I will confirm what Gene is saying about the BX towers who's cross members are riveted, not welded. In my youthful radio career, I put up 104 ft of HDBX tower. It was 4-way guyed at several levels. I
Gene, This might be a case of acute C.R.S. of my earlier radio career...! I worked on 2 different Trylons. These were both delivered as nestled, "assembled" sections, not as put-together kits. But no
Guys, this is a REALLY interesting and educational thread, and the technology is something I had questioned for a few years. (Here comes the "brother-in-law" story...) A few years ago he and I were t
Roger's reply is the answer, although I don't know about "Miss Dig"... In Minnesota, the utility companies sponsor a group who's purpose is to locate underground utilities, whether it is telephone, e
"Under federal legislation enacted in 2003 and federal regulations adopted in 2005, persons planning to dig may dial 811 to reach their states' Dig Safe or Underground Alert hotlines. The 811 system
Hey John! ! ! A BIG thanks! ! ! You have provided this information just in the nick of time! My propagation program says to beam 180 degrees from my qth for 3Y0X. It's no wonder why I can't get throu
TowerTalkians... It looks like we've got a pretty strong contender to the bi-annual "How do I find true North?" thread. Who wooda thunk? :-) 73 de Bob - K0RC * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Message: 1 Da
Hmmm... so you mean kinda like the shear pin on my 5-hp trolling motor? I would much prefer a slip-clutch because once the shear pin goes on your antenna system, well it's pretty much a free-wheeling
Tony, I suggest you take a look at the Heights Towers product line at www.heightstowers.com They make some real heavy duty self supporting towers. Here's one example of a 77 foot tower with a motoriz
Okay guys, I've ordered four of them... Now my question is whether I should stack them in the vertical or horizontal plane for the most efficiency... ? ? ? 73 de Bob - K0RC * * * * * REPLY SEPARATOR
This is slightly off topic but I would argue that a rotor controller is an integral part of a tower installation... :-) I have three G-1000DX rotor controllers with lamps that have burnt out. I opene
I came across this tutorial when I was researching tower grounding on the internet. It contains a lot of useful information and diagrams of typical grounding systems used in Communication Tower and P
Likewise, I put an address into this site located one block from our County Communication Center which has significant tower presence (and has for years) and came up with NADA. But if you want to vis
Lee, You are getting some good advice here. I went through a similar "learning curve" with a 160m dipole last fall. Here's a couple of things to keep in mind. 1) As already stated, the feedpoint valu
Roger, Here's a couple pictures of the bulkhead assembly I made for the top of my tower... http://tinyurl.com/rc9v2 See photo's D, E, and F. At HF there's negligible insertion loss through a couple e
And it's called Styrofoam insulation, not stylafoam... (a former boss used this and drove me nuts!)... It's regardless, not irregardles (my wife's favorite)... and finally, it's "ur 59 tx", not "plea
Guys with ideas... I am trying to remove a 3/4" aluminum element end from a swaged 1-1/4" element. I don't think these have been apart in 30 years. What tricks do you guys have up your sleeve to help
Okay fellows, thanks for all the ideas. I need to let everyone know it was necessary to round up a wench to finally get these two pieces of aluminum apart! (And a mighty find wench she was, I must sa
This question would be more appropriate on the TowerTalk reflector... but here's my thoughts... I had a HyGain TH5DXX at 90 feet for 15 years and this antenna played well. It uses a dual driven eleme
Well we might as well shut down this Tower Talk reflector for as much good as it's doing... I can't believe after weeks of discussions regarding proper ground system bonding, this post has been made.