Hi Gang, I just purchased and have brought home US Tower, model HDX-572MDPL, 72' Heavy Duty tower from the estate of a SK. It has a motor drive whose design includes a postive pulldown feature. The t
Dear TT Colleagues, There has been so much discussion here about dealing with lightning protection and grounding systems that I can't remember whether I read about the following topic or not. I'm pla
Hello Dwight, The spacing of the ground rods is determined by the length of the rods themselves. Think of each ground rod as developing a sphere around it with a raduis equal to its depth e.g. for a
Dear TT Colleagues, Last week I had some hot-dip galvanizing done and wanted to share my experience with all of you. I was really intrigued by the entire process. Some background first. I'm following
Dear Colleagues, I was planning to finish my tower project before listing all the costs I've incurred in its move and erection. Due to the series titled "Cheap Hams" I figured it was a good time to b
Greeting fellow TT colleagues, Today I'm "recovering" from serveal hours behind a Ditch-Witch (Model 1030) yesterday. My yard looks like I've got HUGE GOPHERS everywhere. That machine has vibrated an
Hi Jack, et all, After reading your story I thought sharing my experience could be of value to both you and others. Two or 3 weeks ago I set, 20 ea, 5/8"x8' ground rods in hard clay Virginia soil. Th
9/6/06 Dear Colleagues, Many of you have been following my ham radio tower erecting project since it began back in May, 2006. I have promised all of you photos and the project photos to date are now
Well, my tower is FINALLY UP. For those reading this for the first time my project begun last May when I purchased this 6 yr old tower from the estate of a SK in Knoxiville, TN. Since moving it I've
Many of you have written and said they could receive from NONE to only 133 photos. I worked through this with some folks and reset the "permissions." It seems to have solved the problem. I have also
This summer I sank around 20 or so 8' x 5/8" rods. It was a TOUGH JOB. I have fundamentally clay soil here in Central Virginia. No amount of pounding with a sledge hammer helped me after 2-3 feet. So
Hi Ray, Here is what I've used -- seems to work well: <http://www.purelube.com/products/wire_rope_lubricants/prelube6.htm> 73, Mike, W4XN PS Use no grease or lubricant on nesting sliders cuz it colle
Hi Gang, Some 10 days ago I used a crane to set my US Tower HDX-572MDPL to its base. Today I tilted it over using the "raising & lowering fixture" so I could mount the rotator and set the mast in pla
Dear Colleagues, I have acquired a HyGain TH-11DX, 11 element log perodic HF antenna as well as two KLM 12 element 2M beams which I plan to run in a vertical stack. All of these antennas are in good
Dear Colleagues, 73, Mike DiGirolamo, W4XN Charlottesville, VA _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contest
Dear Colleagues, I'm looking for some Bird elements that cover 1.2 - 1.3 GHz. Something like the K series. What have you? 73, Mike, W4XN _______________________________________________ ______________
Dear Colleagues, I'm in need of various stainless steel nuts, bolts and misc. hardware parts. Some are proving difficult to find, like 2" U bolts. Anyone have a favorite supplier who doesn't mind sma
Hi Ed, Here is a quick and dirty way to get your PreLube 6 applied. With your tower in the leaned over position, just "cup the cable" with a bit of aluminum foil around your hand and spray away. As i
Hi Gang, I'm looking for two strands of Andrews LDF4-50A (1/2" hardline) of about 110' each. Anyone have some lengths laying around, not being used? 73, Mike DiGirolamo, W4XN Charlottsville, VA 22901
Dear Colleagues, I'm in the final stages of arranging antennas on top of this tower (project) that you've been reading about since last May. I have run against a dilemma that I'm not sure is real or