This is code for "You can't have enough And the related theorem especially accurate in the Northern Climbs - not only can you NOT have too many antennas but, if they didn't Fall down last Winter they
The hardness of your concrete is its PSI - 3000 is very standard, probably what they usually mix for residential stuff - sometimes harder concrete is used in commercial construction applications... T
your best bet is to find a ham SK or one who has had antennas up already and buy his place,,, you should be able to be grandfathered in 73 - Cheers! Jim, K4OJ 22 days until the Florida QSO Party, che
WHOA Think about it... ham rotator speed typical @ 1 RPM Bearing requirement - minimal... bearings with ball bearing races are nice but the reality of the ham antenna is it just don't do that much tu
I have heard many people who are NOT hams refer to those thar cables as guide wires... if you are not familiar with masts, you probably are not familiar with a technique called guying! It kinda makes
Are you planning on installing maintaining antennas more than a couple of feet above the top of the tower? If you want the easiest way to get at those upper antennas you need a flat top which is an e
as always, Steve is tongue tied KNOT! Those knots and some caribeners and the rest is muscle! K4OJ Florida QSO Party is in two weeks on April 26 and 27 - be sure to check it out... details at: http:/
while we are on the subject of the six pak... any consensyus as to a cure for relays that sometimes do not close... WX0B told me to stretch the springs slightly and that did not seem to fix the probl
...check with your equipment rental people on a motorized wheel barrow - made for this kind of job - a small engine drives the wheel and you have a lot less muscle required to move a batch from your
...why bother? I am not being a smart arse - just wonder why you are bothering...mill finish aluminum lasts a heckuva long time even here in corrosion central Florida... 73, Jim, K4OJ Only 5 days unt
From my time spent selling Paint: Bleach does not kill a mildew problem - it only bleaches it so you are less aware of it... An excellent way to counter mildew is with: Water run off from a galvanize
Beautiful photo gallery - you outta burn it and go aorund making presentations at ham clubs! Nice job - I noted the boom turss on the 40-2CD... I have taken to adding a short vertical truss support a
And to tailend on Bill's remarks.... ....having Towertalk keeps there from being more poor choices made when towers are installed... tnx K7LXC for probably avoiding some of those potentially life thr
Out of curiosity you might ask your friend if the entire tower is straight - I have two R55 towers which while a plum bob says they were straight vertical - well - the top was there but along the way
been my experience that that weight on the weight can sometimes be "forever" between winds and waiting for it to "settle down".... excellent ion principal but a pain in the arse in reality. 73, Jim,
there are a lot of guys with single element vertical antennas that are anything BUT vertical...sometimes needed height is great than potential support so the base is moved away from the tower, etc...
I have seen this addressed on this reflector before with a consensus I believe that the guy anchor wrap should go at the cross bracing, around the cross bracing "within the bend" so that a downward f
Your home center's tool rental division should have what you need...work backwards from the hole size on the plate - it it is a little bigger than 1/2" you need 1/2" anchoring...tyipically this is do
last time I bought Chrome molly it was from a guy in Pennsylvania - Dillisburg Aeroworks - this is the guy W3LPL uses 73, Jim, K4OJ Florida QSO Party is April 26th and 27th check it out: http://www.q