Jerry Boyd thought you would be interested in this link to "Man dies in fall from tower" on the Redding Web site: http://www.redding.com/redd/nw_local/article/0,2232,REDD_17533_4701995,00.html More d
I obtained the following in a telephone conversation with K6SOJ whose property borders the site where W7IX was killed. Dave was present when Ray Balch SK, the former owner, built his contest/DX stati
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I would not recommend either 1 or 2.....if the cable snapped, collapsed the sections, and wiped out a stack of antennas I would not trust the tower at all. I would bet that if you could X-Ray the tow
What you describe leads me to believe that your sloper is not working as it should. I run 4 slopers on each band (40/80/160) around my 100 ft tower which has a C31XR on top. The slopers are selectabl
Let me share a story from about 20 years ago. I had a UST crank up, HDX 555, with a 20 ft moly steel mast and a tail twister. Th7DXX and a 2 element shorty forty on top. Well below the 30 sq ft @ 50M
Me too! Been trying to find someone to fabricate and professionally label a new front panel for an amp. Looks like this might do it. Thanks for posting Jerry N7WR -- Original Message -- From: Richard
I note that these pictures, depicting VERY unsafe tower working practices, are labeled W1AW/4 IARU. I wonder if the ARRL unwittingly assumed some liability when they allowed its call sign to be assoc
Same here. Once our herd of horses got zapped a few times the fence (which did cause some RFI) was turned off. They stay away from it on or off. Will need to activate it again this summer after we tu
You get what you pay for. An inexpensive (aka cheap) thrust bearing or substitute device (not recommended) may in the long run cost you more in time and frustration than if you spent the $50 in the f