I just bought a case of their 502 size and I am in the process of making up guy wires for 2 new towers. I would be glad to look up the price for comparison if interested. Bought them at "Power Supply
I think this thread may be of general interest, so I will tell my experience. What are you trying to seat it around? The 502 insulators are a perfect match for the grips. They also are 1 3/4" which i
I thought I had my 2 tower erection project all ready when I noticed some 1/4" thimbles in one of my Rohn 45 torque assemblys. The hole looked small so I tried a 3/8" thimble in it and sure enough, i
Thanks, Steve and to the multitude of others who gave me the obvious soloution. I couldn't see the forest for the trees! This is the first time I have used grips. I always used cable clamps before. C
I have wondered this too... Has anyone ever tried winding the choke around the boom? It might be mechanically and for wind loading, better this way? Chuck, KZ5MM (ex: KE5FI) -- FAQ on WWW: http://www
I am using the larger thimbles because the guy grip mfg says there is a minimum radius of 1 1/8" that a 1/4" grip should go around. However, I have taken down several tall towers which had been up fo
Ok, ok I feel bad... I don't really change out my elements every year to guard against "Element Fatigue." In fact, I never take down something (an antenna) that is operating properly unless there is
Wait a minute, I remember this one...I'm sure it was true, I have believed it for years. They found that if you went down to about 1 watt ERP or less, the ionosphere had an "amplification effect" whi
The coordinates are listed in the margins. Use a square or straight edge to draw straight horizontal and vertical lines from your target to the closest of the left or right margins and to the closest
I have used the cold galv sprays for spotty rust with excellent success. A wire brush will prepare the surface for painting. Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Su
I have always used cable clips in the past and I had no first hand experience with Preforms. I am passing this to anyone who (like me) is not acquainted with preformed guy-grips and might make the sa
Interesting idea... How would you offset the mast so it would clear the tower? I suppose there are right angle clamps which could clamp the two horizontal pipes between the conventional mast and the
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --302D1D854F9C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here are my YO files. El diameters at top of column, lengths bel
I have used it and it works great even if you don't use an antenna bridge to get the lengths exactly right. I have used this for stacked antennas to return the impedence to 50 ohms after combining th
No, the bamboo won't help. The extra weight will cause vibration at a lower frequency which may be more extreme over time. The better soloution to delay "element fatigue" is to tie bows made out of w
So Rod, How do we orient our antennas correctly? Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUE
Stacking two monobanders 50 ohm Ant #1--| Upper/Lower Length A Length B Any Length Both relays--|--|--Xmitter or switches Switch this Ant #2--| are selected 50 ohm Combining two 50 ohm antennas resul
I have juse fed all 3 elements with a common coax on a 4 element 10-15-20 meter quad. Are you saying this is bad? I am getting ready to put it back up. I use a balun at the feed point. How will this
I have always found that if I have good connections in the coax connectors, that RFI from such sources comes through the antenna and can be peaked by turning the beam. If you start unscrewing a coax
There has to be a joke line here! Maybe you should dig the end up and at least put a rod there?? Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contest