After 19 years of being a ham, I'm finally a tower owner! In my small corner city lot, I installed a Trylon Titan T-500 72 foot self-supporting tower with a Force 12 C4XL (7 el 10m-20m + 2 el 40m on
Hey guys! I have a Cushcraft 2 meter beam that looks like a T and has 12 elements on the main boom, plus two elements (reflectors) at either side of the top of the T. So, 14 elements total. The SWR i
Thanks to all who responded to my query about the mystery Cushcraft beam. I wound up talking to Art at Cushcraft and he identified the beam (I think he said it was a 12-2) and told me it was designed
You might have better luck posting your message to the Kenwood mailing list: Info can be found at: http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/links_mailing_lists.shtml 73 - Scott KA9FOX -- INTERNET SOLUTIONS - Afford
I have a Cushcraft 13 ele 'boomer' 2 meter beam that I planned to put on the top of my mast. I don't have an all mode rig YET, but am considering one. So, do I: 1) mount it horizontally and live with
I think the problem is that the antenna was manufactured to handle a U.S. 1 Kw, not an Italian 1 Kw. I think it was only designed to handle 300 watts of Italian power. :-) 73 - Scott KA9FOX -- INTERN
Check my collection of past reflector articles and summaries (http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/mail_summaries.shtml), in the Antennas/Towers/Feedline section, for at least three different articles on stacki
OK, guys, you aren't done with me yet! The tower is up, and the beam is pretty much ready to be raised to the top. BUT, I still need to buy coax cable! Most guys I talk to are using RG-213 or are the
With all due respect, Charles, I think you are being just a tad too hasty to condemn Force 12 based on Richard's posting. He mentioned that he had to shorten a 15 meter element to bring the SWR null
250 kHz bandwidth? I should be so lucky!! My Force 12 C4XL will be here in a 2-3 weeks... but checking out the specs on their website... 2:1 SWR bandwidth is 130 khz !! I will mainly be contesting w
Basically, in a Ufer ground system, you use either copper wires inside the concrete tower base, or the rebar cage if you have one, as part of your ground system. The tower is tied to the cage, and th
Thanks, Dick!!!! I really misread the article. In the PolyPhaser Ufer article, it states, "It stands to reason that the outer most sections of the rebar structure should be bonded together, not just
The PolyPhaser author states, "In my many years of experience, I have only seen one tower base with cracks that could be considered as lightning induced. Ufers should always be used to augment your g
Likely? Really? OK, if it's likely, then surely it must have happened ONCE by now? In 1995, the question was asked to the CQ-CONTEST mailing list if ANYONE could recall ANY tower (ham, CB, VHF/UHF,
But you see, Pete... there are many people that have had concrete bases explode, or have first hand knowledge on the subject, and they are desperately trying to tell us!!! As a matter of fact, they'
Apparently whomever sent this message uses VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US as their mail server, which is located at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Anybody wanna fess up? :-) (it wasn't geoiii@bga.com
Someone saw my ad looking for a self-supporting tower on the QTH.com classifieds (http://www.QTH.com) and sent me this message. I think it's just a smidge more than I am looking for. =8-0 Maybe one o
Damn! Did I miss gate 5? Was hoping to get KFOX but I bet it's gone now. :-) - Scott -- INTERNET SOLUTIONS - Affordable web page design and storage Scott Neader (608)788-1234 / FAX (608)787-0100 / n
I asked the same question last August and heard nothing but good things about Trylon Towers. After a lot of analysis-paralysis, it looks like I'll be buying one after all and getting it up (heh-heh)
I'm about 75% done with the Force 12 Antennas and Systems web site. A good share of their brochure is now on the web at: http://www.QTH.com/force12 Regarding being absent from Dayton, it sounds like