In a message dated 9/24/04 1:19:02 AM Greenwich Standard Time, budr@netride.net writes: Transmission lines are generally maintained to a higher standard than local distribution lines. There will prob
my advice Mike, put up every tower and antenna you are ever going to want to put up now while you still can. Excellent advice. My 200 footers have been up about 6 or 7 years. All hassles from the cou
Hurricane Jeanne has done a major job on my 20 and 15 meter KLM stacks. Replacement is probably not feasible. I am still dealing with my insurance company (always an exciting time), but will probably
As a result of Hurricane Jeanne's visit I have lots of antenna repairs to make. I have been able to make some of the repairs from the aluminum scrap pile. I have found I need more 3/8 inch tubing tha
By the way, Texas Towers is out of 3/8 aluminum and will be until the middle of October. Bill K4XS _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting
I have used the tops of Bryers yogurt cups for this...a nice fit. I have heard rubber caps with a stainless hose clamps work well too...available at Home Depot. Bill K4XS ____________________________
If anyone is interested I have a base insulator from a broadcast tower. Bill K4XS _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireles
In a message dated 10/4/04 3:01:47 PM Greenwich Standard Time, K7LXC@aol.com writes: For aluminum joints you just need an antioxidant in there. An interesting thought. I have found that over the year
The original KLM end caps were at most 1/16 in thick. The replacement ones are thick enough to stop intrusion by any flying things, including plastic owls heading to true north. Bill K4XS ___________
The 10 foot separation WILL have interaction on all three bands, more on 20 than 10. If you are using these antennas for contesting to pick up odd mults, it is not a big deal. I used to have a bunch
Jack You can use a top piece of Rohn 25...It is almost exactly the same face size. Bill K4XS _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers
I believe there was a W5 a while back with too much time on his hands who put a whole string of barrel and/or T-connectors together and found that the loss 10 or 13 (?) at HF was less than .1 dB. I t
While not condoning a night climb....a quick question. If a power cord was brought up the tower and one of the hot wires touched the tower, wouldn't the tower, if properly grounded take all the charg
I am still fixing up hurricane damage to my station. On getting my 20 meter Yagi at 150 feet down to ground level I found that the jumper coax made of about 25 feet of LMR 400 Ultra-Flex had the jack
Sometimes he gets overwhelmed by volume (such as just before a big contest) and can be slow, but he's great as far as support. Jerry K0TV .............................................................
I'm with Doug. Rotor change out is so much easier this way. Changing rotors out is really pretty simple even if you don't have a thrust bearing. Simply put a u-bolt and saddle right above the cone to
I have used lots of 75 ohm TV hardline over the years and have found it to work great. I have buried it in long runs to my Beverages (probably overkill, but it was free and buriable), and used it on
Three things you might want to check: Crappy coax....water got in at the feedpoint. Bugs and/or water in one of the traps. Water is a notorious culprit in the A-3 traps. Rotate the boom 90 degrees on
What do others suggest? How about a liberal dose of lithium grease at the hole. If you put it in the bolt hole of the rotor too, it also helps corrosion from freezing it bolt in the hole. Bill K4XS _
For those who want the real thing from Rohn. I have new, unused Rohn 25 torque bars......$25 a set, and used new style guy bracket assemblies for Rohn 25 in excellent shape...$57.50. Bill K4XS ______