As of Friday or so, the county has promised to give me my building permit for my tower. This is my first tower and I'm trying to figure out what to do. I'm in Arizona, the Sonoran Desert, which is "e
What wind load should I actually plan for? Officially, it seems like the world is migrating to a 90 MPH (momentary) standard. That leaves me at 11 square feet in my location. But, the advertizing (at
OK, the consensus seems to be: M2 is beefier, more readily serviced than Yaesu. Get the alternate controller if you can. Get a 15 foot mast, minimum. I started another thread on wind load. Not sure w
The campfire sounds like a good deal. The rest I'm less sure of, though. I thoguht I mentioned that this tower is in the Sonoran desert of Arizona, not Florida. So, I don't have to plan for hurricane
Can anyone confirm (like, say, from their own tower) that the M2 fits in the HDX 572 MDPL? I remember reading specifically, somewhere, that the M2 fights tightly, but fits. Now, I can't find it. The
OK, this is another "I can't find it." Someone said Alliant Radio or Alliance Radio or someone like that offered the M2 with the Green Heron controller from the start (so I presumably would save a li
OK, to yet again recap (and my thanks for all the fine help and advise): 1. Getting the M2 from Array Solutions so I can get the Green Heron controller (even for openers, it actually has USB support.
This is a problem that concerns me as well. "Up the Tower" suggests that you not try and keep it totally dry. It suggests you use drain pipe to let moisture and condensation seep out of the bottom.
I don't think this helps or hurts us much. Not too many 450 foot ham towers and I doubt if we'd be tagged for avian migration at 72 feet. I've been to the Boundary Waters and I can see why there woul
It appears this work has been done and maybe done to death. But for those of us who (like me) are new, can you expand a little, and, particularly, give a couple of links? What I see below is someone
On the subject of lightning protection, is this sort of thing: http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=21474 useful or advisable? Do I put one just at the base of the tower (and connect it to the tower gro
Jim, that's helpful. So, I can probably expect an insertion loss similar to other connectors, I gather. Now, another question to the hive-mind. How many of you actually _deploy_ something like this?
I am trying to understand control wire (DC) resistance losses. This would be for my rotor control wire for my M2 atop my soon-to-be-erected 72 foot tower. I figure my total run is going to be fairly
Thanks, Guy. I also got a private communication that included the manual (gee, read the manual, who'd have thought?). The manual suggests that I'd want 14 gauge wire for the main rotor control and st
I'll look into Wireman! Larry Wo0Z _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contest
It's a cheap experiment and it probably should work. If your current software is open source and runs on Linux, then the worst you would have to do is recompile it and see. Most open source software
OK, I got the base poured this week (haven't been out to look at it) so now it is time to get serious about getting the tower going (tower will be delivered in about six weeks maybe). Next big step i
Informative discussion, thanks. As you discuss ground moisture, keep in mind that I am in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. The regular well that's supposed to supply four houses (right now, barely mine
Rather than quote myself, I'll simply put in the revised plan. Thanks to all of you for your thoughts. See flikr picture here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwlpix/7916824198/in/photostream/lightbox/
Seriously? I've been giving out flickr links for years like that without incident. This appears to be a more direct link for anyone concerned about it: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/7916824198_c