If I wanted to protect the area from corrosion I would leave it open to the elements and coat everything with Waxoyl or something similar such as the stuff that automotive rustproofing companies like
Did you shorten your coaxes or coil them up? What grounding do you have right now? Maybe you can you one of those MFJ artificial grounds and a counterpoise. What antennas are you running and what ban
Hi Magnus, Check the ground system, makes the cables as short as possible, each equipment must have its own ground wire to any common type of bar, you need to connect all ground (chassis of the compu
Steve, Take a look at the Rohn catalog. They have equalizer plates to balance the load between the upper and lower set of guys. You will need a good turnbuckle on each guy wire since the guy tension
The turnbuckles that Rohn supplies are made by Chicago. You can find the same Chicago turnbuckles without the Rohn markup from US Suppliers on the web I avoided the unknown Chinese offerings. Mark N1
I live in NC and generally if I order something from the Wireman, I get it delivered the next day. Mark N1UK _______________________________________________ __________________________________________
Yes that center conductor is big. The connectors that work with this coax are Amphenol connectors UHF-182120 that I buy from The RF Connection. I use this coax a lot and have put on many connectors.
I put an MOV with a cap in parallel from each line to the tower ground. I have MOV's in the box at the bottom of the tower and also at my SPG box. Depending on the control voltage I think that I had
I made sure that the concrete base pad was slightly domed where the legs come out of the concrete and I also have a good slope on the top of the pad, so that the water runs away from the legs very we
I would crimp and solder the ring terminals. I would also apply some Penetrox between the ring terminal and the SS hardware. I imagine that if a lightning strike occurred that the radial wires are mo
Should I add a ground rod by each vertical for grounding I wonder Mark N1UK 2,5 mH choke (or 10 Mohm resistor) from vertical to ground rod will protect vertical of static buil-up, and myo may add spa
I got some of those steel rods that are used to keep insulation up under the house. I can make around 300 8 inch pins for $10. Right now I have the time and not the money Mark N1UK __________________
These guys stock them and if I needed one I could drive up there and pick it up. The shipping is normally more than the cost of the mast. Your best bet is to find one near to you and drive to and pic
Which is why I said that I was lucky in that I could drive up there and pick up a mast or two if needed. The commercial shipping will kill you. Once you are over 8 feet you are in a world of hurt (hi
What is the average rate that the WISP people pay for a leased tower? Mark N1UK _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
I believe that it is normally done with a come-along but when we did my tower, we lifted the mast up with a gin pole, pulled up by my farm tractor and we were able to raise and lower the mast using t
I used 3/16 ehs with insulators on my bottom guys and HPTG6700I. phillystran on the top guys. If I did it again I would probably use philly on both. Nice to work with and light. I learnt how to put t
My G5RV is no slouch but on 20m I get reports that my signal is 20 to 30 dB stronger on the beam. The beam is high, so there is not just antenna gain but radiation angle involved as well I think. No
I would call DX Engineering and ask them who makes their DXE cable for them and how it compares to the Davis equivalent. In my experience the quality of their inventory is top notch. Mark N1UK ______
Yes......my feelings too Where was Lord Bryan when they were teaching social graces !!! Mark N1UK _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tower