John Recently, I have found that Home Depot has a limited selection of stainless steel items. 73- Fred, W6TKV John Sloop wrote: I'm looking for recommended sources for small quantities of stainless s
Jim It strikes me a more viable request would be that whomever is selected as FCC Chairman, it would most beneficial to everyone if he had a technical background and thus be better able to judge rela
Wayne If you are really constrained, I might suggest a multi-band vertical on a 20 or 22-foot length of fence rail (fencing companies have a range of diameters and the one I am thinking of has about
Bob I read your plan and started to read the replies. As I read, I wondered why no one suggested hiring the moderator of Tower Talk and then someone finally did. It strikes me this would not only be
JC- You didn't say how big your lot is, but it sounds like your original plan for dead center is the safest spot for it. Why not ask your XYL what kind of xxxx she would like (just fill in the approp
Steve I met a ham a few years ago who lived in Orange County, and he related having purchased the "air rights" from his neighbor. Seems he wanted to put a tower up near the fence line and this gave h
Jamie It seems to me that if you drilled a clearance hole through the mail at the levels of interest, then you would be able to insert a long #6 machine screw through the mast so that the screw (with
Wayne I measured the voltage at the rotator end of a 150 ft cable run, and noted how low the voltage was. Then I used a transformer to boost the voltage at the source. Net result, the voltage at the
Steve And here I thought you were 39. Amazing how people can be fooled by a silver tongued rascal isn't it. 73- Fred, W6TKV _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.
Brian Most people are unaware that fence companies carry "top rail". Whenever I mention fence top rail, everyone envisions the backyard fence and its 1" or 1-1/4" top rail. There are, however, many l
Jim When I read your message, the first thing that popped into mind was a flag pole. Raised the flag most of the time, raise the 6 pound antenna other times. In a more direct answer, with just a 6 po
Delbert When your XYL is in the house, she won't see the antenna. Why not just ask her what she would like to have as a gift for her working with you on the tower and antenna. After your antenna is u
When I had to run a rope over the peak of the roof between the tower and a friend's tow truck winch, I made a 2"x4" x-frame and mounted a steel wheel (looks like it came from a generator). Running th
Joe When I put up my KT34XA, I drilled a hole through the back of the bracket holding the mast, then threaded the hole and ran a screw into both bracket and mast. It has held just fine. 73- Fred, W6T
Ken There is a spade which is used for digging trenches for sprinkler lines. The blade is slightly tapered, it's about 4" wide and 12" long. I believe I got mine at Home Depot but I suspect anyone se
Jim For most hams, a dipole never really is put up as high as we would like, and most times the ends are closer to the ground. But, aside from putting dipoles up as high as we can and trying to avoid
Wish to be removed from the mailing list. Tnx es 73- Fred, W6TKV froberts@ispwest.com -or- froberts@arrl.net _______________________________________________ __________________________________________