I have just moved to a new QTH this past summer and it is too late into our season to reinstall my crank up towers. The new QTH has a couple of rather large tall trees and being an electrician, and d
It is interesting that I recently ordered the base plate and the bolts from U.S. Tower for a HDX-589MDPL and this is the original plan. What arrived was the base plate and six inch and an eighth by t
No. You are not stupid! The cheap PL259's would give you this problem. My solution has been either buy the connectors from RF Davis or buy the amp connector which costs about $2.50 a piece from Craig
Being a Electrician by trade the easy way is to buy a 1 lb brick of duct seal and it just like putty and molds it around the cables and stuff it down the conduit. It's cheep quick and very easy to re
Also, it depends whether or not the tower is struck by lightening as that will change the composition of the owl! Gene K2QWD You'll have to check the archives. I believe geo888@cs.com posted that the
Quick and very fast is duct seal. A 1 lb. brick about $3.00 at your favorite Home Center and a roll of 2" electrical tape. You get the ideal. 73 Gene K2QWD ___________________________________________
I vote for Bill way, I was thinking about the future when some young wife tell her husband she wants a swimming pool in the back yard of my old place. I left a 4x4x8 and caped with a 12x12x12 pad tie
Funny thing when Mr. Sparky come to visit as I still have no towers here at new QTH due to our friend MR IBC 2000. But let leave that for another thread that I have installed a whole Leviton Structur
I am an electrician by trade; and specifically I work in the area of control wiring in high voltage switchgear buildings. In a number of our upgrades, we have been purchasing cable bundles pre number
More importance does he point true north. Gene K2QWD Perhaps, but only periodically 73 de N8AU, Jim in Raymore, MO Perhaps he's lying on a log table... 73, geo - n4ua "Wireless with -- -- This messag
If one of your friends has a SDS Max Hammer Drill then all you need is a SDS Max/ Supermax Shank Ground Rod Driver -- 5/8th Inch and you are good to go. I have the Bosch Setup and yet failed to drive
Just make note that the ground is real hard and no soft spots and they work real slick but I've personal seen more than one of these heavy machine's have to be dug out after they sink two feet in the
Since I made a note and he missing wings on his back, he might be thinking that he will be supplied a set in the next life after he falls off and how many OSHA violations do you all count. I stopped
AS an electrician, the only thing I will comment is that most jurisdictions will require you to get an electrical permit and it will be by NEC code, it will be a GFI protected outlet. Whether you pla
If that a concern either buy one to mount in the electrical panel, (pricey) or get a hospital grade commercial one; I personally have not experienced the problem, simply because I am using good comme
Rigid aluminum conduit would work real nice and more than strong enough for a 1 RPM app like this. This would be light weight in 2 inch and easy to find in most large electrical supply houses. Come i
--Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alan Zack Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:37 PM To: Tower Talk; Antennas Cc: La
Your experience is slightly different from mine. I just poured the same foundation but it ended up 6 x 6 x 7 and framed out 6 feet on the top with a six inch border and it took 10 yards of cement to
If some could please scan the manual and send as a PDF's as I misplace mine and need to set it up and relearn how to use it. Just install Tower 1 and looking forward to retuning to the air. Thanks Ge
It is just terrible now with birds running into towers.. but I have a different problem at my QTH -- I have these federally protected hawks killing maybe federally protected other birds and I am just