I found it and joined by entering the URL directly. Entering "hmautomation" into the Yahoo groups search tool found nothing, and entering "ham" alone found far too many groups to wade through. By the
Hire a crane or a bucket truck? 73 Alan NV8A On 05/05/05 08:17 am Roy Thistle tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: _______________________________________________
A 240V iron might be hard to find, but RS has an 85W transformer that should be fine for a 25-40W soldering iron: http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=273-1426 Alan
My attention has just been drawn to the articles by Ron Block KB2UYT in QST June - August 2002 in which he says that the tower should be at least 25ft from the house to reduce magnetic coupling betwe
I also know about the towers that are situated right next to houses and the Rohn brackets that facilitate this. But it is possible, isn't it, that more is known about the behavior of lightning now th
You can price the tower itself, together with such items as mast and rotator, on the Internet, but have you ever wondered what the foundation for that wonderful tower would cost? Although I had had l
I had already decided that I would buy an AN Wireless tower rather than a Trylon, and my opportunity to handle both at Dayton confirmed me in that decision: whereas the AN Wireless tower felt extreme
What are people using to secure their feeders and other cables to the tower and at what interval(s)? I'm expecting to have two (maybe three, if I put a VHF/UHF beam up as well) runs of coax, plus 4-c
Where do I find rotator cable with 2 x #14 (#12 would be better still) and 2 x #18 (or smaller) conductors for an AlfaSpid? Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ See: http://www.m
Are you the "overhanger" or the "overhangee"? IANAL, but my guess is that the owner of the property owns the air above it up to some legally defined limit. I can't imagine being able to record an eas
Many people have suggested (both on the reflector and in individual emails) Romex. Now that I think about it, I can't see why the right kind of Romex wouldn't work -- the kind that's intended for we
On 06/02/05 03:14 pm Phil Camera tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: <snip> What you are calling "regular multi conductor rotator cable (#12 for the power and use
When I read that AN Wireless charges $3 per ft. for their safety lifeline system option (which includes the anchorage plates, cable clamps and thimbles, and turnbuckle, in addition to the cable) http
To me, at least, it's worth more than a couple hundred dollars. But does that mean that safety equipment only works if I pay top dollar for it? If I can get a better deal, I can buy equipment that ke
So this was when you were already up there and had been working for a while, not while you were climbing? How long had you been up there? 73 Alan NV8A On 06/06/05 03:20 pm Mike Wetzel tossed the foll
On 06/08/05 07:37 am David Robbins K1TTT tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: The thrust bearings I have seen are almost capable of supporting a heavy load, but th
On 06/08/05 10:04 am Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS) tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: Oops! I meant " . . . almost *certainly* capable . . ." Alan ______________________
On 06/10/05 03:43 am Roger K8RI on Tower tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: Roger: Maybe you've had somebody do the calculations and ascertain that everything is
On 06/10/05 12:04 pm Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS) tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: Ooops! I mean "tower sections," not "mast sections." Alan NV8A ____________________
Any reason not to use copper pipe for ground rods instead of the outrageously expensive copper-clad steel ones that have almost doubled in price over the last year or so? They may not comply with the