Hello everyone, I have obtained permission to use a large field to the West of me during the winter. I don't have the exact dimensions but I know I can lay a single wire on the ground almost 1000' lo
I had the 704 and it was absolutely the worse purchase I ever made. They forgot to add all the aluminum (elements) for the warc bands and insisted they did and made me give up the 40m parts so I coul
Dave, this is good advice and a good place to start but I seem to remember an interesting analysis Beezley did with an early version on MN many years ago. I think he was using MN but I might be wrong
I can sympathize with your situation. My soil here (if I can call it that) is very, very dense and hard clay like yours. It is close to turning to solid shale in a few million years <g>. I have heard
Gregg, one point I would make is to never trust the wiring provided by the antenna OEM. Years ago I put up a 4 yagi EME array using CC antennas and ASSumed that they wired every antenna the same way.
I am selling my 80' Universal Aluminum tower. It will have the rotor plate and trust bearing. It is made up of the following: Heavy duty 30" taper 26" str 26" taper 22" str 22" taper 18" str 18" str
I currently have 8 tower sections which I would like to sell. If you are interested please e-mail me direct for information/pricing. tnx es 73 Gedas, W8BYA Near Ft. Wayne, IN online image gallery at
Hi Norm, it looks like a bunch of people have already provided you with some good info. I would just like to add that I made my own for some 7/8" CATV line a couple years back for 2m and 70cm. I had
Hi Jim, I found your comments below interesting. Do you really see an advantage using solid wire over stranded for a given size? I would have guessed stranded was more stable and stronger and maybe I
Trying to see why I have not been getting any mail for days....sri for BW. GV _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list To
I am trying to make operational an antenna rotated by a HAM-IV rotor. It's a long story but I have lost my documentation telling me which wires went to which terminal up there. I have not sat down wi
First of all, a very big thanks to the many who have contacted me privately providing ideas to solve this problem. Unfortunately, I have not done a very good job explaining the problem. The situation
I wanted to say thanks to those who provided help on this ! My goal was to turn the antenna towards Fla to keep in touch with a brother while I am out on medical. With the help of a good digital ohm-
I will second that, and add, nor are you protected because the lines go underground. All my lines were underground with at least 200' buried in 4" flexible PVC and sparky still wiped out the shack th
Mike, any idea on how your R8 performs vs. another vertical, say a ground mounted type with radials? I think that would be very interesting. Gedas Image Gallery http://gedas.cc Web Site http://w8bya.
Oh boy, you may have opened a can of worms here :') I own both. For me IMO, the Yaesu was a waste of money. I will stick to my HAM IV's or TT's any day of the week. 73 Gedas, W8BYA Hi gang, I am writ
Being off work for a neck surgery and then a back injury I had some time to process an image from the summer. It is of the summer milky-way setting behind my HF tower. Hope you enjoy it and seasons g
I am quite interested in this discussion. After twisting the arm of my brother down in Fla to get more active on the bands, he finally puts up a couple antennas only to find 40m and 20m covered in S9
Hi Paul, tnx very much for sharing your experience with us all. I am sorry it has taken me so long to respond but this is the first oppertunity I have had to access the net while still away from home
If my memory serves me right about 6-8 months ago someone posted a message with a URL that led to some excellent images of a new fold-over Aluminum tower installation. I'm not sure but I think it may