Thanks Steve, Did not realize they were 20' rolls. Local Home Depot charges $ 3.57. Champion Radio was 10 for $35 last time I ordered. Howard..K2HK To: <towertalk@contesting.com> ____________________
I have tried various wooden posts and rebar but find 4 ft fence posts with 10 ft.long, 1.5 inch dia., sked 40 PVC over them is most durable and certainly a snap to maintain. I space them 50 ft apart
Bob, Do you have any clues as to where this issues may be obtained? I have checked the commercial sources I could think of without success. I would glad to purchase the issue or copying costs from an
Bill, Just finished reading your updated web page. First I would like to thank you for taking the time and sharing so much valuable information. Your Beverage antenna section is very valuable practic
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Kevin, Thank you for summarizing your replies. I found a few ideas that would be useful for me. I have the GM 70 foot tower with hazer. It works quite well. My only concern is that I may be locked in
John, I wouldn't go that far. Each person has his own comfort zone. Mine ran out when I put my first foot on the cross piece at ground level and felt the stretch in the aluminum. I do think on most
Thanks Brian, Some good ideas that hadn't occurred to me previously about stacking. Got to check the tower specs again since I entertained the thought of stacking a second tribander. I had actually t
Tom, NO CLIMBING involved. Talking about disconnecting the guys at the anchors and lowering the Hazer to ground level. This particular tower is a 70 ft aluminum with 2 sets of guys. I would not put a
Gary, I have used the X-9 for almost 3 years. It was an original installation at this QTH. I have used several tribanders, quads and a 5 element monobander on a 26 foot boom previously. Since they we
--Original Message Follows-- From: k2qmf@juno.com To: towertalk@contesting.com Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower base hole? Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 20:41:27 -0400 Hello again All, I am looking for some help
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 07:38:49 -0400 From: "Bryan Rambo" <bryanr@bometals.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Short Booms Howard and all, I was just about ready to order a p
Hi John, Right you are. I am out of town and forgot the exact boom picture. I know I was not very disturbed over the boom specs. I actually got my 2nd 4 el up Sunday but before I had time to tune the
ABSOLUTELY. Pretty straight forward especially compared to a tribander. Howard...K2HK --Original Message Follows-- From: Robert Shauger <rgshauger@myyellowstone.net> To: k2hk@arrl.net, kg6i@direcway.
Bob, I have done it with the 3 el SteppIR's. Haven't had a chance to do it yet with the 4 el. Too busy getting it up and working in the real world and and have been out of town for a few days with no
Jerry, I hope there won't be a next time :-). I actually did my own but owned a backhoe. It is probably more expedient to hire someone unless you have some practice. Like many things it looks easier
I have a stack of 2 4El StepIR's. A great combination! Being able to fine tune the individual antennas from the shack when fed in phase is another advantage. It is possible to compensate for interact
I am attempting to answer the various posts which differ a bit, with a single E-mail. If I can answer other questions feel free to e-mail on or off reflector. I am certainly looking for a few answers
Thanks Barry for sharing the info with us. The performance appears to be inline with other reports and the clear description of the construction makes it kind of tempting as an additional RX antenna.