp/page3.ht
WB0W has offered TowerTalk folk a similar price, indeed I think it was $184. (I just bought one from him, but I think I forgot to mention TowerTalk!). His number is (816)232-8786. -- Thank You! & 73
Ham IV rotor and control. Asking $225. shipped conus, $200. picked up in So. NH. Came with a tower, looks good and works on the bench. Sold as-is since it has not (like most used rotors for sale by i
1/2 through sqft design. Agreed also from here. I ran the R-7 as my only antenna for about a year. It was mounted only 12 feet above ground at 175 feet above sea level here in So. NH. It performed v
I like AA4LR's solution, though I'd try it without the balun at the house first, and I'd droop and/or dogleg as much wire as possible off the ends and give that tuner a fighting chance on 160m! 73,
A couple of folks are after my KLM KT-34XA (which isn't up yet because I now won't know until mid-Sept. if I have to relocate) ... :-( Anyhow, I need to make a decision. Is the single KT-34XA more ve
I have been persuaded to run a pair of stacked A3S or A4 beams (or the equivalent) instead of my planned KLM KT34XA. This is clean and complete with the heavy duty 3 inch boom, the complete Phillystr
So, what do I use in mostly gravel and serious stone, dynamite and a backhoe? :-) I'm actually serious, is there a rentable tool that might help? 73, DavidC AA1FA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contestin
"Here I go again" (quote from Ronald Reagan, don't want to be a Mike Barnacle) ... If I properly stack two matched tri-banders and if the match perfect, I understand that I have twice the capture are
rotator or thought It is my understanding that there are certain Rohn 25 top sections (I think BAS25G, 20BG or 25AGx were specified) that allow the ready mounting of rotor plate and rotor, others wi
CATS is the Rotor Doctor Online now http://www.rotordoc.com/. Also, check out Norms Rotor Service http://www.tiac.net/users/shiacawn/rotors/ and Telex-Hygain (they are said to do excellent work at ve
"Small" and "KT34XA" have nothing in common! :-) 73, DavidC AA1FA Mk4 gain comparisons -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative
OK, ok. I stand corrected ... several times! :-) It was very late ... and I am a bit overwhelmed by the size of the XA sitting in my garage ... sorry ... I was making a little funny anyhow, not criti
eliminates Phillystran boom guys is what came with my KLM KT34XA (though I don't know if they are original or the customization of the previous owner). 73, DavidC AA1FA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.con
longest top great putting suggest durable How does it handle ice? Seems Force 12 does it through flexible elements, is the Hygain using brute strength like most? Thanks & 73, DavidC AA1FA -- FAQ on
I have gone with the half of the responders who said stacked A3S beams are roughly equivalent to a KLM KT34XA and it looks as though I have found my two A3S beams and one 40m add-on. Will phasing inc
These words belong to someone else, I don't have beams up yet so I couldn't have written this! :-) 73, DavidC AA1FA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@
I have put up two Rohn 25 towers so far, a 90 footer and a 60 footer, you surely don't need a crane. I put the first 30 feet up just by hauling each section up the tower manually. Then I attached th
Now that's hard core! :-) I suppose it only means 8 trips up and down the tower ... no more than those of us who drop or forget things! :-) 73, DavidC AA1FA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/