Pattern and Match

Earlier this year I purchased a Hy-gain Tailtwister rotator (or T2X for short) as part of a package from a local ham who was disposing of s...

It is a good thing that tower plates often come pre-drilled for popular varieties of bearings and rotators. For all other cases there is som...

Once again I joined multi-op VE2OJ for the recent ARRL 160 meter contest . This group only does this and the CQ WW 160 meter contest, gathe...

The time has finally arrived to put up the Trylon tower. The concrete is well cured and the weather is not too unbearable. The snow has mos...

Earlier this month the VA3/VE3 incoming QSL bureau notified me that I had a lot of cards to be mailed out and to please sends funds since t...

In the previous article I discussed forming and installation of the rebar cage for the foundation of my Trylon Titan T400 tower, nominally ...

Concrete is basically man-made rock. Rock is strong in compression and weak in tension. That is, it makes strong columns and weak beams. Thi...