I am glad to be living in Holland Township, MI: antennas/towers up to 70 ft. high used for radio/TV reception or for use by an FCC-licensed Amateur Radio operator are exempted from all regulations co
I've just been reading the messages from Dec. '02 and Jan. '03 and picked up a lot of good information, but I still have some questions. I am planning to put up a 60ft. AN Wireless tower, and I inten
The ability to dig an "undercut" hole no doubt depends on the soil. I gave a local concrete contractor the AN Wireless foundation plan, and he said there was no way to dig such a hole. He said the on
Back hoe? 73 Alan NV8A On 07/11/05 03:25 pm Kelly Johnson tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: _______________________________________________ See: http://www.msco
The AN Wireless towers certainly, and I think the Trylon also, use a special base section that is embedded in the foundation -- i.e., positioned along with the rebar before the concrete is poured. So
AN Wireless does provide drawings for a solid-block foundation as well: more concrete but likely less labor and perhaps therefore cheaper. 73 Alan On 07/12/05 07:07 pm Dick Green WC1M tossed the foll
Isn't it time to declare Florida unfit for human habitation? Perhaps they could give it to Cuba and make it easier for the refugees to reach the USA. 73 Alan NV8A On 07/14/05 05:43 pm Julio Peralta t
But if the insurance co. can get away with calling it an act of God, can't the neighbor do the same? It either is or is not an act of God, surely? 73 Alan NV8A On 07/14/05 06:28 pm Joe Subich, W4TV t
On 07/21/05 05:44 pm SavageBR@aol.com tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: So all the old guys who sent and copied 20wpm CW to get their licenses who-knows-how-man
Do people agree that for working on a tower with angular members (such as those by AN Wireless or Trylon) rather than tubular, a positioning lanyard with a rebar hook (aka "gorilla hook") and chain i
I like the idea of adjustability in the strap you mentioned, but it is plainly intended for use on poles or trees, not for a metal structure with potentially sharp edges (as could result from the gal
The bearings that AN Wireless sells for its towers have grease fittings too -- but I'd wager that they'll not need another shot of grease for a good few years after installation. 73 Alan NV8A On 07/3
So what would you call a *taper* roller bearing? -- it supports loads in two planes. 73 Alan NV8A On 07/31/05 02:33 pm Dino Darling tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cyber
On 07/31/05 03:20 pm K8RI on Tower talk tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: So you think that it's a waste of money to spend $100 each for one or more of the bear
I don't yet have my tower up and any lightning protection in place. I bought a bunch of Polyphaser devices at Dayton, but at present I am simply disconnecting everything when the station is not in us
Many of the rotor controllers already permit the use of thinner conductors for the control signals and thicker ones for the power connections. And Belden (perhaps others too) makes cables with two th
Where would you use them? You don't want copper in contact with galvanized. 73 Alan NV8A On 08/30/05 04:04 pm AA6DX - Mark tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: ___
I have the Icom AH-4, which is explicitly recommended by Icom for the 706 (at least for the MkIIG version). It works fine for me from 6 to 160. 73 Alan NV8A On 08/30/05 11:00 pm Cqtestk4xs@aol.com to
Does the owl point True North? 73 Alan NV8A On 09/07/05 04:18 pm Keith Dutson tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: _______________________________________________
I think I saw a winch in the Harbor Freight flyer that came a few days ago, but I have no idea whether it would be suitable for that purpose. You could check their Web site. 73 Alan NV8A On 09/08/05