Everyone i just got to thinking i'll put a web cam on the tower project tomorrow... it wont take long but if you are really bored try navigating to: http://24.164.121.111 you may have to download an
Anyone have one of these in an emailable format ? i cant seem to locate mine and Mosley is closed until the 16th for an audit ... Thanks Dan N8DCJ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Th
Is TT still supplying there own brand of RG213?? if so how does it stand up to Belden ?? also any recommendations as to which rotor cable , I need to run about 225ft of cable... Dan N8DCJ ___________
Well since the overwhelming consensus is that my T2X is gonna be a real tight fit in my TX-472... whats the general opinion of the Yaesu G-800sa/dxa ?? my budget for the tower project is really start
Ok... since its fairly obvious that my T2X isnt going to work in my TX-472... and i didnt get a good feeling about the Yaesu rotors... so i am left with using a Ham IV... so anyone have one installed
Does anyone know what sort of SQ FT the tower is rated for ?? i am considering puting a 4el 6m beam on it Dan N8DCJ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with im
Anyone have any real slick ideas on maintaining a taught vertical section of an Inverted-L attached to my crank up tower??? since the end of the horiz section most likely will be going to the ground
I know this has been talked about often on this forum... anyway i am out of money and need to get the system grounded.... i have 4 8' ground rods.. my plan is to use 3 ground rods at the tower and th
Jerry way back in the early 80's i was down in 8P6 land and we put up 2 loops (160 & 40 M)on a tower that was about 50 ft high... they were diamond shaped for the most part... the tops were around th
Sorry guys i know this is off topic... but it came about when i forwarded a picture of the 7J4AAL antenna to a friend... http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=031027FA-V8_Chainsaw make sure you copy th
having looked at the referenced map i can tell you that it must be ficticious... i live in Ohio and there is no way we are in a High UV area... heck during the summer people have to go to tanning sal
One thing i have discovered in this area is that there are 3 ways to get concrete: 1. sakrete 2. hardware store with a mixer (1/2 yd) 3. concrete truck in this area if you price it out by the yard th
True storyy , luckily without a tragic ending... a friend of mine had a 96ft Tri-Ex tower that he kept in very good shape... had replaced the cable often and kept up on all maintenance... he decided
Sorry this is so far off topic, but , i figured others are probably re-wiring their shacks as well.. if you have a Square D QO panel and need 120v 20A single pole breakers Lowes currently is selling
Well as luck would have it i cant find my antenna books after i have cleaned this basement up getting ready to build my shack... anyway i seem to remember the starting point for a 160m Inv-L is 138 f
Lee one other thing to keep in mind is how much power you are going to be running... i used a tuner rated at 3KW that had a couple of pieces vaporized at around 1500... i just heard a little zap and
I know this isnt exactly thr right forum for this but i am confident i cant get the answer... i am putting up a pair of Inv V's one for 40 and the other for 80 both feed from th esame feedline, i don
a similar situation happened in this general area many years ago... i wont mention the calls of the hams involved... one night ham1 got a call from ham2 asking if he could come over before a contest
If i remember these were all going on seperate towers... you could always use stacks .... that way you can move the angles all around depending on condx... especially on 10 ..... good luck Dan N8DCJ
I am not sure who started this post... but you can install the tower in my backyard, i'll keep a good eye on it for :-) Dan N8DCJ http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk http://lists.c