I am sure I read a recommendation to wait at least a *month* on one of the tower manufacturers' Web sites. Alan AB2OS Phil - KB9CRY wrote: <snip> . . . Wait a week and remove all and start erecting!
We just bought a house in W. Michigan and had to look for quite a while before we found a suitable property. Our first choice turned out to have CC&Rs explicitly banning antennas other than small dis
It is my understanding that the FCC's ruling does not apply to CC&Rs and HOAs -- on the grounds that one "voluntarily" agrees to be bound by these restrictions and HOA rules. Alan AB2OS On 01/02/04 1
Although I do consider BPL to be a disaster (and made a special donation to ARRL to help fight BPL), it didn't seem to me that the author of the article was blaming hams -- merely reporting the two s
In Holland Township (W. Michigan), towers under 70' for use by FCC-licensed Amateur Radio operators are explicitly exempted from the permit requirement, and I believe the same applies to the City of
Don't give them ideas: The satellite TV companies are already allowed to charge me to receive the signals with which they deluge my property. Alan AB2OS On 01/23/04 03:51 pm jerryc put fingers to key
Anybody know anything about this one? http://www.onemantowers.com/index.html Alan AB2OS _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "W
I have heard that they are now being built in the US. Alan AB2OS On 01/25/04 12:01 pm Jim Jarvis put fingers to keyboard and launched the following message into cyberspace: Then, there is the factor
You are right. I had not seen prices until somebody quoted them here. I wonder how much they cost in Australia. Alan AB2OS On 01/25/04 04:07 pm Noel put fingers to keyboard and launched the following
One of the participants in this forum told me -- in personal email, not in a public message -- that his insurance co. insisted that his tower must be attached (by whatever means he could devise) to t
Wouldn't it be simpler (and cheaper, and safer?) to shunt-feed the tower? Alan AB2OS On 02/06/04 08:22 am Snowden, Douglas RICVAMC put fingers to keyboard and launched the following message into cybe
I have read that placing the tower further away from the house reduces the effect on the house, its occupants, and its installed electronic devices of the huge magnetic field generated if/when the to
But does that mean that if I want to hire "Fred, the guy who does the tower work for all the hams around here" to put up my tower, he has to be certified? What if he isn't? What liability do I have?
There was one of those near where I lived on Long Island. Alan AB2OS On 02/10/04 04:48 pm AA6DX put fingers to keyboard and launched the following message into cyberspace: ___________________________
The AlfSpid looks as though it is designed to bolt to a mast at the bottom rather than to a mounting plate. How did you go about mounting yours? I am thinking of an AN Wireless tower. Alan AB2OS On 0
The AlfSpid looks as though it is designed to bolt to a mast at the bottom rather than to a mounting plate. How will you go about mounting yours, and in what tower? I am thinking of an AN Wireless to
At what point does one bond the lightning and RF grounds to the utility company's ground? I have read "at the service entrance panel"; does that mean I have to bring a conductor from the lightning/RF
AFAIK = "As far as I know" 73 Alan AB2OS On 03/02/04 01:32 pm Rex Lint put fingers to keyboard and launched the following message into cyberspace: There MUST be multistrand wire that doesn't have thi
The bronze ground rod clamps that the hardware stores sell for approx. $2 are designed for only one conductor too, but one can put a bunch of them over one rod. I can't see the advantage of these fan
Yes, they do need to be checked regularly and retightened if necessary. A suggestion soemebody made on the alt.home.repair newsgroup (a couple of long threads about grounding recently) was to protect