I am in need of a base for this tower. Anyone have any advice where I can get one, or get the plans? Regards Art K6XT k6xt@arrl.net http://www.topband.net/k6xt/k6xt.html List Sponsor: Are you thinkin
Bob Mine are aluminum angle, 1.5x1.5 inches at least so your foot has a good purchase. In the center on one face you drill holes for a muffler clamp that will fit your mast. You climb on the other fa
I'm about to pull a HWS671 vertical. There's a pad welded on the outer section. For those with an erection fixture it was used to install a pulley wheel to winch up the tower. I don't have a fixture,
Blair, depends on what you'd like to do with it. A horizontal 160 ant that low will warm the clouds with its very high radiation angle. Any component you can get vertical will probably be a huge bene
Thanks to all who replied. Two useful suggestions came of it. One is KE7JA's below. The other occurred to me as I was using a come-along to pull my car up onto a trailer. Looking at the X2 force incr
This is exactly my 80M 1/4 wave vertical. Mine is fed at 15 ft AGL as a ground plane. The 15 ft attachment point is insulated from the R25. I use an aluminum tube out the top of the R25 to resonate
Can someonw please enlighten me, what is HPDE? Thanks 73 Art Message: 5 Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:37:46 -0700 From: Art <k6xt@arrl.net> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Making an 80 meter vertical from Rohn
I've started construction of a 150 ft Rohn 45 rotating tower using K0XG base and four rings, top ring at 140 ft. Just above the top ring will be a 3L40 and possibly a small 20 above that, like 3L. I'
Pete Someone else replied about K4JA's loss saying it was a hurricane. Our winds don't get up there or haven't yet. An elephant gun to Asia would be good. I'm trying to avoid a mast and associated ha
Oh yes. I had to lengthen tips on the refl and of course all the element lengths were different due to tubing size.. The ant has been up since last Oct. Tnx for thinking of me about it! 204: Yes it c
I have some Phillystran 0.435 OD that is factory potted. Been told if its factory potted its the old type so I can't use guy grips on it. Does anyone know of a supply of potting epoxy, or what to buy
I've been told its necessary to break guys into 9 ft lengths where an antenna rotating under the guy will come close, defined as one or two feet, from a 25 ft section of guy wire. What if an antenna