Recently purchased older Mosley TA-53-m withTA-40-KR (40m) kit. I have disassembled, cleaned up and reassembled the antenna. Two questions: 1. Does the grounding strap at the center of the 20/40 driv
Not a mechanical nor mathematical engineer but having had both TH7 and C31XR my experience is that the C31 is much better, especially on 10 and 15 meters and much easier to tune to WARC bands. No tra
Towers vs birds.....and the problem is??????? What birds? -- Original Message -- From: <BobK8IA@aol.com> To: <stevekz9g@verizon.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 1:5
I recall a similar problem at my previous qth. When my antenna was pointed in a particular direction, NE as I recall, the swr and noise rose significantly and would vanished when the antenna was turn
I've found the days of "free" leftovers of the 75 ohm cable are non existent in Phoenix valley. Most installers have been solicited so often here that they (the installers) know they have a marketabl
At W0AIH, we made our own ladder line that was derived from 14 ga phone line as I remember. Stripped and spaced with home brewed pvc spacers some of these feeders were to antennas 500 to 800 ft from
I had both kt34 and th6 in the 80's and 90's and found the 34 only marginally better than the th6. When moving to 7 land and complete new tower etc etc I opted for the c31xr and can only say that i f
As a commercial construction superintendent with 25+ years in the field I seldom have found the civil engineer to override the structural engineer's specifications. Civil engineers although very educ
these are the guys that are going to speak to us next month. they deal primarily with commercial towers and associated equipment. www.hagar.com, www.fcconnect.com and www.erico.com. Maybe more intens
Warren... I strip the braid out of old coax that I buy cheap at hamfests. It lies pretty flat once you get it out. The remaining center conductor can be used for radials and a host of other things. I
The upside of operating the raising/lowering from towerside is watching that feeders and rotor cables don't get caught or pinched. Good luck, Mike Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1
on. EXACTLY as he said. -- Original Message -- From: "Dino Darling" <k6rix@earthlink.net> To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RE: Erect
12# per foot would not be unreasonable considering what you may be expecting it to do. I have the same mast with a 2 el 40 and a C31XR and plans for a 80m rotatable dipole. I may overload the tower a