I have included mine in my homeowners insurance for my crank up, antennas, etc. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek/stacking/stacking2.htm -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tow
Please can you expand on that method, Rudy? More and more TowerTalk readers *do* have the equipment. -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek _____________________________________________
The first wind farm I ever saw was on a business trip in the 80's up in N. Calif. was there and I noticed the same thing even then: lots of them in disrepair and many not turning on a windy day. Roge
There are pdf copies of old Westower manuals at: http://www.qsl.net/gm3woj/latticetower.htm The individuals who contributed that information may know something about finding replacement parts. -- 73
Evidently the fast food restaurants like the idea also. As I drive thru many of them, if they have a ladder in the back to the top of the roof, many have a piece of metal or plywood about 6 ft. long
Get her on ham radio. The benefits are obvious! Good luck! Roger W5RDW Mary W5MBW Murphy, Texas _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTa
Only in the original unimproved MIL types. The magic word is "CAPTIVE", as in "CAPTIVE center pin". This feature removes most of the uncertainties of freehand cable prep and assembly, and mostly prev
Search for the free program that will estimate the loading of stacked antennas on a common mast. One is an excel program that was listed I think on this reflector sometime ago. ______________________
For my HDX555 last year, I built my cage in the hole (actually my son did) with no problems. All of the rebar pieces were cut to the drawing specs prior to assembly. I had the horizontal pieces (squa
Perhaps something like this: ebay item # 330287848331 The photographs in this listing show the type of construction that is required. (For complete disclosure, I do know the seller, and some years ag
Please, let's never call it just "poly" - if we do, we're setting someone up for an accident. If they buy polypropylene rope by mistake, it stretches almost as much as nylon and degrades very quickly
To those that are interested, I started my tower search last year at this time and from the info gleaned off this forum, I used it to research, purchase and assemble the necessary information to make
My tower is about 30 feet from the shack in the garage. I am presently running multiple coax and a rotator cable thru a 4 inch buried pipe to the tower. I want to run some more cable (a CAT5 for now)
Agreed. 10-15 years ago, when Heliax connectors were rare and expensive, I spliced two lengths of LDF4-50 using the brass/copper tubing method. This was waterproofed with self-amalgamating tape, and
Although Frank's test with dummy loads is valid, it doesn't directly address Hans's point which is about antennas and feedlines. When there is current on the outside of the coax, the radiating system
Even through the adhesive lined tubing is expensive, it still doesn't contain enough adhesive for many sealing tasks. Having tried it, I have gone back to applying my own hot-melt adhesive from a glu
I have written user instructions for a road traffic management company that used the 40ft poles for camera installations. The same thoughts about ham antennas passed through my mind too, but I didn't
These are not the best you can buy. They only clamp the cable by trapping the braid, and the braid can still tear out very easily. Also they require the braid to be trimmed and fanned out correctly.
There are still some "old time" open-frame RF relays available from Eastern Europe, for example: RF Relay: Open frame 2 position relays. Using a pair of these relays it is possibly to build 5 bands s