http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/ HEX-BEAM Mon, 20 May 2013 21:34:12 GMT caymann http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13416 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13416 Nice images but your pictures are all rotated 90 degrees when you enlarge them. It is difficult to watch these with our heads turned 90 deg. Maybe you could Mon, 20 May 2013 01:52:26 GMT querencias http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13415 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13415 Meant to identify the strap : made by Radio Shack, has only two straps, has worked great for over 12 years Grant Sun, 19 May 2013 18:22:01 GMT T.H. Bauer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13414 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13414 John, Yes, I have done so using 4 strap mounts. I don't recall the particular brand, but I'm not sure it makes that much difference as long as the straps are Sun, 19 May 2013 15:16:01 GMT ka9p@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13413 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13413 If you have any zoning ordinances you might want to check those as well. We have a very tower-friendly (out of necessity of course) PRB-1 zoning rewrite, but Sun, 19 May 2013 15:10:45 GMT querencias http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13412 My chimney was built in 1906 and is still standing after several years holding up a Cushcraft R7, then an R8 and now a KIO hex beam with a Yaesu GS-800 rotor. Sun, 19 May 2013 12:56:42 GMT Eugene http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13411 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13411 Probably a very bad idea because the heat from the fireplace will damage the spreaders. -- Eugene Sun, 19 May 2013 04:42:32 GMT Vince http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13410 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13410 Hi, I just assembled my NA4RR Hex beam from Roger. EASY, EASY, EASY.. WORKS, WORKS, WORKS.. Glad I didn't spend the extra 200.....now to get that push up mast Sun, 19 May 2013 03:44:19 GMT John http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13409 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13409 Has anyone used a chimney mount and rotor for a hex? If so what chimney mount worked for you. I realize it also depends on the quality of your chimney. John Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17:01 GMT Chris Wilson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13408 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13408 ... 18/05/2013 14:11 Thank you very much John, you have answered my questions here, and the earlier ones perfectly. I realised after posting the first Sat, 18 May 2013 13:02:50 GMT John Huggins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13407 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13407 Chris, My hexbeam mast is 1.5" OD and it fits into the DXE hub with ample clearance. I measure the inner diameter of the DXE hub mast hole at 1.73 inches Sat, 18 May 2013 12:51:37 GMT John Huggins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13406 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13406 ... Chris, The vertical antenna and, with caution, a "very small" VHF beam should play well above the hex. The key is the compatibility of the various hex feed Sat, 18 May 2013 10:01:01 GMT Chris Wilson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13405 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13405 18/05/2013 10:53 I am thinking of getting a DX Engineering multi band hex. I want to mount two VHF antennas above it though, and have been trying to work out Sat, 18 May 2013 00:05:59 GMT Chris Wilson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13404 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13404 ... 18/05/2013 01:02 Would the DX Engineering hex beam, in its standard, purchased form, allow the easy installation of a longer stub mast? I want a VHF Mon, 13 May 2013 01:53:40 GMT Steve Jensen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13403 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13403 Thanks for your note Barry. I am at 1 month now using my 10 foot off the ground HEXBEAM from NA4RR. Still no complaints. Everybody I call comes back amazingly Sun, 12 May 2013 16:52:31 GMT jimleder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13402 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/message/13402 Mine installation is easy: one guy on the roof with a stout rope tied to the pole, near the rotor, and two on the ground to guide it down. Takes but minutes