Tom I have my chart right here and it says 45 or 42 feet depending on whether your using the fone or cw KW80. As a personal testimonial once you get it working you'll never go back to sex,,,hihihi...
http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=33236&eventPage=2 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.n7mal.com Everyone in the world is entitled to be burdened by my opinion Fellow talke
Robert I have included a link to a news story which you might find interesting. I have lived here in Mohave County for 15 years and have never heard of any problems involving ham-radio towers/antenna
What happened to the KFI tower updates. I understand, and am well aware of, the disaster/mess that happened. There is a lot of info at http://www.k6rix.com/ 73 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.
Bill when you're bragging about how good your antenna is you probably should, at the very least, know who makes your antenna..... :-) 73 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.n7mal.com Everyone in t
This is a 'no-brainor'.... Who is Ameritron's parent company..... I have never heard a bad report, on the air, about any Palstar product. The only tuner I've ever heard more praise for is the 'ole-re
RE: "In the interest of perspective," Here are just a couple of links. I could fill up an entire page with these kinds of links: http://forums.qrz.com/archive/index.php/t-90206.html http://lists.cont
Jerry I have a real problem with some of these explanations. Unfortunately I know just enough about antenna stuff to be dangerous. The purpose of a balun is to transform an unbalanced something to a
Joe my answer is going to sound like a smart-a but I'm very serious. First a compromised tower is compromised forever. It will eventually cause more damage than if you replaced it today. There is a v
Congrats Bob: In my 50 years at this hobby I've had a lot of towers at various locations. I have a personal hard fast rule about guys. They must do something other than guy. I make some type of wire
I have put up a lot of rohn 25 because I have a lot of faith in it. I have found the specs on rohn 35 are under rated. Rohn 25 will handle a lot. BUT I'm not even 'gutsy' enough to try what you are g
Bill here is what I've used for many years very/extremely successfully and more important why..... I've used the reyco traps. The keyword is traps. They really are traps, not dipole shorteners like t
Mr. JH I must first congratulate you: You are the first person ever to use me and "design paradigm" in the same context. No I don't use anything to try to suppress feedline radiation with a dipole. I
My lot is slightly smaller than yours is. I have a full sized 80 meter loop, 85 feet on a side. It is fed at the top with open wire 'real' 600 ohm line into the tuner in the shack. It is fed at the t
Follow the directions..... MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.n7mal.com Everyone in the world is entitled to be burdened by my opinion I am in the process of checking SWR prior to installation of
Makes really good, and efficient, radial wire and/or grounding braid..... 73 MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.n7mal.com Everyone in the world is entitled to be burdened by my opinion I have a r
Ken contact the world famous W6OBB. He is going through it right now and I've heard him commenting about it on the air. I can't help you with details because it would be second hand. 73 MAL N7MAL BUL
Whoa time out Bill: I have had 2 antenna accidents in my 50 years. Both were caused by carelessness on my part. I got lucky, I should either be dead or at least totally handicapped. These 2 guys just
I live in a community where the city gov't officials are not able to walk and chew gum at the same time. There are many hams here who have towers etc who, like me, have never been hassled by anyone f
Bob how dare you ask a technical question on this mailing list. Do you not realize this is a mailing list to run down W9KNI, or advertise picnics, or basic reading on an ancient airplane radio, or ev