I burry lines for a living. Take this to the bank.....do it the right way. A little hard work never hurt anyone. Get out your shovel or do like I do and use a trenching machine. Unless your luckey en
Sounds like it could be a Wilson System 36. I had one years ago and it's a good one. Gud luck...Steve -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
Tom, I am not a pro by any means but I too phased 2 verticals with outstanding results using the 71 degree phase line. This actually has 84 degree lines going to each vertical with 213 coax to the re
Gosh, I didn't know there was any alternative. Never been on a tower with another climber before. Hmmmm. I have always managed by myself. I don't think I could get any volunteers in these parts to cl
There was a thread a few months back about this subject. I fully understood just what this guy was proposing. I thought the idea was fantastic, as long as it was not structurally damaging to the towe
At the advice of many here on this reflector, I have changed my bn-86 to the bn-4000 as well. I didn't want a failure in the middle of a snow storm at 100 ft in the air. But before I changed it, I al
Lee, check and replace that zener diode in the control box. Same thing happend to me and after replacement, it worked beautiful. My zener had a thermal breakdown after about 20 to 30 minutes of being
Just aquired a high powered amp. Also have a hygain tribander with the bn-86 balun. How much is too much power into this balun guys? If I need to change it, what is the best, coiled coax or the hi po
R & L electronics in Ohio has 30, 40, and 50 rohn push up masts. They want $59.50 for the 50 footer. I don't work or own that company....Steve -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.ht
R & L electronics in Ohio has 30, 40, and 50 rohn push up masts. They want $59.50 for the 50 footer. I don't work or own that company....Steve -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.ht
To: <towertalk@contesting.com> My experience is to mount a 4 x 4 wooden treated post 36 inches in the ground. Then to use a large and long wood lag screw to go into the bottom end of a 20 ft 2 x 4 an
To: <towertalk@contesting.com> My experience is to mount a 4 x 4 wooden treated post 36 inches in the ground. Then to use a large and long wood lag screw to go into the bottom end of a 20 ft 2 x 4 an
I know that this subject has been adressed many times. I have a tribander and want to put a cushcraft 40-2cd about 8 to 9 ft below it (no problems) however, I am looking at the hygain 12/17 meter duo
Has anyone really done some comparisons from using a 4 square system to a shortened 2 element yagi up about 100 ft ? I have a 4 square and have been thinking about mounting 2 element up in the air. I
and thus stacking it on the top will impose less stress on the mast. the added height is more important on 40 than on 10 ... relative to wavelength. On a 100' tower, the TH-7 may already be "too high
Doyle, first off, the RCS-4 does not use control cable, only the RCS-8. I have the RCS-8 and I am 300 ft from my tower. I bought 1808 cable which has 2- #16 wires and 6- #18 wires and it works great.
After cleaning the reverse side of my hygain meter scale plate that has north as the center with window cleaner, I found out that I wiped out the lettering. Anyone got one of these plates out of a no
I have 90' of rohn 25g guyed at 30, 60, and 85'. At the 50' level, I noticed a small horizontal crack right where the top of the 5th section's leg swedges down to go into the 6th section. The crack i