In Florida, it will be excluded almost certainly. I have the ARRL insurance and I'm assured I'm covered. Mickey N4MB _______________________________________________ __________________________________
Wait until you get your flood insurance bill, Bill! Some residents of the Keys have seen a 10 fold increase since LAST YEAR. Hold on to your shorts, we're all paying for Sandy with our FEMA flood ins
I hate to bring chemistry into this, but using sulphur or its compounds around structural metal is a bad idea. Sulphur easily reacts with many different materials... which can result in compounds wit
Hi, Jim, and all, My QTH is surrounded by water - I'm on an island about 350' wide made mostly of dredged muck. To keep the tower base hole dry here in my Florida QTH, I used a relatively small pump
I've been using 9 pin MOLEX connectors for years with no problems... http://www.amazon.com/Molex-9-Pin-Connector-Kit-0-093/dp/B0009W76IS _______________________________________________ ______________
A pole like this is a great find. A pole set crew with an auger can plant your pole properly in short order. Digging a hole deep enough to plant it safely is a big job. Think about hiring a local pol
A 10 degree slope is a fairly aggressive slope. In the 3' width of the pad, you'll have about 6" of drop in terrain. Try to end up with as much or more base than in your base requirement. For example
Before you start drilling the case, you might want to try using power from your nice stable, ripple free, high current station power supply instead of the wall wart that comes with the RCS 4. 73, Mic
Back when I was a co-op with Southern Bell in the Atlanta area, we were presented with this problem in order to ground telephone booths. It seems Stone Mountain extends a lot further than what you se
Special phone company grout, no doubt. :-) http://www.baroididp.com/idp/products-applications/products/grouting-products/idp-550.page _______________________________________________ _________________
I'm a pilot with ~4k hours, all in single engine airplanes. I learned to fly from a farm field - a cow pasture. I've known a lot of ag pilots over the years. They're generally good pilots and don't t
It's time for a word about objective vs. subjective opinions. I once had a Mosley TA-33. I paid a lot of money for it (for me at the time) and went to a lot of trouble to hang it on a tower, so I was
TX-472 is 19 15/16" wide, the HG70-HD is 22 3/4", so no. Mickey N4MB _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@c
I believe a EMP strong enough to take out a watch also will take out the person carrying that watch. " I sustained a serious injury in 2000 when lightning hit a tree about 10' away from where I had
"...if you could just see the two towers side by side, which one is superior would be obvious, but yes, cost is a huge factor." Perhaps someone can post a link to a closeup photograph of the constru
The Wireman, K1CRA and others stock various control cables at reasonable prices: https://thewireman.com/rotorp.html https://www.k1cra.com/searchresults.asp?cat=2009 http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm
doesn't bring out the 12ga loaded with "deuces" !! You should be aware that shooting down a drone, even over your own property is a crime: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2013/12/10/thankfu