If you engineered this tower for large loads you'd probably end up with 1/2"-5/8" guy wires. I have 190' of Rohn 80 (44" face) engineered for four cell carriers, (48) 1-5/8" feedlines, and stacked 40
On my home made swing-gate side mounts, I use a simple collar made of a short piece of steel pipe of slightly larger size ID than the mast OD. In spite of initial concerns of mast wear, it does not s
Jim, Noting that you're using gmail, I'll mention that unless gmail has changed since I last checked, they block your own posts from appearing in your inbox, claiming it's a *feature* to reduce clutt
The use of an email client does not solve the gmail problem though, which I know you know. In fact a properly threaded client like Thunderbird, when used with lists via gmail, is especially exasperat
It should be fairly trivial to make or modify a wall mount to accommodate a rotated tower. I don't like to see guys pulling in the wrong direction, though on a lightly loaded short tower you could ge
We use Polecrete often, when it's advantageous to do a dig and pole install on the same day. Amazing stuff. We've been setting 90' poles that way on a project where time is of the essence. In some ca
And the saddle from a cable clamp works well as a....saddle - how about that! Why separate it from the u-bolt? It turns out that the imported Chinese cable clamps, while larger than needed for this a
Me too. Maybe, but unlikely. IMHO of course. -Steve K8LX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.co
The strength of Philly is in the (very) small Kevlar core, not the outer jacket which is there to provide abrasion and UV protection for the core. Kevlar (and other similar and even stronger syntheti
I scanned a copy and posted it at: http://www.box.com/s/u2ze73lgioufxfj40kjf along with generic FSJ4 connector installation instructions found at http://www.g1ogy.com/projects/andrew/index.html -Stev
Jim, As far as I know you'll need V5 connectors. I know I've got some V5 DIN females, but I'll check for N's next time I go to the shop. Andrew never made UHF connectors for the VXL5, in fact they no
Another issue with female N connectors is fragile center pin *fingers*. Maybe it's just MY pickle-head employees, but they manage to occasionally break them, usually up on a tower, and when it's a $4
You better get some proper on-site help on this. The sections can certainly be installed with a ginpole and maybe (or probably) temporary guys, but 800 lb 20' sections require someone with experience
Heavy duty ginpoles for broadcast tower stacking are available from ERI, Cessco, and others. I've got two ginpoles made from Rohn tower with the roosterheads and feet made by Mark Paulding at Tower E
The little tube of grease that was traditionally supplied with Andrew connectors was never recommended, at least in their printed instructions, to be applied to the *inside* of the connector in the m
It depends on which 7/8" Heliax you have. LDF5 requires an L5 connector, AVA5 requires either an A5 connector or AL5 connector. The suffix needs to have a D in it for DIN, and either an M or F depend
Commscope bought portions of Andrew 5 years ago, so whatever dust you see in the air is unlikely to settle anytime soon. If you want ONLY currently manufactured 7/8" Andrew material (for whatever rea
I've occasionally seen LDF cable out of spec also (when swept up to the GHZ range), probably due to faulty weld seams or in one case, entire reels of slightly egg shaped coax. The AVA cable, in addit
Bruce, To me it sounds like a nutty idea, though there's nothing wrong with that. But really, why not put up a less ambitious building to house your servers, and install a nice 100' Trylon self suppo
There was talk of heavy "pressure" from the carriers to not air it because they did not like how they were portrayed... -Steve K8LX _______________________________________________ ___________________