I have just returned to ham radio now that I am retired. My first project is to get a tribander (10, 15, and 20m) up and on the air as quickly as possible. I have selected a ROHN 9H50 telescoping mas
Hello, I am in the planning stages of a new antenna project. It is going to be a simple, center fed, 40-Meter dipole (using a 1:1 DX Engineering Maxi-Core balun) connected to RG213. (My county has a
I used 1200I Philliystran for a small dipole pole support. The end of the Philliystran was terminated, per their directions, using one of their termination kits (4 cable clamps and a thimble). When I
Hello, I am at the very initial stages of planning my first tower. Here is what I have done so far. I have read Steves book Up the Tower, and ARRLs Antenna Towers for Radio Amateurs. I then visited t
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I am looking for a PE, who is licensed in South Carolina, to design a 70 foot guyed tower that will support 20 sq ft of antenna load at a 3-second gust of 130 MPH. Please let me know if you can help
I really need some input on the design of my first tower. As I have previously mentioned on this Reflector, I want to put up a 100 ft guyed tower on my 5 acre lot that will support 20 sq ft of antenn
I am preparing to install a Beverage antenna for 80M. I am using all of the components from DX Engineering which will allow the antenna to receive from the north-east or the south-west, all controlle
I am putting up an 80M dipole at 65 ft and a Beverage antenna for receiving. In doing my homework for this project, I have been reading ON4UN's book "Low-Band DXing." On page 7-75, the author states
I live in a coastal area in the south-east. I would like to put up a crank-up tower on my 5 acre lot. However, the county planning department requires the tower be designed to meet TIA/EIA-222 for a
For several years I have been dreaming of a 90 tower next to my home located near the coast in South Carolina. But, I could never find a practical way around my countys requirement that any tower mus
My 86 or 89 foot crank-up tower project seems to be progressing through my County review boards. So now I am getting really excited for my first tower. I am now in ham nirvana because I have to start
While I am waiting for my 89 crank-up tower to be built and delivered, I thought I would get busy running the various control lines for the rotator, the AC power for the motor that lifts the tower an
As I have posted on this reflector several times, I am in the process of putting up an 89 foot crank-up tower. The manufacturer will be sending me the analysis I need for the building permit, wet sta
Hello, I am running 175 of Andrew 7/8 Heliax (AVA5-50) from my shack to the base of my new crank-up tower. This is my first experience with hardline. (I learned Andrew is now part of Commscope.) I am
I am trying to obtain azimuth terrain files for HFTA using Microdem. My tower location is near the intersection of 4 DEM's. I have managed to merge the 4 Dem's, into a singe Bitmap image and also int
In the past few months, in preparation for my first tower, I asked on this reflector about the best way to run coax, AC power, and control lines(rotator, coax switch) from the shack to the tower. The
My *first tower* (a 100 crank-up including the mast) is scheduled to arrive in mid-October. It will be located 150 from the base of my house. The problem is, *my shack is located on the second floor
I am now in the process of learning about grounding my new (and first) crank-up tower to minimize lightning damage. In reading Up the Tower by K7LXC, I noticed Steve suggested adding a lightning rod
Hello. I am making good progress on my new (and first) tower. I am connecting my RF signals to the Yagis on my new tower using 7/8 Andrew Heliax. I would like to ground the top and bottom of the Heli