At the risk of fire up the cage machine again one related question. What will changing the 55 foot vertical section of my inverted "L" to a 6 wire cage from a single wire do? It is 55 feet tall suppo
Thanks Jerry, John, Glenn and Dave. As I was writing the original email/question I considered the need for the cage with the tuner and you guys confirmed it for me. I put the tuner inline 1. because
I am no engineer, but I alwyas thought i had a stronger tower when I put it up 3/4 of the way and all the sections overlap. I would take it up to your 50 foot level and then try to lock it at that ti
I have a cap on my pickup truck and bought a set of the foam blocks they sell for moving a boat on the roof. I simply snap the 4 foam blocks onto the mast section, and fasten it down to the bumpers a
What type of freestanding tower is it? I seem to remember a story about a ham who sent an HBX tower to the galvanizer and when it hit the tank the rivets all melted. Maybe just a good story, but some
I just saw one on the WX0B website. It is from Optibeam. I think it was about 800 Euros, so what ever that converts to. Phil N9LAH -- Original Message -- From: "Alan Fryer" <N3BJ@cox.net> To: towerta
I really have to massage the grey matter some but I think the small black insulator at the base resembles the base of the Mosley RV-4 vertical I once owned. Mine did not have the trombone type stub o
You might look to see if there is an archive on the "This Old House" website. I seem to remember them using a similar type of powder on "Ask This Old House". There must not have been any big DX Pedit
The top of the bearing should have an oblong surface. There should be a collar that has the same shape. You place the collar over the mast and use a drift pin to lock the two together and then there
Boy Jim you hit it on the head. Your explination "locking collars" sure is a lot simpler then my explaination. It took me most of a paragraph to say that. Phil N9LAH Jim. Do you have the locking coll
Sorry Mike for the dupe. i meant to replay to all. I have a new 1026 DOM 2" OD .25 wall mast in the garage ready to go up this spring (more likely summer). My neighbor has a body shop and sprayed it
Can someone point me in the direction of a replacement handle for the 2550 winch? I tried google and came up with lots of links to replacement winches but no parts. I did find a copy of the manual wi
Thanks Jon (and all those who answered) this appears to be the best bet yet. I hope to get on this this week. Also Al , K7PUC, I sent you a direct reply after you said yours bounced, did it make it?
Does anyone know what size the nut is that is welded to the side of the sleeve in the top of the HDX-555? It may be that they welded on what ever they got a deal on that week, I don't know. My mast,
Can anyone verify the size of the small screws that secure the ends of the traps used by Cushcraft. I am going to order some from boltdepot.com but am not sure from memory if they are #4 or #6 ( or e
I recently got an email advertisement from Shireen. How I got on their list I'm not quite sure. I took a look at the archives and can see where the question of it's quality has been inquired about on
Ok Towertalkians, I want to turn a small RX loop up in the attic with a rotor. I would like to suspend the loop from above with a rotor inline. Will to old Radio Shack/Home Depot/Menards type TV roto
Thank you Hans. Yours is the first response. I had just about decided that I had finally stumped the Tower Talk reflector. I guess my concern was whether or not the races that the bearings were sandw
Thanks to all who answered the call for info on the above subject. It sounds like I could use just about any rotor upside down as long as it is out of the weather and was protected from filling up wi
You might try here at Max Gain Systems. http://www.mgs4u.com/fiberglass-push-up-mast.htm#43ft Phil N9LAH _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________