Driving them in at a slant is a new twist to me but sounds like a good idea for rocky land. I've tried the hammer drills also a "T" post driver which worked pretty good to about 4 feet. Then had to g
The twisted pair is an excellent idea! I have never used a drill but I like it. I use a waxed tie cord(string) and tie a knot about every foot and that holds the wires together. 73, Jeff N0OST ______
I had one on loan for a few weeks over the holidays. Mounted about 12 feet off the ground. In no way is this meant to be a through review. I have no experience with mag loop antennas other than this.
From my very limited experience JK Antennas seems to have some well built antennas and a good rep for support. I know a few folks on the list are using them. 73, Jeff ________________________________
Make 400 hz, that stuff wrecks the nervous system hihi. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com
What I did here was to use the steel cable but I pulled it on out into the clear past any tree limbs that would damage the rope then attached a high quality marine pully to the steel cable. Pulled my
Same here used it just this weekend, works like a champ!! Jeff, N0OST _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@
Yep,10db is a fact and if the wind is over 20 mph it's probably closer to 12db.....hi! Yes..bought one this weekend put in DX Engineering new NCC2 and two active verticals, 16/15 foot radials/110 fee
I recently built an OCF dipole using a W2AU 4:1 balun. It seems to be working very well especially on 40 and 80 meters but I don't know much about the balun. I'm a little concerned about the power ha
Thanks to all who commented on my question about W2AU baluns. Very informative! I think I'll take a look at Balun designs and Hy-Power antenna co. And see what I can come up with. 73, Jeff N0OST ____
A few months ago I changed the oil in the gear box on my HDX-555. It had some water in it and looked pretty bad. Flushed it a couple of times and all was good. A leak at the drain plug showed up a co
When I installed my used HDX-555 I purchased new base anchor bolts from US Towers. After about 3 years the bolts have a coat of rust on them. Is this normal? Nothing else is rusting at all including
Thanks for the info everyone. 73, Jeff _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.con
I would like to change out the hand crank wench on the tilt fixture for my USTOWER HDX-555. The tower has a 14 foot 2" chromoly mast with .375 wall plus Yaesu 2800 rotor and around 175 pounds of ante
Ok Ok, I'm going to say that was the auto correct gone wild.... I told ya I needed some help...73, Jeff _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
I have a 3L SteppIR with 40 meter element. I would like to put a 6L 15 meter KLM beam about 8 feet above the SteppIR. Of course I can retract the SteppIR elements when using the KLM but when on 40 ho
Long before Focre 12 disappeared they were working with JKAntennas to optimize their designs. Jeff _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Towe
Was it by chance HamPLUS advertising on the back cover of May/June issue of NCJ. DX Engineering is selling it. 73, Jeff N0OST _______________________________________________ _________________________
I have a US towers HDX 555 I recently asked about what oil to use in the gearbox here on the list and got the synthetic 630 oil which was recommended. I now have a leak that I thought was at the bott