Thanks Dick. I'd say if my knee is going to hit it, that constitutes "lack of clearance," so my installation is okay after all. Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ ___________
I can't find the original post on this, but I have the Cushcraft piece (I'm pretty sure). I converted an A3 to the 40M kit and they supplied a stouter replacement center insulator. I put the original
I'm pretty sure that once he gets the first one working he plans to build a second one and stack the two. This was what Stan told me a couple years ago. Safe to assume Stan's purpose is DX contests.
I've been skipping this thread until it kept getting posts over and over. I would really like to remote my station. Where IS the remote station reflector?? Mark, N5OT ________________________________
I routinely hand-straighten bent element pices. Some great antennas have risen from piles of destroyed antenna bones. The results are not pefect but: 1. you can't tell from a distance 2. you can stil
Denny, I am so sorry to hear about this. I would hate making that discovery about my place. I'm sure it's only a matter of time. Thanks for the reality check that we don't retain full personal contro
I second that - with just a minor change your plan will go from one that is more risky than safe into one that's more safe than risky. W6AQ has a crankup with a lot of really big antennas on it, but
Hello gang. I'm enjoying all the Hy TowerTalk, hi. Hy Towers have served a lot of hams really well for a lot of years. I knew a guy in the 70s who used 4 of them in a compromise-spacing 4-square for
Gosh, as a ham, I don't. I thought it was a successful attempt at witty humor which I enjoyed, and it was appropriate under the circumstances. Mark, N5OT ____________________________________________
TT: I know the answer to this question is lurking here someplace. I need to repair a guy's KLM 4-40 feedpoint. Can you reach all of that from the tower/mast or am I going to have to be prepared to ta
Does anyone have any idea what has happened to Marlin P. Jones and Associates? I have bought all kinds of stuff there for my station for some years. Web site - no connect. Telephone - disconnected. ?
Well, don't know what I was doing wrong for the last 72 hours or so, but the Marlin P. Jones site finally came up. Sorry if my question alarmed anybody. Mark, N5OT ___________________________________
My seat-of-the-pants says this is too much antenna for Rohn 25. Also, assuming DXing is the object, 80 feet height for a yagi is pretty low in terms of wavelength - it would be like trying to work D
Given your restrictions, Ed, I am thinking you've got it - you will be in for years of fun with this set-up. Have at it. You need to be careful with that 15 feet of mast up there - I don't know the
What's the price after 17:00 on April 28? Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com h
Gotta chime in with the practical answer. In practical use the lower gain of a 3 element antenna will be far outweighed by the ease of handling it over the bigger longer heavier 4 element. Where the
We used this antenna in this way Multi-Two with no problems at HP1XX in ARRL DX CW. However, we took rather extreme measures using combinations of custom stubs and bandpass filters. I would describe
With malice toward none, I am going to repeat that in the real world people are doing this with these Force-12s with excellent results. How does that quote about modeling go? Too much and it begins t
We measured what was coming down the feedline and using the receiver specs, calculated how much attenuation would be needed on each band to keep the level acceptable to the radio - I recall the numbe
Tom, how would you recommend feeding/decoupling the feedline on a Tennadyne LP? Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk ma