Gary sent me the pictures of the damaged 3 ele SteppIR and I have uploaded them to the SteppIR group on Yahoo. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SteppIR/ They are located in the files section. Mike W0MU
I will defer on the guying issue as there are more qualified folks to answer. I think it would depend on the manufacturer. I don't think the end of a wire dipole on the tower is going to cause any tr
HRO stocks various lengths of "barrel"/bulkhead connectors for PL-259's with nuts on both sides. Mike W0MU Further to this topic from the other day, I just wanted to mention a caution. I use several
You might also check out the topband reflector. There has been a lot of discussion on inverted L's recently. Depending upon how you intend to match the L you might want to make the antenna around 135
I don't know but maybe these guys can help you out with your dilemma.... Okay, this one has nothing at all to do with birds, but it's too good not to include. STATE OF MICHIGAN Reply to: GRAND RAPIDS
I know a number of Owls and Eagles that would be very upset with the removal of my tower in Montana. They have found that the tower works very well for a base of operation for their attacks on mice,
Array Solutions/AN Wireless also have a nice bearing. Yes they are worth the price. The Yaesu ones are some lightweight material. The Rohn and Array solutions versions are steel. I've had towers for
Home Depot and Lowes sell fusion tape in the electrical section by the electrical tape. I have also found a similar product to what SteppIR used at Walmart of all places in their hardware section. I
I believe that Array Solutions also has full sized 80m verticals. --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mirko S57AD Sent:
As long as the tower is pointed directly at true north the birds will not hit. 73 Many have recently written about the problem of birds on/around our towers because they (birds) like them (towers) so
On the other side.... I have an Alpha Spid turning a Cushcraft XM240 and a SteppIR 4 ele up in Montana where the wind blows constantly. Been up for 3 years and working great. Things break. We don't l
Based on what? Everything I have read says that ground mounted vertical with a radial field of 60 will work very well especially for low angle propagation. You can never have enough antennas put one
I don't recall what the self supporting height is for 65 or what it can hold at that height. You didn't say what you were going to put in it. I have a 70ft AN wireless tower and it calls for more con
You want to make sure that you transition to steel at the bottom anchor points in case of a field fire as Phillystran can burn. You are also able to move the Phill up out of easy vandalism access. Mi
Good points Bill. Central America or Carib into the states does not require tall antennas. We made some huge numbers from V47M in the 80's with a 40m 2 ele beam that was 25 to 30 ft off the ground. G
Stacking multiband antennas is always a compromise. There is no magic spacing that will work great for each band especially when you are talking about an antenna that covers 40-6m. I didn't read the
The TH7 uses lots of traps. You can read what F12 thinks of traps and read the tribander report from Steve. I have used C3's in the past and in my experience the C3's performed just as well as the TH
Check out the 2 ele SteppIR or a F12 C3. I've got a Kenwood TS-660 that I am looking to dedicate a small HF beam to. I have a 3el yagi for 6m that I will also be using but would like to small beam ju
IMHO 50 ft is high for 10 and 15m. 40 ft spacing seems to work pretty well for me too. I have not had an opportunity to work through all the variants. HFTA is a very interesting program and well wort
I don't have the manual at arms length but I believe that you can go 2 sections above the house bracket with a minimal antenna. You need to make sure you are bolted into something fairly substantial