The permit has finally issued! Went down Tuesday and picked it up ($170.64 fee). Although I have lots of #4 (1/2") rebar lying around, I didn't have any #6 (3/4") as called out for the base. Of cours
Ready for excavation...as soon as the snow melts! Friday rented a transit ($40/4 hours) and sited the 120 degree lines for the guys and check elevation differences. This was the first time I've used
Back on 11/26 I made the statement that I was able to achieve "accuracy of 1/2 inch in vertical and horizontal" when laying out guy anchor points for my tower. When asked how I knew this, I realized
other length of tubing) makes an excellent elevation It does. Have done this before with some success when laying out foundations. There is even a gadget you can buy for about $25 at Home Depot that
The prep: A year of playing with terrain analyzer and ARRL Antenna Book propagation to optimize antenna heights. (My conclusion: short of humongous monoband stacks, everything is a compromise. Put up
I know this is a long shot... but if any of you are a registered PE in Utah... I'd like to hire you. I am planning to put up a tower installation near Salt Lake City , but intend to deviate sufficien
Ted, W8TTS asks: I've had two in service for about 9 years. One has operated flawlessly. The other had blown it's fuse twice and occasionally the relays hang up (if I give the relay box a smack they
Could you restring the tower using rope just to get the lengths figured out? -- Bill n7vm@lgcy.com 801-891-8358 work/cell 801-446-0874 home 413-254-2532 fax List Sponsor: Champion Radio Products - We
It depends. (The correct answer for any question involving RF!) The right way to answer the question is to do some simulation using TA (Terrain Analyzer by K6STI) or the ARRL has a program that does
I'd think about using #4 solid Cu or Cu strap - bigger the better. #4 is avail at Home Depot. I would run three wires from the base or tower leg to the ground rods, and then run a ring around the ba
Well hardline. diameter. It's "flexwell" - all one word. This is 1/2 inch (referring to diameter of the outer conductor), 50 Ohm hardline. FLC12-50J is an older part number for what is now sold as LC
Joe asks: I bought boxes from my local electrical supply outfit. I used two boxes - one 48" x 30" x 10" at the tower base to hold polyphasers, stack match, six pack and one 16" x 14" x 6" at the hous
One source for such is Glen Martin Engineering www.glenmartin.com. I have an RT424 mounted on the ridge of my roof with yagis for 432, 144, and 50 MHz. At times I also had a small tribander on it as