I would use it for my next driveway/slab. I would NOT use it for a tower base. Not only is it a waste of money, it is not appropriate for a tower base since the specs for a tower base do not call for
I have seen all manner of elevated guy posts. I have never seen a spec for these posts in the Rohn book. I chose 4.5 inch X 1/4 inch wall oil field pipe and had tabs for guys welded at the top. Each
I installed one of these 6 months ago and have had no problems whatsoever. If you look at the schematic you will see that the 6th wire is not connected to anything. I run mine with 5. 73 Keith NM5G I
Mine came with a bolt to pin it through the mast. 73 Keith NM5G Does anyone have any ideas about how to reduce the amount of slippage of my mast in my yaesu G1000DXA? It is hard to torque the bolts d
I refill mine with an off-the-shelf, one-can-fits-all butane can. BTW, I took mine to the Falklands last year for the CQWW CW contest. We used it to make some repairs and it worked quite well. 73, Ke
I also have one of those. I got both to take for VP8WWW not knowing which would be better for the trip. The Portasol was in a case with everything needed so it was the one to go. That Pyropen sounds
I agree. However, careful reading of the Isotron page http://www.isotronantennas.com/isohow.htm revealed no claim of gain or radiation efficiency. Replace the word "Isotrons" with "Dummy Loads" and
You may be able to locate/rent a forklift/cherry picker with turf tires that will fit in a 7 foot gate. 73, Keith NM5G Any recommendations on how to take a crankup tower off the delivery truck and tr
You may be reading in something that is not there. No mention of radiating, just transmitting. I know it's a pretty thin line, but a sharp lawyer could probably convince a jury it's not the same as r
You can transmit into a dummy load, but the amount of resultant radiating will not likely bag many contacts. :) 73, Keith NM5G radiating. Clinton word parsing? "Depends what your definition of is is.
ground. -and ourselves by deliberately calling things something different from what they are. Please let's stop - the universe is already quite confusing enough. What about a vertical dipole? :) 73,
Per foot! WOW! 73, Keith NM5G Several more emails and we have come to a successful agreement of minds about the LMR 400 Ultraflex that was installed on my jumpers for my stacks. The boys at Times Mi
Assuming you using a SB25G5 base section or tower base section, the Rohn catalog specifies a 2 foot square or round hole 4 feet deep with at least 6 inches of compacted sand and gravel below for drai
Yeah, and you would not even need to provide a bed. Just stock your parts drawer with some ferrite beads. :) 73, Keith NM5G Now that's an idea... I wonder how much I could charge for a night for all
I have found the difficulty comes with fear more than age. It is a state of mind for me. I now use the 100 percent connected rule (gorilla lanyards) to overcome the fear factor. Also, regular climbin
My first commercial antenna was the Gap Titan DX. It worked best on 40 and 80. Made many contacts including some good DX when propagation was helping. Did not realize there was a power limitation on
Would there be a need for an RF ground if no RF gets into the shack via poorly designed antennas? 73, Keith NM5G Don't worry - INSIDE the station, you are not expecting large lightning currents in th
All SteppIR owners love their antennas. May have something to do with justification of price paid. Comparing the 3-el to the T6 is not realistic. 73 Keith NM5G Mike, I would look at the SteppIR 3ele
Well, if you don't already have one (SteppIR), you should get one, if your budget will allow. My statement about being realistic has to do with price. 73 Keith NM5G Keith, That's a completely low blo
Excellent points, Jim. No doubt the SteppIR is a very desirable antenna. For the life of me I cannot understand why there are so many SteppIR owners that get downright defensive when someone says som