Folks: For whatever they are worth, here are some pictures of a cell site ground system under construction near N6IJ. There may be clues to cadweld tecniques within the close up images of the Cadweld
Oh my god.... This morning's Good Morning America, entertainment show (I shudder to call it news) has a piece about Sarah Dacre from England. Seems Sarah has an allergy to Electromagnetic Radiation,
Hello Greg, Uh - Oh... This is almost like the true north thread. Well discussed, addressed, here. Crimp Connectors seem to have every thing...Reliability, speed/ease of installation, longevity, if p
Folks: I may be going to Hawaii on the North Shore; Oahu, Pupukea-Paumalu, working 2 monthsl, (At least) at Marisat Dish farm. Have a place 100 yds from North Shore Pacific ocean at Sharks Cove. Anyo
Perhaps I have missed this in the thread, but has anyone described the mechanism of accumulation of water at the base of the corner tubing, of Rohn 25-Like towers? Some outside the box thinking... If
I've gptta learn more about the safety cable system. We eventually will need one at Jamesburg. I still think that a paradigm shift to considering a stout, new, pressure treated, class one utility pol
Folks: A ham friend in Argentina says on some contest weekends, the local sports stadiums sprout towers and antennas from the local contest clubs. I always thought they would be a great place to put
I have observed the development process, and know some folks who are "players". What I observed, is that because there are often Billions of dollars on the table, by various stakeholders, that there
If Noise from lighting and other souces was not a show stopper, after I looked at the whole stadium business via the internet, they seem to still be quite an interesting option to solve the growing d
At Monterey Peninsula College Field they had 18 x 2KW lamps for 36 KW per pole x 4 poles at the field on each 100 ft support. The light emitted was quite blue-white, as opposed to yellow-ish. Call it
Hi Ron, I had some of the chains of disk ceramic insulators, some years back, and printing, etched into the ceramic disks were load ratings, I think they were 10,000 lbs. I was surprised at how high
While looking for an epoxilator Insulator picture on the web I stumbled on a very interesting website, that has a lot of interesting RF tidbits, products, papers, etc...and I have no affiliation with
Some good stuff from Team Vertical's Jamaica Beach Contest Experiences: http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/tests.html http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/whyvert.html http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/learning.html
Folks: Judging from what I have seen and read, from the works of Jim at Audio Systems group, I put him at a similar Level on matters relating to EMI, RFI, grounding, and a number of other topics, as
interesting if your verticals are literally on the wet, sandy beach, if you have that luxury. Another anecdote: Type in: Monterey Bay Aquarium in Google Maps, and get a map of what the locals call "
Some HF sites to Die For! Those Salty Dogs Knew! I shudder to think about what the tower maintenance costs were here! Old man, Mr Tesla really knew what he was doing! As does Tom of Force 12 with his
Thanks for the kind words, Chris, A few of years back I gathered a Ham group to tour KGO studios and Transmitter site. What an E ticket. KGO is one of the most powerful, (50KW) widely heard audience,
I wonder if the sweet spot/sour spot locations are due to local land conditions, or are simply areas of multipath cancellation, caused by interaction of ground wave, and sky wave components, from a g
I totally agree with Mark's Statement... But, I wonder if there is an easy circuit that could ramp up the brake solenoid voltage in a gradual way that would lessen or eliminate the clack that present
73's de Mark N1UK G3ZZM Hi mark and group: Here are some videos of doing a cadweld. Looks to me like you should follow Steve's rule, Do what the manufacturer says, and be safe. Anything else and you