Hi Casey and all, If you believe that all you have to do is use some hefty wood screws to secure the tower brackets to the plywood roof boards... boy are you going to be in for a surprise when the wi
Hi gang, I was most likely in ERROR on the spacing of the rafters. They should be on 24" centers but to trust this number or any other number without viewing from the attic side is just plain foolish
Hi Jim and all, I just spoke with one of my antenna hardware suppliers (Interstate Electronics Incorporated- Hazlet, NJ) and they told me that South River Products is no longer in business. They were
To: <towertalk@contesting.com> ............................................................................ ......................... Hi Gang, Just received this post from the other Roger..... (My G
Hi guys, I went to the site that Roger (Roger Hedin, the freeware author) posted for his mapping program ( http://hem.passagen.se/gcm.htm ) and received this notice: "Not Found The requested object d
Hi Jim and all the guys in TowerTalk land, re. the Great Circle Mapping Freeware Program...... gcmwin22.... (new beta version 2.3) [of particular interest for all you TOWER and ANTENNA and CONTEST an
Hi Guys, Here's wishing everyone Good Luck in the ARRL Field Day tomorrow. Things may be just a little quiet around here... but we can all use the break..... to scream our heads off. I'll be operatin
Hi Gang, I'm looking for a whacky story I once received about a guy who had a "terrible accident" on a HAM TOWER... where somehow a rope holding an increasingly heavy bucket of tools supported by a p
Hi Paul, Someone damages your property and HIS insurance company wants to pro-rate your damage claim? Of course they do. How generous! But, as things go here in the NY-NJ area..... a claim delayed or
Hi Jeff, Thought I'd put my two cents in here too. I have a South River 9-ft tripod peak roof mounted tower on my home. It appears to be a heavy duty TV type and a fraction of the cost of the GM towe
Hi Charlie, I just bought a bunch of them as spares from: C.A.T.S. "The Rotor Doctor" 7368 State Route 105 Pemberville, Ohio 43450 Tel. 419 352-4465 Saw him at Dayton and although we've done some sma
Hi Steve, NW9G Pardon my taking some liberty here with your question but.... using flat or even bundled round rotor control cable for a dipole may cause you more problems than it's worth. First off,
Hi Towertalkians, Not long ago there appeared here some posts questioning if there was anything that could be done about the build-up of rain static or wind static on antennas. At the time I believe
Hi Guys, Perhaps I'm missing something here. By the quantity of recent posts on the subject of "did it / didn't it fall in a 70 or 700-ft radius"....I remain puzzled as to why these numbers are so al
Hi Gang, The response on the debris field thread has been terrific and tremendously enlightening. So many interesting points of view! Not long ago I had a question regarding the determination of guy
Hi Guys, I thought you might appreciate the insights shared by Stan and myself so I posted them here. Hi Stan, Thanks for taking the time to explain your position. It's beginning to seem to me the nu
Hi gang, I've patiently read every single post on the subject of lightning protection and absolutely no one has mentioned the cheapest, most foolproof method of lightning protection.... which I'll ge
Hi Jack and All, I'm really glad you were able to catch the tongue and cheek nature of my post. Wow! You blew me away with the story above. I'll accept it for face value and won't doubt it in the lea
Hi Larry, Really enjoyed your rejoinder. With my luck, the UPS truck will be hit by lightning enroute. Thanks anyway. I'll take my chances at home. But, so that I'm not too inconvenienced by the boxi
Hi Again Gang, It's great that so very many of you realized my penchant for humor on this, of course, very serious subject. While the humor needs no apology, I want everyone to know that I feel all t