Maybe their website is down because they just got bought out by MFJ! Chris KF7P har har Amusing :o) Why all the fuss about M2 site being down? DX Engineering lists them as being in stock at their sit
<<I am planning a 160m vertical with elevated radials, using Rohn 25G tower sections. Years ago Array Solutions had custom made insulators for Rohn 25. You might check with them. Jim, KR9U comes down
Ooops, hit the wrong key. Why not use a flat top tower section and 1" thick plastic as the insulator, and then a pier pin base on top of that for the remainder of the tower? You'd have to get creativ
Jim. What is the "right choice" for an impedance transformer core (for a 4;1, 9:1 etc. )? What mix? Chris KF7P _______________________________________________ ________________________________________
If they make fiberglass guy lines, why can't they make fiberglass anchors? Chris KF7p _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing
This is one big aggravation I have with USTowers and some other Mfg's...the lack of any stop blocks to support the moving sections. My LM470 has stop blocks at the top of some of the sections (where
There was a discussion on this topic a couple weeks ago, check the archives. I think it comes down to the bean-counters. Of course something *could* be done. If hams want to pay for it is another dis
I saw a device one ham made that was several blocks of wood of various lengths that were screwed together, looked like a stair steps. He put it inside the tower, so when lowered, each section leg res
I noticed that Luso has counterweights on their big boy towers. How nice would it be to have the counterweight totally balance the tower so you could push the tower up and down by hand, like a garage
Well I'll be...I never thought there was anything else besides Penetrox and Noalox. http://www.cesco.com/b2c/product/3970?gdftrk=gdfV25445_a_7c1847_a_7c7081_a_7c3970&gclid=CM30humzjbkCFe1_QgodpnQAWQ
Don't reinvent the wheel...use this recipe: http://www.k6if.com/40dip/40dip.html Chris KF7P _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk m
Here's an off the shelf solution: http://www.tennadyne.com/slipp_nott.htm Chris KF7P _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing
I got a better idea....feed it under the locked door where my wife hides all the Christmas presents!! Chris KF7P So, when the wife asks me to look at something elsewhere in the house and I'm busy in
Lay it over horizontally and extend it on a flat surface using some rolling implements of some sort. I don't think you want to fully disassemble it, waaaay too much work. Chris KF7P TT Gang, I have a
http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/GroundRodClamps.html Same thing better price. Chris KF7P Has anyone come up with a way to connect flat copper straps to ground rods? DXXE sells copper clamps w/ hardware, but
Hi Roger, When I built my base I used the tower itself as the template for the ears. I would highly recommend doing this or you be sorry when you try to put the two together. Keep reading. I bolted t
I did some EZnec model comparing an 18 ft. boom T8 to an 18 ft. boom C3. The gain is down about half to 3/4 dB on the T8, if I remember correctly. And it covers more bands and is $400 less. I haven't
Same here Rick...just went over my SWR graphs on the old T6 I just took down. 20m is the worst case scenario with almost 2:1 SWR at the bottom of the band, and decreasing as you tune up. Every other
There are a lot of other ways for the cable to get snagged and hung up. It can get caught under the edge of the baseplate, around the motor/winch, stuff on the ground, the edge of my roof, other stuf
Is it possible you're comparing the TX-455 with the HDX-555? Chris KF7P Hi: I just happen to come across something this morning. I noticed a picture of a TX-455 having only 2 Bolt holes in each of th