Fellow 'Towertalkians': I'm very interested in the remarks made by Rafael (below). My HZRN-72 tower arrived and I will be recabling it before the installation. If stainless steel cable is really bett
Towertalkians, Has the stainless-vs-galvanized cable topic been aired thoroughly on the list? I've received pro and con replies - as though it hasn't been resolved yet (or it's one of those issues th
I'm trying to decide whether to hire a flat bed tow truck to unload my tower when it arrives or build my own hoist. Also, I would like to build a small but sturdy 'dolly' with large enough wheels to
I made a little tower unloading brochure from the many helpful suggestions I received to my "Tower Lifting Alternatives" query. You guys are great! Thanks to: Robert Wood, Brian, Arlan, Charles, Bruc
Dear TowerTalkians: I made a little tower unloading brochure from the many helpful suggestions I received to my "Tower Lifting Alternatives" query. You guys are great! Frank T. Brady - W0ECS Yorba Li
Tom, None of the responses to your thread described the vertical antenna characteristics in quite the same way as I have come to understand them, so I thought I'd throw mine in after the dust settled
Yeah, I know. I should have said "approaches 1" ... I was reading a graph which seemed to have a downward slope and was barely above the zero line at a base height of 1.0 wavelengths. The graph didn
No one was killed UNDER the tower, but several riggers fell one thousand feet to their deaths when the failure occurred during erection of the antenna section. What a quagmire of shirked responsibili
I'm seriously considering purchasing the following tower. I wonder if anyone knows anything about it. I'd rather not wait for Tri-Ex Monday if I can deal for it now. Tx & 73, Frank ". . . Tri-Ex; Mod
OK, I'm gonna go to the wall to get this rotary tower - Now, any experienced business types out there with suggestion on the best way to handle the transaction? Send 1/2 price now and 1/2 on delivery
Well towertalkians, I've asked for help on every aspect of becoming a tower owner, and now I am finally a proud owner. Of course, it's in Syracuse New York and I am (soon to be) in Wildomar CA (100 m
I gotta ask - wouldn't two pieces of telescoping aluminum tubing be insulated from one another (at least somewhat) by Vasoline)? Don't they need low DC resistance? Frank - W0ECS -- FAQ on WWW: http:/
Aaaargghh - I did it again - just GOTTA learn to read! Tx, Frank connecting the -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative request
Bill, I call that one HECK of a brainstorm - maybe a brain tsunami when you consider how much trouble it would save). Besides, it's just . . . SLICK and I sure hope others like you jump on this - I'd
Bill, I call that one HECK of a brainstorm - maybe a brain tsunami when you consider how much trouble it would save). Besides, it's just . . . SLICK and I sure hope others like you jump on this - I'd
WOW Maybe a post mortem of your lightening protection is in order? Do you think anything you could have done differently would have saved the antennas or is the kind of strike you experienced impossi
After all of my planning and plotting I had decided to go with the Trylon Titan T600-64 to support my 20 and 40 monobanders separated by about 10' on a mast. Just for 'one last check' I called a Rohn
Here is the URL to ckout the magazine article: http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/toccurrent.shtml 73, Frank - W0ECS -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions:
I've asked Scott to have his structural engineer contact Trylon directly to see what's going on here - I just cannot believe that they are refusing to provide the engineering specifications spelled o
I haven't bought a thing from TT (yet), but Gerald has been most helpful and forthcoming in his correspondence - often about products he doesn't even sell. So, I have no reason to bash TT. However, I