I am curious how the screw-in guy anchors are holding up with all the rain that we have had during the past two months in the mid-Atlantic state? Have any fell victim to ground saturation? Pat, K8PC
Okay, here is my opinion. The last ten posts on this topic has included very little on Towers and for the most part echoed the previous emails. Now this one lays the ground work for another round of
Mark, Let me say up front that my comment about egos was not directed at you or anyone in specific and really had no place on this forum. I wanted to take it back as soon as I hit the enter key. I ha
I put one up yesterday. 165 feet (70 feet vertical). I was able to get 25 random length radials down. Several of those are 132 feet. I used a variable capacitor from a broadcast radio to tune out the
Would appreciate some comments on whether or not a Crank-up requires special attention when it comes to shunt feeding. I am mainly interested in whether one must devise some system to insure good con
I had several requests to share direct resonses to my inquiry about shunt feeding crank-up towers. I have included the responses below with out the responder's call or name. Thank you to all who took
I will be starting a tower project in about a month. It will be a 72 FT crank-up and the specs call for a foundation that is 5ftx5ftx8ft. Is it reasonable to expect a back-hoe operator to be able to
The dimensions of 5ft x 5ft x 8ft for a 72 foot tower came from the engineering drawings on the US Tower site for both the 72 foot and the 89 foot crank-up. Pat, K8PC ________________________________
I have all ready fought the good fight with the zoning board and have the building permit in hand. Thanks to everyone for their input. Just a side note, I received no direct posts that weren't cc's t
In phone and email communications with US Tower I have been told that the motorized winch is on the same side of the tower as the manual winch and that this is on the Left side as you look at thte to
I inadvertently referred to the wrong website that documents the installation of an HDX-555. The correct site belongs to David, K4ZZR and the url is http://bellsouthpwp.net/k/4/k4zzr/index.html . Dav
Hey guys could I tap you vast knowledge to to get some comments on the following. 1. How hard is it to drill chromolly? 2. Comments from hams with experience as to whether or not the raising fixture
Hi Everyone, Stan suggested that I call US Tower for guidance and I just got off the phone with Gary at US Towers in CA. He says that the raising fixture is designed to raise the tower, mast, and ant
Which way is True North? 5 times thicker mean 5 times the thickness of the object being compared. If the original cap was 1 inch thick then the new cap is 5 inches thick. That's my story and I am sti
Is anyone using a TH7/XM240 combination without much interaction? Do you have the reflector grounded. I am in the process of putting up a new tower and plan to place an XM240 about 10 FT above the TH
Hi Brad, I also have a Ham IV, but didn't think it was up to the task. I will be turning the TH7, XM240, an 11 el. 2M yagi and a 21 ft chromoly mast. I purchased an Alfa Spid rotator to go with the n
So if you use copper pipe, can it be cadwelded or does it just melt? I do not have any experience with cadwelds. Pat, K8PC -- Original Message -- From: <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com> To: <k5uj@hotmail.com> Cc:
I took delivery of my new tower yesterday and with the help of Pete, N4ZR, and a neighbor who owns a front loader I now have it standing on the pad and plumbed up. Cranking this tower (HDX 555) from
I just put a UST HD 555 up about two days ago. The UST documentation said that the cement reached it maximum strength after curing 28 days. My neighbor who owns a construction company, that does lot