Looking for help on my "new to me" TH7DX. Was not used couple of years, cleaned it up, read and used the manual, put it together, and put it on top of an asphalt shingle roof at 25 ft. Checked with M
Thanks, Jim, Bob, and Jim H., Excellent suggestions all. I will summarize these and give them all to him before he goes up the tower. Thanks guys, these were just the kind of ideas I was looking for.
Hi Mike, Bob, Jim, Jim H., and other TH7 experts, Installer didn't show, got hung up on morning job that turned out to be a "monster," and I don't mean SteppIR Monster. So...against the XYLs protests
Hi Gerald, The balun is a HyGain, installed under the boom with the factory straps connected directly to the first (Front) driven element as the manual shows. The straps are arranged in a semi circle
Hi Jim, Grant, Excellent idea. The traps did have spiders, tiny critter and dust. Blew then all out. Next good wx day, I will go back up and swap the balun, after opening and cleaning it. That balun
Many thanks to all who gave ideas, thoughts, and clues. Tom, N2SR mentioned, "something reversed." Special thanks to Bill, K1XT who sent a copy from Roger Cox who was with HyGain in the old days. Wen
Hy-Gain 155 CA. Been a while since it was up. Don't see/remember how much to overlap the tubing. Have the manual, but do not see the actual over all element lengths, just the tip dimensions. Anyone h
Thanks Joe and Arne, that's why I love this list...I was looking at it wrong...AND confusing the 155 with 105 which I am also putting together. The latter (105) uses 3 pieces of tubing and I am tryin
I agree Chet on the 100ft, and John on the 1.5 wl. How high is a function of fear factor, land, budget, and "want to." I know some hams with very deep pockets (read: they could afford whatever) who h
Can stacking improve gain? That's an easy one, but wait . Last week, I put a new Steppir 3 L together and put it on the roof (couldn't get it up tower for the contest). It is 46 feet under a Force 20
Yes Doug, I am sure I was on the Force...after my oops on Saturday morning....I checkedtwice. When you home the Steppir elements, there is NO signal, not even noisehihi. Ian, I think you have the bes
Hi Gang, I need a 140 self supporting tower taken down in Southern Indiana, near Evansville. This may be a Rohn tower. It has 3 legs at base which are about 10 feet apart. Below 80, the side braces a