At your local big box store they sell PVC door stop molding which makes for great building blocks. I put two small cut pieces of these together and zip tied/taped them to the boom to provide a spacer
Forgot to add that this PVC glues together just fine with ordinary PVC plumbing cement. jim ab3cv _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tower
PV door stop moulding is just trim used typically for replacing rotted exterior trim around garage doors. PVC is pretty impervious to weather. I painted mine black after putting it up for better stea
I'm evaluating options for a future station. I'm thinking a Steppir DB36 with the 80m dipole would be a likely choice atop a 75ft tower. I'm evaluating the possibility of either a crankup/tiltover or
How are folks providing safety protection for towers which are shunt fed for 160m? I'm speaking here of protection from physical contact. It would seem that a chain link fence would interfere with pu
I regularly launch a loaded tennis ball with no problems getting it down. I slit the ball and push in 22 pennies to provide additional mass. Seal it back up with hot melt glue. 73 jim ab3cv _________
There were two types of 621 produced, some had 3 guys points on the guy rings, some had 4 guy points on the guy rings. Look at your guy rings to see which you have. Mine has three. I have my 621 guye
My RAK-1 refused to budge this winter when temps dropped below zero Fahrenheit. It began working one the temps warmed to above 20F. Since it was always below freezing when working I don't think it wa
Don got back to me with info on the lube which shouldn't be a problem. This rotator top mounts to an AB621 so no thrust bearing etc is involved. I'm removing the rotator in early April for some anten
One of my friends is thinking about installing a 70 ft. tower with a 2-element shortened 40M yagi. He is thinking about installing the new tower in a location where he now has a vertical used for 80M
Thanks to all who provided feedback. My friend (no, not me...) is considering his options. 73 jim ab3cv _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
Most use a DIN which presents as a female. On cell sites they feed thru the hardline thru a big grommet and the female acts as if it was a bulkhead connector. end the connector of your choice. 73 jim
Why doesn't someone just call HRO? jim ab3cv _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lis
Most touch sensitive things have an oscillator inside that upon touching causes a shift. It is naturally a transmitter by design. Your choice... jim ab3cv ____________________________________________
Steve Could you layout the typical matrix of connectors from the cell antenna down to what remains of the shed at the bottom.? I heard somewhere that there was a general move afoot to eliminate the f
Have you not considered the 40m "moxon" that K3LR is using? Look on his website for info. 73 jim ab3cv _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
I tore out the article to save it but our move to our new QTH has it squirreled away somewhere unknown at the moment. Anyone remember which periodical and month it was in? Thanks Jim ab3cv __________
You could make the whole run including rotor loop with BuryFlex. jim ab3cv _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tower
I have a DXE relay box out at my tower to handle my Steppir feed, 6M feed and 80/160 feed. Each of those feeds is a type N on a 7/8" hard-line connected by a short flexible jumper to the relay box. T