[HoustonHam] Rohn tower

Brian K. Gaskamp ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jan 17 23:42:50 EST 2005


Sorry Charles, tied off with UV ties bought from hardware store. Nothing
fancy but it works great.


----- Original Message -----
From: <chasm at texas.net>
To: "Amateur Radio in Houston TX area" <houstonham at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [HoustonHam] Rohn tower


> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:45:16 -0600, "Brian K. Gaskamp"
<ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> that is good but what do you do with the coax to keep it from blowing in
the
> wind and breaking?
>
> thanks
> chas
>
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