Hallo, Joern: Start here: http://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/index.html 73, Dave, N3HE -- Original Message -- SNIP Hallo towertalkers! I´d like to build a shortened rotary dipole for the 80m band. The di
The one I have has six pins. I need the other connector, the mate to the rotator. 3 month wait everywhere I've tried. Argh. 73, Dave, N3HE Does anyone know where I can get the 8-pin 'Jones' type conn
The evolutionists haven't explained how *something*, the *effect*, evolves from *nothing*. They equivocate around which comes first, cause or effect. "Conservation of energy" is proposed as a fig lea
Hi, all concerned: Where on the mscomputer site is the tower info, pls? 73, Dave, N3HE _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wi
Hi, all concerned: I have a 96-foot tower and large-capacity rotator for installation this spring. I can buy the following, *unused*, *uninstalled*, in *unopened* boxes, all of which was bought and h
Tks vm to all who replied, here and elsewhere. I hope the Ben Franklin balance-sheet will help me to a decision . . . Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. 73, Dave, N3HE _______________________
Look and lust ;o) http://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/index.html MC & HNY. 73, Dave, N3HE _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless W
Other peoples' ideas on mechanical arrangements for making all or part of a 96-ft self-supporting three-legged tower, 28ft-sqd at 80MPH, rotate, are what I'm interested in reading. Ideas I've conside
Dig a vertical post-hole. Work a rod, threaded at its bottom end, to the bottom of the post-hole, at a 45-deg angle. Put a steel plate with a nut welded on its backside in the bottom of the hole, and
Draw a line on the ground. Walk on it. Put a 2X4 on the line. Walk on it. Put bricks under the 2X4. Walk on it. Put cinder blocks under it. Walk on it. Support the 2X4 between the first steps of 2 st
Has anyone out there stagger-mounted two separate hf yagis, for example, a 40-30 to one side of the mast, and a 20-17-15-12-10M to the other? Advice, please. TIA & 73, Dave, N3HE ____________________
Hi, all concerned: I wanted to post this on what I remember as the old ham-law reflector, but it seems to be gone with the wind . . . Quick swerve to the chase: Easing of tower and antenna zoning in
BIGSNIP Tks to all* who replied. Progress of the project can be seen at http://cagis.hamilton-co.org/opal/ezTrakSearch.aspx?entcode=hamc put b06002469p into the Permit/Case# box and mouse around ;o)
Hi, all concerned: A month ago, getting a permit (see http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00231.html ) looked pretty grim to me, but ... my contractor-neighbor listened to
Could you pull a truly h-d extension cord in the (buried) pipe to the tower, along with the cables, and plug it in, only when you needed power at the tower, to an isolation xfmr? 73 Dave N3HE SNIP __
http://www.heightstowers.com/accessories.htm Scroll down for 2 choices. These are Vertex/Yaesu and nice. 73, Dave, N3HE Wanted 1, 2 or 3 Rohn TB-3 ( 4 hole - 2 inch mast ) Thrust Bearing. Texas Tower
Hi, all concerned: I'm looking to buy 1. up to 10 of those Mosley 1091 #47 clamping blocks for boom-to-mast 2. up to 10 u-bolts&nuts, 5/16" or 3/8", to fit 2" mast tube, 4" deep throat TIA & 73, Dave
Hi, all concerned: 1. Searching for 24' of 2"OD X 0.25" wall X 24' length 7075 T6 alloy aluminum mast has turned up nothing. Any help on sources out there, pls? 2. Is "torque-balancing" of a boom a b