Ron, Check out ON4UN's book, Section 7.4.3. It discusses this subject. 73 Don K5AQ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests
Gerry, I agree with Bill about the push-up mast. The 40' one extends to 35' and you can add another 10' section of the same material and adjust the height. The added section is swaged on one end and
Rob, I bought an A4S and add-on kit several years ago. It is on my tower below a WARC beam and a KLM 40M dipole. I never had any of the troubles you describe. It has worked fine from the beginning. I
Maybe the XYL's hair dryer or a small infared lamp might help. Don K5AQ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: tower
Saad, Norm's Rotor Service is listed in the latest issue of the Amateur Radio Trader received this week. Their ad gives (301) 874-5885 for a phone number. You might give them a try. 73 Don K5AQ -- FA
Bill, Try your local electrical supplies wholesale house for ground rods. I find mine to be much lower than the big box stores. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ See: http:/
I agree with Con. In my old QTH in north Texas I had room for only two radials snaked in my lawn irrigation trenches. Down here I have 32. With the same shunt loaded tower I was able to make 160 DXCC
Larry, My Texas State Farm agent told me the same thing as yours. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless We
Ed, You might contact Dan, N5AR who used Hy Towers in a phased array here in Texas and I believe still has them up in Washington state. He is active on this reflector. 73 Don K5AQ ___________________
I likewise suffered a "world of hurt" on my MFJ259B when the local 10KW AM station opened up less than a mile from me on 1620!! I built a 9 section high pass filter from the October 1983 QST pp 17-19
Lowe's does carry liquid electrical tape. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot
David, Try paralleing two to get the value you need. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Station
Doug, Check Antenna Compendium, Volume 2, p19. The author built what he called the "Robert Tail" using three verticals in an inverted Bobtail fashion. Might work for you. 73 Don K5AQ ________________
I have the new cables and am getting ready to replace the old ones on my TriEx LM-354. Would appreciate any words of advice and/or wisdom from anyone who has done the same. 73 Don K5AQ ______________
Rich, Take a look at Jerry Sevick's book "Transmission Line Transformers", 2nd Edition put out by ARRL. Might be some useful information for you. 73 Don K5AQ _________________________________________
My first job out of college was with Bell Labs in Whippany, NJ designing a solid state (transistorized!) guidance system for the NIKE guided missile. The first circuit I worked on was a one-shot usin
I second Jim's method. Have been doing this for over 20 years and it still is my preferred way to handle the problem. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscom