Eric, I cannot visualize how 25 people (or any number of people) will be able to lift a 80-90 ft structure, unless there is a nearby (say within 25-30 feet or so) a 100 foot building from which the 2
Take a look at what Steve is talking about on my Website: www.erols.com/n3rr Click on Guying Subsystem in the System Design table. or click below: URL = http://users.erols.com/n3rr/guying/index.htm T
Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, I will be unable to go to Dayton this year. I have one Hamvention ticket and one contest dinner ticket for sale. Hamvention ticket: $15.00 Contest Dinner
Regular price: Hamvention: $16.50 (advance sale); $22.00 at the door Contest Dinner: $30.00 (advance only, no purchase at door) Bill, N3RR List Sponsor: Champion Radio Products - We'll be at the Dayt
Both tickets are SOLD. Thanks for the bandwidth, Bill, N3RR List Sponsor: Champion Radio Products - We'll be at the Dayton Hamvention with all of our safety equipment and other products. Stop by boot
My station is protected by PolyPhaser technology. I'll have the "Lightning Protection Subsystem" section of my Website on-line in the next two days (assuming no more computer problems!). www.erols.co
It's intended to show others (those on the list to which the posting is made) that what is being said is "unbiased" and is not intended that the person making the posting is, or will be, receiving an
I've added a new section on "lightning protection subsystem" to my website and updated the "vendor" links: http://www.erols.com/n3rr 73, Bill, N3RR List Sponsor: Champion Radio Products - We'll be at
Several of you told me that the link to my lightning protection sub-system design page did not work. It was a Netscape problem. It worked fine with IE. I fixed it. Main Webpage: http://www.erols.com/
I have a video tape for sale on my Website that shows two antennas being raised via the tramming method I use: http://users.erols.com/n3rr/videotape/index.htm Homepage: http://www.erols.com Bill, N3R
Oops - Home page is actually: http://www.erols.com/n3rr installation was Hamvention us to HREF="http://www.ChampionRadio.com"> List Sponsor: Are you thinking about installing a tower this summer? Cal
Tom, How about some more information. How close is close? What bands does he work? For what purposes does he plan to use the tower (DX contests, USA contests, DX, rag-chews). Where is "local" (what s
The issue of grounding the coax at the top and bottom of the tower has more to do with lightning protection than RF. It's good for both aspects, though, so there's no tradeoff here. All coax should b
Check the yellow pages for "Hot Rod machine shop" or "Drag Racing Shop". These guys know what high-strength steel is all about. They use it for racing axels. Believe me - this is no joke. Bill, N3RR
Elevated guy anchors will do what you want if you have them properly engineered, as I did. I totally agree with Steve. I had a PE design the guying system, I did the mechanical drawings and contracte
I had my guy anchors engineered by a PE as well. Complete details will be forthcoming on my Website and I'll announce it here. My 10 ft 8 inch I Beam 6 ft elevated guy anchors have a 1/2 inch thick,
There has been a lot of info posted in the past few days re: connectors and I thought I'd be able to be quiet, but I can't. Yes, there are anecdotes that each of us has, but here's some engineering d
As I read the original post, it's a government installation, so all comments about personal towers do not apply. However, relative to personal towers, be careful. If you have neighbors who have (or m
Ford, Turn your beam so that it is "radiating" into the wind. That's the least load on both the elements and the rotor. BTW, what melted? Ice at the base of the tower? What's your QTH? Bill, N3RR The
Nat, There is no need to do that. A commercially available modification to the T2X and other Ham-M/IV rotors is available that will do what you want and more: http://www.idiompress.com/ I plan to inc