And do any of you subscribe to amateur-radio-related Yahoo! groups? Is your ISP bouncing messages from them? ATT keeps bouncing messages from one or more of those groups, causing all my Yahoogroups m
How are these used? For a crank-up tower would you simply use one on each feedline near the top of the tower? 73 Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ ____________________________
Somewhere in all this stuff about Kellems (but perhaps in some of the messages from many years ago in the archive), there was a recommendation to use the tinned bronze ones rather than the plated ste
I can't see any Andrew ones on eBay now (only the Hubbell/Kellem ones). What do I search for? Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
1. I am still waiting for the contractor to come by and give me a price for the foundation for an HDX-555. Although I know that costs can vary from place to place, may I ask how much it cost to const
When I was growing up in G-Land it used to be lead from church roofs that was always getting stolen. Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ ________________________________________
I've emailed US Tower but haven't received a reply: How is the rotor mounting plate positioned in a US Tower HDX-555? Adjustable? Fixed position determined by manufacturer, and, if so, where? Fixed p
Found it here: http://www.ustower.com/hdx.html "approx. down 4' inside the tower" (IOW, fixed position). Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
I just rechecked the price of the US Tower package I am planning to order; everything has already gone up since June, when I constructed my spreadsheet. For some items US Tower's Web site shows a hig
Are US Tower's "standard" products (i.e., those shown in their catalog) used commercially to any great extent? I see they advertise that they can build towers to any specification (which could easily
Holland Charter Township (W. Michigan) has a whole section of regulations relating to antennas and towers but at the very beginning of that section says that none of this applies to antennas less tha
I have questions about the best way to get cables (coax, AC, and control) from the shack to the tower. Here are the things I have read or observed and am trying to take into account. Please correct m
Thanks for all the answers and comments (some private, some public) in response to my questions. I also had the opportunity to see a tower the next step up from the one I intend to use. As far as I c
As I read the specs of the US Tower HDX-555 I intend to buy and measure the AlfaSpid rotator I already have (purchased when I was thinking of a different tower), I am wondering whether the bracing on
If you don't need a crank-up, tilt-over tower, check out AN Wireless: www.anwireless.com 73 Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ T
I can hardly make out my house even on any of these sites: I can zoom in only so far, then I get the camera with circle+bar icon. I must have chosen a bad location to buy a house. Alan NV8A (Zeeland,
What are people doing about insurance for their towers and antenna systems? My agent said that if the tower is "attached to" the house it is covered as an "accessory structure" under my homeowner's i
If you do not have the tower attached to the house, are you buying your separate insurance from the company that insures your house (and perhaps your cars and other stuff) or from another co., e.g.,
AFAIK, unless one is pouring a very shallow layer of concrete (such as for a driveway), vibration is always needed, and concrete wet enough not to need vibration is likely to be too weak. Unless meth
I ordered my HDX-555 and have already received the base plate and bolts by UPS (extra charge for advance shipping of those items), but I have a couple of questions that US Tower has not yet answered,