[HoustonHam] Rohn tower

[Brian K. Gaskamp]

Antenna here is a dipole on a 25 ft mast...legs running East and West...its
a G5RV..I use it for 40 and 80...get great signals reports..
I use the one that runs 300 ohm twin lead, into a 4-1 balun...then RG8X coax
out the other side.

73,
Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: <chasm at texas.net>
To: <houstonham at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:40 PM
Subject: [HoustonHam] Rohn tower


> anyone mind talking about inverted dipoles, pullies, and coax?
>
> iow, if you are going to drop your DX-CC occasionally?? what do you do
with your
> coax coming off the center?  do you zip-tie it every couple of feet to a
leg of
> the Rohn?  if so, what happens when you want to drop the dipole?
>
> or, do you drop it inside some one inch ID PVC attached to the outside or
inside
> of the tower?
>
> just how do you keep it from blowing in the wind??
>
> if you are using ladder line, how much stand off from the tower do you
have to
> have?
>
> thanks
> chas
> K5DAM
>
> still looking at erecting that Rohn.  now have an x-50 on the top of two
> sections... about 20' up.
>
>
>
>
>
> ...
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