Doh. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Neighbor took his tower down http://m.wbtv.com/wbtv/db_346300/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=ShLsCmVC Sent from Outlook _______________________________________________ ______
Vytenis: In my earlier years as a Ham (late 1960s) I had a 3-band dipole for 80/40/20M in my parents' small back yard. The wires for each band were separated by about 2 feet at the end insulators. He
TT: I, too, had leakage trouble with my fist One-Shot when I installed my tower in 2001. I posted about it here: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00904.html. I concur w
Tower must have beej Rohn 55 or bigger! 73 de Gene Smar. AD3F -- Original message -- From: Kimo C Chun <kimo@lava.net> Date: 04/07/2015 5:36 PM (GMT-05:00) To: towertalk@contesting.com Subject: [Towe
Keith et al: When I worked at a local electric utility company designing substations, we had a design rule of thumb for conduit. The total area of the cables when all built out should equal 40% of th
Mike: If you're looking for new, I'd suggest Trylon Titans. I bought a Titan T-500-64 in 2001 and would by another if I had the room. It's a medium duty design, not like Rohn 55 but it offers a good
TT: Might telescoping/crankup towers provide the best of all worlds, then? 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Remember, that when we talk of "best heights" that is a statistical number and is not always the best h
Bob: When I installed my tower in 2001 I used a commercial, i.e., non-TB3, bearing that I bought from the local industrial supply house. Here are a few postings: http://lists.contesting.com/archives/
Bob: It's definitely overkill for the duty it's going to have to follow (a couple of half revs per day when I'm radio-active, nil otherwise.) But the TB3 from Rohn was almost as expensive and I would
Also, see article in April 1964 or 1965 QST on the same subject. As a new Novice licensee at the time I almost bought into it. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F I used clear paint and the thing vanished! Had to p
Bob: If you do remove the balun and need to connect the coax directly to the feed point, let me suggest this as a way of providing two good wire leads off the end of the coax: http://lists.contesting
TT: Valmont made many of the power transmission line towers for us while I worked at an electric utility in PA back in the 70s and 80s. FWIW. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Over the years Valmont has acquired
It's called , "Nope - wrong rock. Get me another one." 73 de Gene Smar AD3F He is going to have to define the specific meaning of that very subjective term, unless you want to spend lots of money on
TT: My opinion of a Trylon Titan tower (which I have in my back yard) is that is also is much different in design and function than an HDBX. The cross braces on the HDBX are riveted onto the legs whe
Bill: NEC precludes conductors carrying AC over 50 volts from being run in conduits also carrying low-voltage (coax and rotator) cables. FWIW. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Hello, I have a Rohn 25 up about 85
Bill: I use a butane soldering iron for such tasks away from commercial power sources. Try Amazon.com or a local source. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F Having been reading about soldering irons I have a questi
TT: Didn't a recent Hints and Kinks in QST say to use two hacksaw blades to get a wider Kerf/slot for clamping tube ends? I know I recently read it somewhere. IAC, make sure the teeth face properly f
Benny: I followed Steve's suggestion from 2001 about using a chain and a couple of S hooks to support the bottom of my ginpole on the Trylon I was assembling at the time. Here's a close-up of the bot
TT: Recently I purchased a Ryobi multitool http://tinyurl.com/lq28mbk (because I already have a Ryobi drill, batteries and recharger) to use atop my tower when I eventually replace the rotator and ad
Steve: I bought my 2"X1/4" CM mast from Special Metals, Inc. 6406 South Eastern Oklahoma City, OK 73149; Sales: Joe Varva 800-727-7177. That was in 2001 so neither the company nor Joe nor the number