Check the Tar Heel antennas site they have just what your looking for. http://tarheelantennas.com/mounts Also the acuator mechisum from a old satalite dish could work whik is what the Tar Heel thins
Please excuse the misspelling in the last post. I got distracted and didn't run it through spell check. Julio, W4HY Check the Tar Heel antennas site they have just what your looking for. http://tarhe
Link comes up as can not be found on my machine. Julio, W4HY On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:08:00 -0500 "Roger Kissel" <kc8hz@hotmail.com> writes: <snip> reuse the An article by K1IR on repairing a "stuck" R
A machine shop should be able to drill out the broken bolts and re-tap the holes for new bolts. The new bolts may have to be the next size up but that shouldn't be a problem. That's what I did when I
Be careful with those connectors they are non standard and only available from Yaesu at approx $80 including shipping for the pair. Julio, W4HY you're Thanks Steve. Im impressed and not impressed. Fi
This is a common problem with the HY-Gain rotors. The wedge brake gets jammed and you can't move the rotor. This most times works for a CW jam short terminals 5 and 8 on the rear of the control box a
I have a Bird meter that has a cracked glass in the meter face. Has anyone successfully replaced the glass in one of these? Julio _______________________________________________ _____________________
George I recently purchased a replacement limit switch for my UST from UST. What they sent me was an Allen-Bradley 802T-AP ser J. Today I tried to locate that switch on the web page you posted and wa
I believe Rohn 45 weighs 70 Lbs a section. Julio, W4HY that I put up a 100' 45G with just one other person pulling on the rope. Even in my 60s I find a 25G to be an easy climb (IF it's well guyed) an
The house across the street from where I used to live sold for more than any other house in the neighborhood had ever sold for. This is while I had an 89' UST crank up with a 6 elem 6M beam, two 19 e
Many years ago I stacked two 6elem 6M beams on that fence rail material. A small storm bent the mast just above the 1st antenna and we had a hell of a time getting it down. I would not recommend fenc
Or maybe you won't Julio with a 4 elem Steppir --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard M. Gillingham Sent: Monday, J
AMEN Julio, W4HY And YOU have hit mine!!! Do you have a clue about how much work it takes to obtain ACCURATE data on the performance of an antenna? To measure the gain, you must build the antenna, ge
I don't like using a switch and one piece of coax when using a low band antenna and a 6M antenna. You take the chance of transmitting into the wrong antenna if you are using one rig with both bands i
I use a small 2 ton floor jack. I place as far back on the bottom of the tower as near to the raising fixture as I can get it. I release the tension on the winch cables and use the floor jack to star
There were a couple of construction articles that appeared in QST, the first was in the March 1963 issue. The title was "The Paul Bunyan Whip" The article describes how to build an approximately 58 f
How about a "local area single point ground"? Julio, W4HY I know we are beating this to death, but it is a topic that I think deserves the attention. No matter which way we go with alternatives we ru
Is this the information you're talking about? Julio, W4HY There were a couple of construction articles that appeared in QST, the first was in the March 1963 issue. The title was "The Paul Bunyan Whip
Is there anybody in the Tampa Florida area who might have a couple of R55 tower sections in good shape that are excess to you needs? Julio, W4HY _______________________________________________ ______
I think that din plug was for a computer interface which was sold by Yaesu as an optional extra. I think it was quite expensive as well. Julio, W4HY I'm about to install a G-5500 elevation rotor, whi