Time to install nylon rope in the elements to stop the vibration. 73, Jim W7RY I have had a problem with my M2inc antenna, 15M6DX over the years. I has 6 or 7 times different elements tips beaking, r
A 1000 foot tower most likely has solid rod legs. Jim W7RY Take a look at this video of a 480 foot tower with a pier pin in West Virginia that had to come down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKQ0p5
Yup. Pretty difficult for an angle leg tower to fill the legs up with water. Jim W7RY They made at least one for the Canadian Coast Guard that was to be installed in a Maritime province that had 12"
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Most hygain antennas use a predetermined length of tubing at each element. The measurements are usually just for the joints after the first piece of aluminum that is hooked to the boom. But, this TH
Ultraviolet from the sun is what degrades PVC I believe... ? And yes Steve, I have observed the same thing with PVC vs Polyethylene. 73, Jim W7RY On 2/14/2023 6:25 PM, Steve Jones wrote: Art, I have
MEEE too. It's not bashing a product. Its actual fact... If it is as you say. Not much chance of water freezing inside of the jacket at your location? 73, Jim W7RY 73! Lee, AA4GA On Tue, Feb 14, 2023
I can see a couple of ways to accomplish this. - Replace the lightning arrestor for the 2m antenna with a model that passes DC. *Yes* - Install a bias tee on the antenna side of the lightning arresto
Emery cloth or 600 grit sand paper. Jim W7RY I am hoping for some home "remedy" or simple mixture that does not involve some complex chemicals or procedures that can be applied on, brushed then rinse
That works too Rick! Jim W7RY Rick N6RK On 2/18/2023 1:25 PM, Steve Jones wrote: How about Brasso? We always used it to clean copper cable stubs at Farinon before shipping the microwave radio racks
A rotating tower... Enjoy... https://youtu.be/9dUaMXxWYao -- Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing
ALWAYS replace the motor capacitor in the control box as a first step when a rotor has tuning issues. 73, Jim W7RY Is there anyone servicing these besides Norm? Have others seen these symptoms? Any r
I just used a green scratch pad on mine a few weeks ago. It cleaned it up nicely and now makes good contact. LIGHTLY is the key word here. You don't want to take off the plating on the wire. When you
An eraser is not nearly abrasive enough if the rollers are as pitted and corroded as mine were. Also had to get after the contact wheels and clean them up too. The tuner works perfectly now. Jim W7RY
If your on the west coast, there is a guy, (Bob, W7KD) in Portland Oregon that services Hy-Gain rotors. 73, Jim W7RY About two years ago, I decided that I had had enough with the problems of balky b
73, Jim W7RY I am saddened that I told someone recently that over the last 50 years I have put up about 20 towers. Turns out Ive never put up a single tower. I guess someone should take the entire ar
DX Engineering. Jim W7RY have looked on line, without success so far. Any ideas? > -- Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ _________________________________________
Chalk it up to the post coiv-d "new normal". 73, Jim W7RY Only place that I've seen of course is back ordered! Unbelievable cannot find some eye bolts like this, even Fastenal. 73- W1JCW John Join my
You would be better off with one of these: https://www.3starinc.com/images/super/ROHN_TA656_800x600t.jpg Jim W7RY On 6/10/2023 11:30 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote: $325 each, Rohn is very proud of their to
Most likely arrl.net stuff. I've heard of others have arrl.net email issues. Towertalk at groups.io is alive and well BTW. 73, Jim W7RY I suspect it may have something to do with arrl.net. Contest Ex