I have an MD-75 partially apart and I am painting the winch while waiting for my new motor to arrive. What is it you need exactly? - Mike _______________________________________________ _____________
I am thinking about buying an XR-5. I cannot throw a 30-plus foot boom on my tower but could go 24ft perhaps. Anyone have any opinions about the XR-5, good or bad, experiences good or bad and/or comp
I have accumulated several Cushcraft 6 meter antennas over the last year assuming that at some point I would put one on the tower. I've been advised that there is a design change that may maximize th
Gentlemen, I asked this question a couple of weeks ago and did not get a big response so perhaps you guys were cleaning your garages that day. This is always the place to ask questions and the answer
Does anyone know of a source, short of calling Yaesu on the phone, for the side entry cable connector for the Yaesu G-450 motor? Thanks..- Mike _______________________________________________ _______
Hi guys?.a question for the braintrust. I am about to have a crane stand up my HG-70D HyGain Crank up tower. I was replacing the cables this weekend and also had some spare sheaves for the cable to r
Here's one for you fellow "crankers". I want to feed some VHF/UHF antennas as well as my HF beam on a 70ft crank up that will spend more time down than up. Here in Florida we have to beware of those
Hey Guys, I have just gotten back a T2X from Norm's. He put the plastic quick disconnect receptacle on the base plate so of course there are no screw terminals any longer. I wired the plug per the in
Thanks all for the help. Didn't think it was that simple.-- -Mike _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@cont
I've known Joel there for many years...even before he invented the internet, or so he said anyway. - Mike K4CVL G'day, Thought I might mention the following. I needed some PL258 Female/Female inline
Not sure I buy this commment about fibermessh concrete not helping to prevent cracking. I'd bet that those that work in the building trades and concrete workers especially would argue most eanestly f
If you have a surplus of steel coat hangers around, they are CHEAP and easy to use....just cut off the ends. They make good staples for keeping radials down. -Mike, K4CVL does anyone know what the "
Wenches? ...now your talking about my mother-in-law. She's no help... - Mike I'm not so sure about the Phyll..er phill..er Phill..er what ever, but I'm a firm believer in having at least a coule of w
I stand corrected..yes, she is a witch. Ok, I have to get out of here and go to work so let's wents.- Mike No...no...no... Wench indicates young and single as in bar made..er maid. Now we have wench
Geez...I'm sorry I got this WENCHES thread going. I will be especially sorry if my mother-in-law subscribes here. I am done.- Mike --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:
Sounds like a STEPP-IR clothesline. -m One 'neat' idea I had was to use some closeline for rope to tie my antenna to a tree. I just made a loop in the rope and wrapped the end of the bare antenna wir
Just be sure when you guys are tightening up all these grounds that you are using the correct NEC certified wench. - Mike Bob Gee. I wonder what Amp is doing selling the Cloks then? They are specific
Question... When you drive an 8ft ground rod into the ground and are ON ground water ( you know this since the base of your tower you dug to 8ft began filling with water at the bottom and this site i
With all the talk lately of crank-up towers, there must be some "already users" that can answer this question. What does one use to grease the INSIDE of the telescoping sections to keep them from 'sq
Old news........ --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ed Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:17 PM To: towertalk@contesting.co