I'm sure everyone has had to deal with this question. Your better half doesn't really want the property to look like antenna-ville. So then what are the issues with distance from the shack? Say 300 f
Yes. And bigger conductors in the control cables for rotators (and for a SteppIR, if you plan on one). The run from my shack to the top of my tower is 350 ft of 7/8-in hard line, which I scrounged on
What I did was to build a separate 10x12 foot shack close to the main 106 foot tower. Yes, an actual radio shack, not a room in the house that you call the shack. Going forward, with remote operation
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 05:23:55 -0500
Depends on how many, how high, how big the tower(s), the antenna, or antennas and the size of your lot, or estate, as well as location. If it's a new, subdivision with only young trees any tower will
Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 05:53:49 -0500
Having built a few big stations here are my thoughts. I have always like to have the towers away from the house a bit for safety reasons. Living in the lightning capitol of the northern hemisphere th