when a lightning storm is nearby and ya hear that ever rising whine in the rcvr that finally culminates in a crack.,,,, something is obviously building up on something, before the discharge. Exactly
my manually operated ( switched) motorized mdpl72 us tower does not have such safeguards.... Sooo when i built my own remote i did put some 5$ ebay delay relays to control the big motor relays... ..
moving my tower gave me a chance to change the 2800 mast clamp to the one from XLC. It does not use the mast centering "pyramid" so i need to shift the thrust bearing, so the mast sits on the 2800 pl
THANKS TO ALL.... either the overnight sitting in a light oil did it or ... the 30 second soak of PB Blaster ....and 10 seconds of the impact driver did GREAT Thanks to all.... back to the tower,,, A
The tower is 130 feet from the house, the cables coming down from the crank up, off the tower into a cabinet where the different polyphasers are affixed to the bussbar & ground lines to the 9 ground
i have a shack camera to watch my tower, but i keep the control out back by a door so I can actually hear the motor drive... i really want to know that it sounds right as it goes up or down The conce
Hi all, got a friend who bought a used PRO67 with missing "phasing links/harnesses".... he has access to a PRO57 ... does anyone know if the driven elements "harness" is the same for the 57 & 67 ????
thanks all , my friend has solved his phasing line issue,,,,, mosley quickly relented and shipped them the next day.... once he indicated he would fab his own.... tnx agn bill /3 ____________________
The ONLY problem with Belden is that they are setup to ONLY go thru multiple levels of distribution....causing multiple levels of profit margins,,, and unnecessarily high prices.... the Davis folks a
AND the time to change the clamp.... is before you install it all.... just moved tower 550 miles , and on the reinstall put xlc's clamp on ...the old clamp did twist a bit ... zoomable pixs bill /3 v
I am glad i got the motor drive, with the positive pull down...especially when the wind is blowing , I can see how the tower would wait till the wind calms before you could let it down....and the pos
looks like these are made in USA,,,, http://www.androsmfg.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=82 wonder is "Andros" is a long lost relative of the HyHain Andros., :) bought som
last two cans of paint I bought the cans were PLASTIC... bill _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contest
my wife n9soj... upon hearing abt this thread suggested all my extra radios into the hole... and since she finished off the bottom of my last two with a shovel , she is allowed to think that....even
I have a 50" universal 26" base/....withe cl33 and vhf no egging .... but I have removed from SK'd friends 2 towers one a universal and one a Heights... and in both cases the 20 plus years had eaten
got an AA-230 pro last year at dayton... with cpu & software will do smith charts...... NOT INEXPENSIVE... http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8529 http://rigexpert.net/main.html very cool device, lik
my peet wx station has a built in relay for wind alarm.... which I have yet to connect to my "down" tower switch setting..... usually the tower is low,.,,,, but not down as far as potential damage ,,
here is a 5 minute build of a 1500' tower,,,, i want one.. http://www.wirelessestimator.com/VIDEOS/Tower_Construction.wmv bill _______________________________________________ ________________________
http://www.wirelessestimator.com/t_content.cfm?pagename=Southeast%20Tower%20Construction thanks for the heads up .. bill _______________________________________________ ______________________________
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