Pattern and Match

Hams don't scrounge as much as they once did. I knew some incredibly successful scroungers when I was young (as most of us were), and at...

The mast for my 150' tower is designed for the class of antennas I plan to put up there. Although the antennas will be modest for this w...

I spent part of the weekend in the ARRL Sweepstakes contest . A serious effort was not in the cards since I not only have little in the way ...

Raising a yagi onto guyed towers requires moving them over or between guys. There are alternatives that are often impractical or expensive. ...

In my previous article I mentioned putting up my old multi-band inverted vee as an interim measure to get me on 17, 30 and 40 meters while t...

With all the station work going on here I have been mostly inactive this month. First the TH7 had to come down for service, and my only othe...

When we think about fasteners for antennas perhaps the most common questions are about stainless steel and yield strength. There is more to ...

There is a lull for the moment in activity on the big tower . Parts are on order, metal fabrication needs to be done and I need to wait for ...

150' at last When I left off in Part 1 the tower was 70' high and had the first two sets of guys attached. From here on upward ...