I used a 100' length of the 4" black corrigated drain pipe to protect my lines going into the barn. For anything over 100' you'll need to splice them together, but then you can't get a water proof s
I was reading back on lighning protection and I remembered a lawsuit I testified in where home owners were objecting to the construction of a 300' tower a quarter mile from them. They claimed the tow
Believe it or not....I had to calculate this once! I made the-off hand suggestion at a managers' staff meeting that we should put a Christmas nativiety scene using pink flamingos dressed up as the w
John was commenting on neighbood rights and I wanted to add two examples of how stupid some people can be when they think they can move in and make existing parties change. Here in the Dallas area, w
Years ago, some guy clmbed a 400' tower and sat on top the beacon lamp. That in itself was pretty uncomfortable, if you know what one looks like. But he was up there as shown in the newspapaer's sho
Take a look at www.globeexplorer.com No idea how fresh the images are, but I know there was a picture of my farm from Dec 1999 and latest on is last Sept 2002.
I've installed over 2,000 grips on various sized EHS cable for 200' up to 600' towers. I noticed when I have to retension or relocate a tower, there is less gritty sand inside the grip as when it wa
I've used commercial grade coax lightning arrestors for commercial two-way and cellular antennas. Very expensive, but the work and are almost invisible when you do a TDR line sweep, even at 1900 MHz
Jim is so right! Expanding foam expands more than you think once it begines to set up. A few comments on PVC... I've built several cellular, PCS, and 2.4 GHz co-linear antennas and mounted them in PV
Check out the National Association of Tower Erectors home page. Lot of safty info. Occassionally you'll see charts diagramming the forces involved during a SHORT 6' fall. www.natehome.com
I used #12 gauge wire for years. Any electrical supply store carries it in a boxed 500' roll. If you use wire ties, you must use the black ones - the white ones will degrade in sunlight after a few y
I found the previous post relating to the number of times a climber has been saved by their fall arresting harness interesting. During my 15 plus years of tower erection and antenna maintenance, I ne
Been there...had to deal with it! I got so tired of having the ground crew send me up antennas and brackets tied with impossible to untie knots that I started using small shackles, but then someone
One company I worked a little bit for checked the tension on all the gy wires before climbing. Now a days I run a safety walk-thru as soon as we get on a job site. I walk the crew around the cell si
Not sure if this got posted last week. News server dropped my connection and I didn't see it posted here. Last Friday. lightning hit my neighboor's house. It didn't go for the two story metal barn 30
On cellular/PCS and 2.4 GHz antenna and coax jobs, we often install lightning arrestors and grounding straps. These are pretty high frequencies, so any line loss or other impairments will show up re
Steve (K7LXC) made a good clarification on what I posted about wrapping the last layer of tape over connectors. All excellent tips. The last wrap of tape should go UP, then you get the shingle-like o
EIGHT FEET DEEP? I had to dig a six or eight feet on a side by four feet deep hole for a 100 foot self supported tower (its was over 20 years ago - so not sure of the exact dimensions or height). I