I've been using wads of steel wool. The mice haven't shown any interest at all in trying to get through it. K8AC -- Original Message -- From: "Paul Ash" <bluesdude@cfl.rr.com> To: <towertalk@contesti
Well, as a new SteppIR owner, I can't resist inserting myself into this "lovefest". While the SteppIR is certainly a good product and their customer service is indeed first-rate, it seems to me that
Richard - you can buy polishing kits made for plastic - think the brand was Novis or Novus. For several years I've used Mothers brand "Mag and Aluminum Polish", available from Advance Auto Parts stor
You might also want to take a close look at the bearing races. I acquired an old and apparently abused Ham IV last year and the bearings didn't look good. When I cleaned up the races and looked at th
Javier - It sounds as if you are using low voltage halogen lamps - is that right? Chances are that it is the power supply responsible for the noise, not the bulbs themselves. I have 120 VAC halogen b
I'm with Bill. I refurbished an old Rohn 25G this year, and used sandpaper and then the Rustoleum from Home Depot. I then sprayed a coat of ultra flat black Krylon, available from WalMart. I found it
Have you had any other claims against your homeowners policy in the past 2 or 3 years? If not, you may be OK. If so, the company is likely to cancel your homeowners insurance (or not renew it). Size
Sold only by Burghardt and Texas Towers as far as I know. Same price at both places last time I looked. TT also sells the Big Grips for the ends. -- Original Message -- From: <epetek1@att.net> To: <t
Many folks make the assumption that the station is going to be somewhere near where the common ground entry point is for the cables, power, telephone, etc. In my case, the station is, by necessity, 7
Works well for me on 30M. Did the initial work on the parallel resonant circuit on the workbench by putting a 7K resistor across the coil and using my MFJ analyzer to find the 50 ohm tap point for th
Tom - what sort of high voltage source do you use for this testing? I see a few hi-pot testers on ebay from time to time and wonder what would be adequate for testing vacuum caps and other things suc
Unless SGC has drastically changed the unit, it doesn't meet either of your requirements. While reasonably sealed against moisture, SGC recommended covering the unit with something (such as a plastic
Jim - I can vouch for the fact that the portion of your post I've included below is very true. I was quite surprised to find that the jacks/sockets on the rear of my Icom 781 and 765 were NOT grounde
In most of the Rohn installations, folks use the Rohn recommended anchor design, which is an appropriately sized block of reinforced concrete that ends up with a few feet of earth on top of it. The g
Depends upon the guy wire used. Should be tensioned to around 10% of rated strength. I think 3/16 galvanized is rated around 3900 lbs, so tensioning to 390 lbs is right. The 45G towers you mentioned
I used the short (think it was 24") section made by Rohn at the top of my Rohn 25 guyed tower. It includes rotor and bearing plates and the top plate closes off the tops of the vertical tubes. The ro
Having worked on reed-relay based devices for a while years back, I can tell you that this is the typical failure mode for reed switches, whether used beyond their ratings or not. Once a reed has "ta
Steve - since you brought this up, I have a related question for you. When I first read the Loos literature at their website, they made it plain that their gauges were calibrated for the stainless li
That's what I was looking for in my original question. Thanks, Steve. 73, K8AC <<snip>> <<snip>> _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting To
Haven't heard any rain static on my SteppIR here in rainy NC. But then haven't heard any on the other antennas here either. During my many years in northeastern Ohio, rain and snow static was a norma