I'd like to second what Natan said. I have used the F12 C3E 10M add-on kit on 3 stacked C3's with results just as predicted -- barely perceptable, if at all, increase in forward gain, and a very obvi
I have a Rohn 45G with the flattop and to prevent chafing I use split pipe insulation to encase the loops coming from the three antennas on the mast (2M vertical, 40-2CD and C3E). I use enough slack
I'd go with the Klein grip. It's designed for grabbing a steel cable, and can be specified for specific ranges of size. If this "juma" is what I think it is -- a Jumar Ascender, it is designed for te
A question for the combined wisdom of the reflector: I was trimming some 75 ohm hardline, 1/2" Commscope variety, to get a half wave at 7.0 mHz so I could feed my stacked F12 C-3E tribanders at somet
Thanks to all who responded to my request for help with cutting some 75 ohm 1/2 hardline to a electrical half-wave multiple at 40M, to be used to feed stacked tribanders on 20, 15, and 10M. As most p
No redrilling necessary for the initial assembly of my three C-3's, and no redrilling needed when I installed the 10M reflectors to turn them into C-3E's. Just my two cents worth. Steve Zettel KJ7CH
You all are talking power, implying VxI and perhaps worried about heating effects. Another consideration is the insulation voltage breakdown point, which another correspondent touched on. This relate
Lane, A quick search at Excite.com for "bean aimer" turned up the following: 59% Universal Laser Aimer by WSTECH - Universal Laser Aimer - WST-04 Universal Laser Aimer-Complete Unit Universal Laser
And here I was hoping "declination" was the process of ridding the nation of one Bill CLINton. . . Steve Zettel KJ7CH near Libby, MT USA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Su
Hi, Stephanie Don't know if that's the way it's normally done in amateur installations, but it's the way I did mine, and the way most professional rigging is done. It was also the way the guys were
Hi, Ken I added the "C3E" 10M reflector to all three of my C-3 antennas. I went the big-bucks route and bought the elements, brackets and hardware from F-12, all pre-drilled and ready to go. Figured
Bob, I recently used the "tiller trailing the antenna" method to tram an strengthened 40-2CD to the top of a 90' tower. Although either method would work, I found this way allowed me to better contro
Jim, No machine shop guy necessary to fabricate a FB tiller (leading or trailing). I used a light piece of aluminum angle stock, drilled at one end to accept a standard muffler clamp (or u-bolt, or b
I'd like to buy, at a reasonable price, 50 feet or more of AB-105 (or the Trylon 2400H equivalent). I'd consider driving with my trailer to pick it up in WA, OR, ID, MT, nw WY, western ND or SD, nort
To: <towertalk@contesting.com> I'd second that notion; one of the primary applications for AB-105 metal towers by the military was as support structures for rhombic antennas, Steve Zettel KJ7CH near
--==_-1303214380==_ma== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, Greg I have gotten quite a bit of e-mail asking me about my experiences with the 10M reflector add-on to my Force 12 C-3's. I
-- begin forwarded text To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 14:42:43 -0700 To: gkurzenknabe@piezo-crystal.com From: Steve Zettel <zettel@homer.libby.org> Subject: More about C-3 10M
Hi, Tom Yep, that's how I did it, Got lucky when the phone co was redoing underground lines down the road in front of my place out in the country. Asked the guy doing the backhoe work how much he go
Tom, I have 90' of Rohn 45G up using three sets of 3/16" EHS (at 30/60/90'). This configuration, I figure, puts me somewhere around a 90 MPH windspeed rating. By all means, use the shackles in the t
Had an accident with my 40-2CD and now need a new Loading Coil Assembly (LCA). Does anyone have the phone number where I can order a replacement? Thanks and 73, Steve Zettel KJ7CH -- FAQ on WWW: http