Recently our club got a used and disassembled A4S. There are no markings remaining on the traps. 1. how can you distinguish a 15 meter TC trap from a a TB trap. 2. how can you distingush a 10 meter T
Have had your experience. What I learned was you're really better off standing the tower up without the antenna on it, then using a tram line to get it up there. Dave, W7GK http://www.qsl.net/w7gk/ E
Have both a Yaesu 800 and a Ham IV. The 800 turns a Cushcraft X7 and a 11 el. 2 mtr beam atop a 60' tower while the Ham IV turns a rotatable mast with a stacked 4 el. 6m beam, a 11 el. 2m beam and a
Author: Dave Hough, W7GK" <w7gk@qsl.net (Dave Hough, W7GK)
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:26:00 -0800
Yes, that was a problem with those antennas. The first ones produced had 1 part number for a trap and the later ones had another part no. for the same trap. Immediately after putting up my Cushcraft
My understanding is a yagi performs as good as it possibly can when it is 1 electrical wavelength above the ground. Any additional height is redundant. 73, Dave Hough, W7GK Elko, NV _________________
We've got a 50 ft Universal aluminum tower here with 18" sections. It's guyed at the top and mid-way. Trying to tip just 30' of that tower up by yourself is darn tough. Tipping up 60' with a rotor an
After you remove the black vinyl caps remove the single screw. Now the only thing holding the coil inside the shield is 4 nylon spacers. The spacers are a press fit but if you hit the trap on a block
Here's the biggest one I know of and here's the link http://www.w0tm.com/gmc/WX7Mphotos.htm Belongs to WX7M in Smith Valley, NV Dave, W7GK _______________________________________________ See: http://
My dad had a Hy-Tower back in the mid 60's. Was a good antenna. Their one big weakness were the base insulators. Several times they broke during high winds and toppled the tower. Fortunately the towe
Did you use Noalox or one of those componds? If you used it, did you happen to apply it liberally? Been there done that, once, and the result was what you're describing. Had to use WD-40 and a coarse
Used 30' of Universal aluminum tower sections on the roof of my Las Vegas house and had a Cushcraft X7 on it. http://www.qsl.net/w7gk/ Worked great. Built a saddle out of 4"x 6" planks to set on the