I am looking for suggestions on rope. I often do tower work alone and use a rope to pull up items such as buckets of tools, rotators, equipment boxes, etc. I attach one end of the rope to the item wh
Thanks for all of the suggestions! I wonder how those recommending pulleys are doing it? I find a pulley attached to a tower leg or mast to be impractical, as it causes the load to scrape or bang aga
Yes, of course. Not that specific one, which probably wouldn't fit my ~2.06" DXE masts, but I use something similar for a tram line when raising antennas or really heavy loads. But a tram line is a l
Hi Jim, Most fitting that description that I have personally seen were 5/8 wave 11 meter antennas, or 0.64 wave which was common. I have never cut one open nor tried to repurpose it to another band,
I'm trying to get a better sense of how the rope in elements to stop vibration thing works. I've read that it works because as the element swings in one direction, the rope slams against the opposite
Thanks to all who provided input on this question! Living in an area that gets a lot of ice and sticky snow, I am not a fan of spiral wrapping anything around elements. I have observed that even smal
I considered that. In an ideal world I would replace the 20 year old, already brittle (but intact) antenna or as you suggest redesign the element taper. Unfortunately it's not an ideal world. If this
I've had good luck with a Davis Vantage Vue. I have it mounted at 95 feet on one of my towers and have had no problems with a kW on 160m through 135cm and lower power on 70cm. I did have a wind speed
The Davis Vantage Vue transmits on 900 MHz. I have a 6 meter yagi 10 feet above it, 432 yagi 15 feet above it, 222 and 144 a little higher still, and I have no interference from it on any band. The V
You could try Bolt Depot... https://www.boltdepot.com/Eye_bolts_and_Screw_eyes.aspx 73, Paul Only place that I've seen of course is back ordered! Unbelievable cannot find some eye bolts like this, ev
I'm using a DJI Mini 2. One caution is that it drifts enough to get into trouble for close up tower inspections. I don't recommend trying to approach closer than 3 to 4 feet from a tower and even tha
Well said, Jim. I guess the times when all were encouraged to enjoy ham radio to the fullest regardless of their income are now mostly gone. What a shame. I have recycled at least 100 PL-259s over th
I have an Orion OR2800DC and Green Heron RT21 both 3 years old. I have had pulse counting errors almost from the start. I know the cable is not in good condition as the resistance between conductors
Thanks Scott. That is the other configuration I was wondering about, so good to know that works. Most responses indicate a single run of RG6 should work. I am going to try that on the first day weath
On the basis of my understanding of transmission lines, I would expect un-shielded twisted pair to provide more than enough rejection of noise and RF. I know nothing about the susceptibility of the e
An update for the archives or those interested. Weather and my health finally allowed me to climb. I ran a 390 foot length of RG6 quad shield (because that's what I had) from the OR2800 junction box