The Shack

2015

2016

Hamming It Up

Antenna Projects

When I acquired the tower below, I was able to also buy the hexbeam that was on it.  The tower and beam took a fall and the beam lost all of it's spreaders as well as most of the associated hardware.  I bought the replacement hardware from Leo, K4KIO and the new spreaders from Max Gain.  The OCF will replace the old G5RVjr and will be used primarily for 80-40 meters. 

Project Tower EZ-Way RBX60-3

This is a used EZ-Way RBX60-3 tower.  It is a tilt-over crank-up tower that will retract to 26 ft and extend 60 ft.  Once I restore the cables, pulleys, winches and put a new coat of paint on it, it will go up in the backyard and hold the hexbeam. The rotator is a freshly rebuilt CD-44 with original controller. 

GlenMartin RT-424

The GlenMartin RT-424 is a 4 1/2 foot tall roof top tower.  I built it in my ham shack/office in about an hour.  It is light-weight but seems very sturdy.  It will be the first and maybe final home for the Hexbeam depending on how well the antenna performs in that location.  I estimate that once mounted the Hex will be at 25-30 feet.