I use platidip liquid electrical tape as a final barrier. They claim it insulates to over 10,000 volts/mil., whatever that means. It seems way more resistant to UV than scotchkote and doesn't peel of
Better check the load rating of 25G. All of FL is rated at 110mph (as we all know now). Throw the traps in the can and make 3 monobanders out of the Al? 73, Blake N4GI -- Original Message -- From: "d
No, it's 115. http://www.championradio.com/windspeed.php?abv=FL&county=Broward I put 110 since my Rohn book doesn't go any higher. 73, Blake N4GI -- Original Message -- From: "Todd Coulter" <coulter@
-- Original Message -- Are they using stuff on your tower to connect other users and make a profit? Better make sure you won't need to have (a portion of) your property rezoned for commercial communi
Don't have an RCS8V, but it reminds me of a problem I occasionally have with a sixpack switch... One or two of the ports on one side are intermittent unless I click the brake of my ham rotor 50 feet
http://www.elkriver.com/eagle.htm I use the "Tower LX" model. I found it to be the best combo of comfortability, cost and functionality for me. If you able to go to a rigging store and try them on, I
Be careful if you remove rivets from the 40m element, though. I don't remember which sections, but part of the center portion is triple walled and it's a PITA to re-align the three holes after-the-fa
I've tried several subscription addresses in the TT archives (1997 to 2003), and one from a PVRC page, all are NG. What's the current working subscription address? hamlaw.net does yield plenty of lin
No. In college, a group of us put a 600+ foot beverage (mostly) over the corner of a large lake for a 160 contest. It was a huge PITA, and it didn't hear as good as one next to it on the dirt. Roost
The "porcupine" manufacturer has some great connections in agriculture and the DOT? 73, Blake N4GI _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting
Count me in if there's enough interest for a southeastern order. 73, Blake N4GI _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
I'm getting ready to put rebar together for concrete anchors for a 45G tower. Rohn's concrete anchor data page says to "install reinforcing bars each way both faces" with arrows pointing to the top o
I had a very good experience using Hughes Supply for precut/bent rebar for a 45G tower I'm in the process of putting up. They made up the #4 pieces I requested in 3 days, for about $55 bucks. (No aff
Snipped: I made a 2el 40 out of surplus X7 40M add-on kits. Both of the "baluns" I got had this problem. It looked like some sort of hard shock had broken the wire from the center of each of the SO23
One thing to remember about with the little 25G flat top, though, is that the rotor can only be placed either 1' down from the top or at the next lower joint. For a "normal" mast (10-15') this limits
And it's important to add that (at least in my area) this can even apply to situations where the falling structures have not been properly permitted, even though required. My car got once got wrecked
Type "sod staples" into a search enginge of your choice. Usually stocked by landscaping/contracting supply places, they come in boxes of thousands... 73, Blake N4GI __________________________________
Pull outward on the legs of the preform while wrapping. Allows better "bulge control" and eliminates the need for large amounts of tension. 73, Blake N4GI ____________________________________________
FWIW... I recently had one of my Ham-Ms repaired. Granted, it was severely overloaded, however it lasted more than a year before croaking. I knew it had some teeth sheared off the ring gear (Al, not