tell us............ ......How well does it work? Tell us the kind of stuff you can work on the air. BILL K2OWR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________
the guys dangling from it, then connect them. up with guys dangling, actually intended for the section after that and the whole process is repeated, guying every 30', but never climbing more than on
later. It was not damaged seriously. It was dumb how it happened. I was down to the last 4 sections, where the first set of guys were, and in a fit of sheer "stupid" it seemed like a good idea, as l
what method you use, but can I be your life insurance beneficiary? :-) BILL K2OWR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing li
For me, I can't imagine 160 without using one. BILL K2OWR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.
some reason the limit switches fail you wind up with a backyard full of mangled tower sections, and perhaps a hole in your house. I know some people do it, but if you do, always have the tower in vi
left them up unless I was on the air. Another reason not to "remote" the tower operation is the fact that you cannot really see if any cables, like the coax, hang up or get caught. Another is the to
In the word's of the comic Victor Borge, you are searching for "the cure for which there is no disease" BILL _______________________________________________ _________________________________________
While this configuration cuts down on mail to the entire list, it severely limits further discussion on a topic and in effect cuts the thread short. I too take the time to edit out the address. It w
I did warn you Marlon. :-( BILL -- Original Message -- From: "John Kemker" <john@kemker.org> To: "W2RU - Bud Hippisley" <W2RU@frontiernet.net> Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Monday, January 11
I would crimp it AND solder it. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contestin
I never knew any of this stuff about guys. It must be a miracle that the dozen or so guyed towers that I've put up, over the fifty years I've been a ham, have not come crashing down, especially cons
amount of information being given on this topic. I am quite serious though about my really never overthinking this that much. My tower installations have been under 100', except for one, and all I e
Here comes round two..... Bases. I can't wait to learn what I should have been doing with those all these years And from quite a few people who have never even actually put up a tower :-) BILL _____
this topic, but frankly the 3"PVC is the way to go. I have done it that way in several houses. After it's in there stuff a rag in it from the inside and yank it out whenever you need to remove or ad
reflectors these days, but>>>>>> Do you have any "Touch" light controllers in that area? It took me awhile to find that problem in my house once. It is also possible for an incandescent bulb to radi
can't handle the flaming so I won't :-) BILL K2OWR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com htt
jack...go slow and be careful.. Never heard of welds being there. BILL OWR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Towe