Local welding supply shop should have it. Rich - N5ZC Julio, W4HY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@cont
Dick, If there's a jkantennas.com model that would suite your needs you will not be disappointed. I have several now and they are built stout and work. The tough part will be getting the WARC bands
I picked up a Radio Industries Rotor (a subsidy of Hallicrafters) over the weekend. Interesting design. It has 3 all thread posts coming out of it at 120 degrees around the rotor each of which clamp
I just posted a few pictures on my qrz.com page. Rich - N5ZC Interesting design. It has 3 all thread posts coming out of it at 120 degrees around the rotor each of which clamps onto tower leg. A tra
I have an opportunity to have a crank up tower installed. A local buddy has a hycro-vac rig to dig my hole. The advantages to hydro-vac is an accurate hole and the dirt is hauled off. I already hav
Thanks for the link Dick, That will be quite helpful. This is not my first tower, but it will be my first crankup. The size of the hole is quite intimidating. I marked out the spot for the 5.5 squar
I'm looking for a 5 band yagi (10,12,15,17 &20 meters) that has more gain than the 2 element per band designs. I prefer no traps. Steppir is not an option as I will use the antenna on two bands for
Another option for a replacement clamp for the OR2800 is the Champion Radio clamp. https://www.championradio.com/Orion-2800-Replacement-Mast-Clamp.44 I opted for this model as it was easier to replac
Jim, I can attest that the clamp is junk. It's not built correctly. There's not enough surface area to grab the mast. I was climbing my tower after each wind event, which happens a lot in Amarillo.
I've sent an email to US Towers as well. Does anyone know of a source for the pulleys that are used in the US Tower TRX0-80HD raising fixture. I'll need two for the fixture and 2 that mount to the H
I'm trying to come up with a receive antenna for 160m. Due to current space limitations a K9AY loop or SAL won't work. I sure don't have room for a traditional Beverage, although I am going to exp
Howie, I just had those exact bolts made at a local steel fabricator (Public Steel) here in Amarillo. I had 6 of them made which included 4 nuts for each, they cost $22 each plus tax. I had them mad
Before I home brew a set I thought I'd check here to see if anyone has a set in their junk pile. I need to side mount a JK801 rotatable dipole to my 55g rotating tower. For now it's mounted to a tow
The JK will be far superior mechanically. Electrically you will be happy as well. Ken models everything. Id look at the JK402T as the bandwidth is very good. Rich - N5ZC Sent from my iPhone _________
Bruce, Check out JK Antennas jkantennas.com Look at the XR5 or the Navassa, among other models. I have several on a 140' tower. We had a major wind storm here Wednesday. Peak winds of 80 mph, str
I've had a strange problem develop with my JK 404C 4 element tribander. - The signal is sometimes attenuated. Per my Flex 6600, I'll show a noise floor of -130db, when I transmit a bit the noise fl
The WX cooperated yesterday evening so I could climb the tower. I disconnected the coax to the balun as well as disconnecting the balun from the feed point, then reconnected both. During the disconne
I'm about to put up my first 6m yagi. Its a JK 5 element. Can I expect any interaction between the 6m yagi and the tribander with 10' spacing? Thanks Rich - N5ZC ____________________________________
Thanks for all the helpful info. I have plenty of room on my tower to install the 5 element yagi at 30' and not be anywhere close to another antenna. I'll take some measurements then move the antenn
I'm finally putting up a yagi for 6m. I was checking the polyphasers on my grounding bulkhead, they are only good to 375 watts. I've searched for other polyphasers and I can't find one that will han