Rick, Try the archives. I recall someone doing this with an LM354. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless W
My shunt fed tower had similar BW. Worked like a charm (over 190 countries from two locations in Texas). Like Gene, I don't ask, just enjoy. 73 Don K5AQ ______________________________________________
Al, I believe W5TCX, Roy did something similar to his tribander. You might try to contact him. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Sup
Kelly, Just moved into a new house. Still hooking up antennas. My electrician installed a 3" elbow into the shack. The outside is a rectangular box with a removable plate for access to which a piece
Barry, Try www.tashtowers.com. Karl has these on his web site and probably would be happy to give you any info you need. No affiliation, just a satisfied customer. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________
Bob, Your real estate agent or the county clerk will have deed restrictions avilable. The agent may have to be educated. 73 Don K5AQ (Hunt County) _______________________________________________ ____
Lee, Seems to do the same thing here in North Central Texas lately. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
Barry, Take a 10 foot piece of PVC pipe, glue a garden hose adapter on one end and a cap with a very small hole in the center on the other end then use it as a water drill just under the bottom surfa
Back in the early 80's when I bought my LM354 equipped with a 40:1 winch, TriEx recommended STP Oil Treatment to fill the gearbox. It is a high viscosity oil (not sure of the number offhand), but the
Keep it in a safe place. Copper theft is rampant here in North Texas. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing lis
Google W5UN 73 Don K7AQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
My previous reply moved me a couple of call areas west!! 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@c
Try Tasjian Towers. You can get a complete cable with the proper fittings. I and the XYL changed out my LM354 in a couple of hours. Carl is a good guy to deal with. 73 Don K5AQ ______________________
Pat, Check Section 6.1.1, page 9-55 in ON4UN's latest book. Description of an irrigation pipe vertical there. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ _____________________________
Robert, You might look at the log periodic dipole array shown in the ARRL Antenna Book. It looks like what you want from a mechanical standpoint and the book has a design already done. 73 Don K5AQ __
Am interested in acquiring one of these to add to my A4S tribander. Anyone with one to sell or trade? To keep with the list theme, it will go on my LM354 tower! 73 Don K5AQ __________________________
I have found the electrical wholesale houses to be considerably cheaper than HD or Lowes. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ T
Barry, In 1953, I worked as a transmitter engineer at KORA, 1240 in Bryan, Texas. The owner Casey Jones (an ex W5) selected the transmitter site by driving around during the day in the country listen
Pat, You have a good point about the possibility of multipath. This I've heard in the form of repetitive fading while driving at night. As I understand from my former boss mentioned earlier in this t
Dan, Consider this the eighth positive response. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contestin