Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:57:37 -0500
Someone on the list recently suggested using Google Earth as a means to deriving topographic information for HFTA. I have a related observation to put out to the group that appears to be relevant. My
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:13:57 -0500
Let me add to Steve's email. There may be an issue here that I don't understand, but I own an M2 6M-JHV and have it positioned on top of my tower. However, I can't imagine why this fellow is talking
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:31:44 -0500
Once you have the hole dug, you really don't have much choice Tom.... because you want the concrete to come about ground level. Usually, you want the concrete 4" or so above surrounding grade. I typi
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:33:56 -0600
I have several sets of drawings and taper schedules for 20, 15, and 10m OWA style yagis, however, I can't fine dimensions or NEC files for the 40M yagi. If you might have dimensions or NEC or EZNEC f
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:23:25 -0600
Several have indicated that Gary is a good person to talk to at US Towers, and that is partly true. I bought two slightly used HDX589-MDPLs that needed to be installed here in Louisiana. My own exper
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:15:24 -0600
My worst overload was 120' of Rohn 45 with a two element 40 10' above the top of the tower, and 5 element Hygain Long John 20 meter on top of the tower, then a A3S at 85' and then a side swing arm mo
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:16:21 -0500
Check with Davis RF and/or Texas Towers for a stripping tool I use a stripping tool. They are great! CC Packet Cluster W0MU-1 W0MU.NET or 67.40.148.194 "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:33:51 -0500
Force-12 is now marketed through a new web page address. They still use the Force-12 name but the web address URL is for TexasAntennas as in www.texasantennas.com I think that this is still the same
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:44:22 -0500
I have carried small tribanders and butternut verticals in a golf bag on airlines, but did all of that before the airlines started charging for bags. I had no problems with this strategy. Tom Shiller
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:43:18 -0500
The top of the tower would be somewhat stronger with the guys right at the top, however, your installation would be a major pain in the a** to do any work at the top. Every time that you need to mov
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:18:54 -0500
And then there are the power companies that simply say they don't deal with it like SWEPCO (SouthWestern Power Company). They say that they have had so little business and interest in surge protectio
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:51:37 -0500
I have read the threads on SPG over the years, but I think I don't really understand a couple of concepts that are fundamental. Maybe someone can help. I live in a 4000 square foot ranch house which
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:31:28 -0500
Unless you have massive numbers of coax run, (I routinely have had about 4 runs per tower), they will fit very nicely up against the leg on the outside, There essentially is a notch where the diagona
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:29:19 -0500
An issue that people may need to wrestle with is........ do they mark the lines that run on your private property? Several years ago, I installed an in-ground swimming pool. Unfortunately, where the
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:18:22 -0500
Not in Louisiana.... I own the power lines in the ground from the meter to the transformer 300 feet away. If those lines short or burn out or decay, then I pay for the repairs and the electrician ...
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:25:36 -0600
Steve: What are you standing on when you perform this process? Are you on a ladder, a man lift, or standing on the tower sections? I have never found that 2x4s or steel pipes truly block a crank up t
Author: "Gary E. Jones" <garyejones@cmaaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:30:10 -0600
I have a bunch of Force 12 antennas up in the air, all without any problems for years. However, that is probably because a good friend of mine bought a bunch before me, and rather quickly had one of
Here is my take. For the amount of money that you are going to put into your Rohn 55 install, the amount of money to do the top section right (that is by engineering spec) is a drop in the bucket to
Think about the 40 meter extension to your A3WS driven element. I have that dipole added to my A3WS and it does remarkably well compared to my 3 element Force 12 Yagi Gary. W5FI -- Sent from Gmail Mo
Almost any camping/RV sales operation will have 8 wire (2 rows of 4 connectors) in male/female pairs. I have been using those for 20 years and use them outside the house and again on the back of each