I also thought that AN Wireless towers looked like a good buy. In addition to the technical reasons already mentioned below, there are a couple of additional reasons that I decided to purchase from A
I am planning to build a triangular 3-element 80-meter vertical phased array this spring and have been doing a lot of reading on the subject (primarily the TT archives and ON4UN's book). The elements
I want to thank everyone who responded to my question about radials for a vertical array. I thought that it might be useful to summarize the information. The consensus was that the approach suggested
I am trying to work out a few details for my lightning protection system. I have received and read (some in the TT archives) some conflicting recommendations on whether to use solid or stranded coppe
I will be putting up some antennas at a new location in about six weeks. I have acquired some Times Microwave (TM) LMR-400 and LMR-600 at a good price for the runs to and up the tower (about 200 feet
I want to thank everyone who provided responses to my questions about connectors for Times LMR-600. All responses were directed to the reflector, so I will not bother to summarize. I did, however, ge
The following seems to have good prices on several different tools for installing connectors on coax of various types. http://www.fab-corp.com/index.htm Bill, K0KT William Q. Meeker Department of Sta
There has been previous discussion on TT about how to connect copper wires to a galvanized tower (e.g., for lightening ground protection or when the tower is to be used as a radiator). My electrician
Kelly: I recently had an HD-70 installed using the pad and pier option. A hole was dug big enough for the pad and forms were build for the pier (open at the bottom). The concrete was poured in the pi
Do users of Steppir antennas suffer from rain static? Bill K0KT William Q. Meeker Department of Statistics 304C Snedecor Hall Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50011 Phone: 515-294-5336 Fax: 515-294-4
Last spring I purchased an AN Wireless HD-70 support structure (7 ten foot sections total weight > 1500 pounds!), a 22 foot 1026 DOM 2.875 inch mast, and 120 feet of Nello 25N sections (another 600
I recently installed an off-center-fed dipole, cut for 1/2 WL on 1.824 MHz (233 feet), using #12 Davis RF flexweave. I am feeding off center so that the feed point and transmission line will be in th
Gene: Thanks for the response. There is a moderate-power station on 1430kHZ about 6 miles away, but it has never caused problems when I used the MFJ to adjust the 160 meter loading coil on my buttern
Tony: I use ScotchKote. It is easy to find in electrical supply departments everywhere. I first use a layer of electrical tape (to keep the connector clean if and when I need to remove it), then a la
I want to think everyone who responded to my question about my failed attempt to construct an OCF dipole for 160 meters. I have learned a lot, as I usually do from this very helpful and knowledgeable
Doug: When looking for houses, we discovered that most subdivisions that had been done in the past 30 years had covenants with boiler-plate restrictions on antennas or towers or both. I have read a
Bill: AN Wireless markets such a life line for their towers. Details are at: http://www.anwireless.com/lifeline.html I have one of these on my HD-70. You can also order a SALA ascender from them: ht
JC: I put up and HD-70 with a pad and pillar foundation last year. I had the foundation done by the same firm that did the concrete for our new house. They dug the 9x9x5 hole then built the rebar ca
JC: The forms did take some time to build. As you can see from the pictures, the pillar was poured first. I am sure that some of the concrete did squish out the bottom at first (and this is good), b
I had heard that another ham in town, after securing a permit for a 150 foot tower, did have his assessment increased (Story County, Iowa). I do not recall if he appealed or not. After we built our