I know this has been covered in the last six months, but, at the time, I had no idea I would be in a position to need the data this soon. (Does this excuse sound familiar?) I am about to re-furbish a
Steve- There is a reference several of our more knowledgible tower Gurus have used that has been bothering me. I have seen the equation for dynamic pressure given as q= 0.004 v^2, with an attribution
Steve- Thanks very much for taking the trouble to look this up and send it to us. However, there is still a problem in these equations- they only make sense if the velocity factor is in Miles/hour, n
Kurt- the problem I had, is that Steve quoted the velocity in Ft/sec (go back and read it, its there) and it should be MPH, as in the spec- I did not have access to the spec, and thought he was quoti
Kurt, (et al) Thanks- Actually, a part of the Info I got today ( a real education) was from Roger Cox, of Telex. He quoted to me a peice he had sent to TowerTalk, on 29 May, this year. In essence, it
Another myth: would I have heard this many times, but have never heard of a case being documented. The ARRL is one of the perpetuators of this, in their position against" "Ufer Grounds", but I dont k
stands for light since we are dealing with RF- it would be a RASER- Or, in the Electronic Radiation field- an ERASER- Bill Bill Aycock -- Persimmon Hill Woodville, Alabama, US 35776 (in the N.E. corn
There is one of those special places, that exist but are not heavily known, that has some of almost everything. The place is known as "Mikes Tools", and is in Guntersville, Alabama. (on the Tennessee
I have a serious question for the professionals out there. (I am not a PE, nor do I have lots of Galvanized in the air, but I am an Engineer) The question, or doubt, really, is in the effectiveness o
John Langdon ( N5CQ ) pointed out a usage (very common, in fact) of both Phillystran and EHS, together, that is proper, and OK. This is the use of the two in series to break up conductivity, using Ph
I have been reading a lot of pseudo-expert opinions- and I have one personal observation that "Bleeding" charges does work to protect from "hits". I worked for 38 years in an explosives plant. ALL ou
I just read Tom Russels posting about the probability of "hits" on a multi-tower set-up. I am not so fortunate as my almost near neighbor, but, at the scale I am, I have similar results. With a groun
Pete- it doesn't take trig- it's a matter of simple proportions B/(C+D)=?/C-- simpler- the ratio of the base spread to the total height is the same as the ratio of the spread at any height to the dis
Chuck Lewis made some very good points about the advantages of using language in a way that can be understood without a fair probability of error. His point about the better qualified gurus on the li
KennethPlease DO NOT think this is not of great interest to tower talkers- after all- the towers exist to put things on, not to just look at. I followed your earlier posting (It did get through) with
I havent seen this many responses to a query , with as varied a set of answers, since the last true north question. Some of the answers made as much nonsense, also. HI- Bill . Bill Aycock W4BSG Jacks
This is one of those things that just aint so. I would like for you to quote the source of this claim. Even the Greeks of the days of Athens knew better. There have been people in "authority" who mad
Steve- I have been looking for some smaller anchors, for a small tubular tower, and had similar lack of results. The best bet is a mobile home installer or parts supplier. I found some, larger than I
Robert- Do you understand that you did not answer the question? I would like to know how high, also. Bill- W4BSG (Who also has a driving curiosity) Bill Aycock W4BSG Jackson County, AL EM64vr W4BSG i
Rick- I am contemplating a 50 ft vert for 160 before next winter. I would be interested in more details- like- how loaded and how fed. If you could fill me in, I would be happier with my choice. Spac