I hesitate to recommend rope in ALL antennas, but to see how Hygain does it, check out any of their HF monobanders' manuals http://www.hy-gain.com/ As far as I could tell, Hygain's tribanders don't m
As was stated earlier, the large wires on terminals 1 and 2 are for the brake. Terminals 5 and 6 are for the motor (plus 1 for common). But don't take my word for it - check the manual: http://www.hy
These are the same type of Aromat relays (JW series) found in Array Solutions StackMatch boxes. They are available at Digikey for, as Pete noted, ~$2 in small qty - SPDT, DPDT and various coil voltag
Do you mean the original post to this reflector? All posts are archived... http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/towertalk/2003-August/057813.html Mike N2MG __________________________________________
I have a used M2 40M3L antenna that I am putting back together and I noticed that the fiberglass insulating parts are starting to "fray" - i.e., the glass fibers are separating somewhat, giving the s
Even towers like Rohn25, when bolted to the house can be noisy. When the wind blows, the house can creak a bit from the tower's load. More often, when one turns a typical rotator, its humming and gro
At the bottom of every email is a link like this: http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk It only takes a bit of looking to find out how to unsubscribe - even if you lose the monthly e
If you can't find a copy, manuals are available from: www.w7fg.com 73 Mike N2MG ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.co
All this talk of loosened (presumably by heavy winds) rotator bolts has me thinking... would not the presence of a second thrust bearing (between the main thrust bearing and the rotator) practically
You are right. The twisting force would not be helped at all. I was only considering the sideways force, which while present, is, IMO, NOT the primary bolt-loosener. It is definitely true that the ma
N1LO has compiled a rather comprehensive (if a little dated now) assortment of ideas, hints, recommendations from this reflector (and perhaps elsewhere) in a text document covering many aspects of pu
Whenever I see a good link on this reflector (or elsewhere) I add it to eHam's Links database. I welcome anyone with some good links to do the same (the user interface is simple). Granted, this is on
There should be a link at the bottom of each email you get from the reflector: http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk Of course, you need to remember the password you supplied. The co
Mark, At the bottom of http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk is the following: << To change your subscription (set options like digest and delivery modes, get a reminder of your pass
Yu noticeded thet to? I'll bet itz pritty frequency. ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com
The new archives (oxymoron?) are at URLs of teh form: http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/towertalk/ or http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/amps/ etc. Mike N2MG __________________________________
They have always been available under the links on www.contesting.com. They are of the form: http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/ or http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ etc. I have it on good
A quick search on eHam's Links database yields http://www.custommetalworks.com/rts/rts.htm 73 Mike N2MG ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart
At the bottom of every email post to this reflector is a link, http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk that takes one to a page that has info on its archives, subscribing, etc. Unfortu
If you search from the List Search feature of the www.contesting.com site, you should get URLs of the form: http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/2001-November/##.html where ## is the number of the