an Advanced 330' tower. I wondered if anyone in the group has had any information on either of these towers that would help me with my decision. Thanks Paul W. Burke Sorry Paul; My last post was for
Here's my two cents re the Mosley S-402. Mine was purchased new in 1972 and had it up until I became inactive in ham radio, about 1986-7. I am a "90% CW type" and it played quite well for a reduced s
I am in the market for an equipment enclosure.=A0 I'm interested in one of the Rohn concrete=A0 or steel structures.=A0 I'm sure they are expensive. Just how expensive are they?=A0=A0 Can you find o
<Rohn isn't necessarily the last word on guy grips, of course, not like -- -- Hi all; Let's get one thing out of the way first, Rohn isnt the definitive word on anything! Among respected large tower
but was wondering what would be suitable for guying a quarter-wave 40 meter vertical. I figure it should be some non-conductive material, but would like to know the pros and cons of the various choi
-- -- Hi ALL; Jim is correct. There is Loctite for almost any size fastener one will encounter. My other hobby is repairing/modifying/restoring motorcycles, something I have been doing for many year
I wonder if some of the structural guys on towertalk can address something re Glen Martin Tower/Hazer packages. I have always had an intuitive problem (if not an engineering one) with GUYED ALUMINUM
The system has been fully built for several years now. I was the QA consultant for the microwave portion of the project, a 182 tower, $185M 800 Mhz digital trunked radio system for the State. If I re
Here's the FCC Press Release. 73,Bob K8IA Apache Junction, Arizona USA in the shadow of the Superstition Mtns -- -- Study to collect empirical data on towers vs. birds The Wireless Telecommunications
Hi All' I ran into this site while researching a product for a client. They have some interesting products for those of you REALLY into grounding ;-). Their ground resistance monitoring system looks
Precisely.....we thank their own bid preparation team. In the past 7 yrs they have lost nearly every major governmental system bid to Pirod. I was one of the consultants on a large (183 towers...big
In addition to using the drawing for ug utlity locations, some areas with setback restrictions will want to check your drawing to see if you have complied with proposed location of tower setback. Re
I hook up my ICE BCB (model 402) high pass filter to my MFJ -259B before taking any "serious" readings on 80m and 160m. Makes all the differences in the world. Closest AM broadcast station to me is a
In a message dated 2/20/04 6:25:05 AM US Mountain Standard Time, davidgreer73@yahoo.com writes: In the general coverage mode, the SteppIR tunes itself going from band to band or when tuning up and do
Nope. But my 40M3L is 3-4 s units down on Rx from my SteppIR on 15m, that's 8' above it. Thats enough to make me not want to bother with any more "tests". 73,Bob K8IA Mesa, Arizona USA near the Super
Has anyone made one of these, or used one of these ? Have you any comments to make about the advantages or disadvantages of a windmill tower ? 73s Tim EI8IC www.qsl.net/ei8ic www.mapability.com/ei8ic
Not to mention the unpredictable interactions you would have among those 5 yagis! I sure like my 3 el SteppIR, as its performed admirably for me in the last 14 months of contesting. 73,Bob K8IA Mesa,
Scott; You sure its a tribander? HyGain made a 3el model in the 60s-70s that was 10-15 only. 73, Bob K8IA in the shadow of the Superstition Mtns Arizona USA http://www.members.aol.com/bobk8ia/index.h
You're probably thinking about PCBs? Let's not get too hasty and complacent here. In the early-mid 70s before the PCB transformer notoriety, in Detroit for sure, many amateurs were having their dummy
Jim's latest was a wonderful jog on my old memory. I do recall the biggest "problem" back then being the PCB's found in power capactitors and not necessarily what was in transformers. It started when