I should mention one other thing about the "cheap" weather station anemometers that drive me crazy. The first WX station I had only updated the wind speed about every minute. The LaCrosse updates abo
Why stop with 3/4? Go 1hp and change the pulley to a larger size to speed up the whole thing. (No I haven't done it...yet). Chris KF7P the C6C17WB2K is a 3/4HP washdown single phase motor in the same
Get a small tube of dielectric grease from any auto parts store, and squirt some onto the pins of the connector...helps them come apart and prevents corrosion to boot. Chris KF7P Whether you use 4, 6
I've done the winch over the house trick with rollers, and that worked well. Recently I built my own tilt-over fixture to raise my current tower. It was made out of four 4x4 posts. Two were upright a
Full length elements....I wouldn't either. Are these still for sale? I was under the impression they are not being produced. If it's so great, you think there would be more of them around... Chris KF
I've heard good things about Chris' stuff... :-) http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/Gallery.html#69 http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/EntrancePanels.html Chris KF7P I use Carlon plastic boxes. Google for their website
YES!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz84GKxy7b0 Chris KF7P (Clint is my hero) I am not sure how that would work. BTW, you should never put ketchup on a hot dog:) John KK9A _________________________
You can also use a block of 4, 6, or 8 Anderson power pole connectors ganged together into a block. Tape up with scotch 33....good to go. Chris KF7P Excellent idea, I wish I'd thought of it before I
Don't forget to put dielectric grease (automotive tune up grease) on the pins before pushing the two halves of the trailer connectors together. It makes them easy to get apart and prevents corrosion.
What are you putting on the top of it? Permanent install or temporary/portable? Ordinary thin wall pipe comes in 24' lengths (check a fence installation place). Not sure what is so special about the
Boy you're not kidding about the muscles part! My buddy has the aluminum spidermast, and although it is well made, it is beyond difficult to push up with even the lightweight spiderbeam on top. If yo
Don't let the Sierra Club or other tree huggers see this, they'll go crazy! Chris KF7P (I wonder if they make one for metal....quick tower removal!) Wow - now that's impressive! I need that guy and t
Here's some pictures: http://bannerfamily.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=341 Chris KF7P Do you have any details on the jacking arrangement? _______________________________________________ __________
The "four legged arrangement" is the tripod, er, quadpod, that actually comes from Spiderbeam as an accessory to the mast. It's pretty spendy as I recall, $300-$400. If you look at the pictures you c
Yes I use one, but built by Morgan Mfg., Model M-348, which I conveniently carry and it's a lot less expensive: http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/MorganMfg..html Chris KF7P ___________________________________
The slickest thing I've ever seen is a cable stretched tight from top to bottom of the tower, and the climber has a device that goes on the cable that only slides UP the cable. It can't slide down, s
Yeah that's it! If the spring is at the top instead of the bottom then it serves as a shock load device to "cushion" the impact if you do fall. Chris KF7P ____________________________________________
A quick google shows these at over $60 a piece. Doing several of them gets prohibitively expensive. The type that use a hydro crimping tool...the tool is north of $3k ! This is why hams don't use the
There is one. It's called a torch. Here's the one I use. (Both a torch and soldering iron). http://tinyurl.com/mn3r88v Chris KF7P Which brings a question to mind. Why is there not available for sale
If vapor is coming through from the inside, that means you're losing heat! Not good. Coaxes should come through the wall in as little a pipe/cutout/hole as possible. Stuff rags in the void to keep co