Hi Bob, I have located a catalogue depicting the original Hy-gain Long John monobanders. Dated January 1967 it lists 5 beams.... 204B, 205B, 403B, 106B and 155B. As an example the 403B has a 46 foot
This e-mail arrived a few moments ago: ___________________________________________________________________ Maybe you can share this with the Tower Talk crowd, since I am not subscribed but read the a
While we should, perhaps, be flattered that the colonies cling to Imperial units this does cause problems when we cannot agree on what constitutes a ton or a gallon. Having been brought up with lb. w
Hallelujah! Can we now put this one to rest? The Japanese manufacturers have made this plain for years and now we have a definitive statement from Rohn. That seems to cover all the bases. Chris _____
Given that we have established, per Rohn, Create and others, that the function of thrust bearings is to bear lateral as opposed to vertical loads, can someone please explain to me what benefit, in no
If it's any help, my Create RC5B-3 is specified at 1000Kg horizontal load, by which I assume they mean 9800N. The 'vertical load' is given a 700Kg. Chris _____________________________________________
You will find the manual at: <http://zs2brc.co.za/Tech/TH6DXX/ManualText.htm>http://zs2brc.co.za/Tech/TH6DXX/ManualText.htm Someone has gone to a lot of trouble to type all this out. The illustration
You guys (and gals) have done a great job in getting this very useful manual reinstated. Unfortunately the manual is for the TH6-DX Thunderbird not the more recent TH6-DXX Super Thunderbird. The main
You guys (and gals) have done a great job in getting this very useful manual reinstated. Unfortunately the manual is for the TH6-DX Thunderbird not the more recent TH6-DXX Super Thunderbird. The main
Hi, The manual that has been put up on the HyGain site is labelled TH6-DXX.pdf but when you open it you will see that it's headed TH6-DX Thunderbird, so things are not quite what they seem. With the
That's funny, I get a sheet of the Rohn catalogue. Perhaps you should give that YL the attention she deserves. Chris (/HS) _______________________________________________ ____________________________
Alas, there are some who will deny it! Chris G3VBL _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http
In the old country we solve this problem by mounting a 'head unit' atop the tower sections. Usually about a metre tall (that's three feet, give or take) it houses the rotator platform and is thus alw
The control box looks as though it comes from one of the big HyGain rotators whose construction was very similar to the Telrex. Unfortunately, I'm away from home and do not have access to my old HyGa
I simply cannot believe that I'm reading this in 2018. (2561BE for us in Asia) 'Lutz Florida' into Google, brings up Wiki (not that you can believe everything in Wiki, but I imagine this is pretty sa