Interesting dialog about slipping mast, antenna, and rotator clamps. What is wrong with a sheer bolt? (through bolt in sheer) Mind you I have virtually no experience with HD rotators and heavy antenn
In some venues they call it a water reducer-plasticizer or even just water reducer. Whatever they call it it has a short pot life so have it added after the truck arrives not at the plant. It works v
Yeah, I just installed my first antenna tower. It isa a crank-up/tilt-over. A friend and I used my small electric mixer and bags of Ready-Crete. You better be ambitious and handy to do that. Luckily
Any thoughts on insulating a tower? I have some Rohn 25 that I want to use to make a home brew version of a Hy-Gain Hy-Tower multi-band vertical. I am considering two approaches: 1. Buy a plastic cut
Hector, You can offer me advice anytime and I will gladly accept it in less than perfect English. Since leaving San Diego my opportunity to speak Spanish (fairly poorly) has been seriously reduced an
Dan, Thanks for your input. Any chance I might get a look at your documentation? Nothing succeeds line success! Patrick NJ5G Patrick I second Tim's advice. I built my own low band vertical using 23 f
Ignorance mostly. Thanks for suggestion. Wny not purchase an insulator designed for this purpose? WB0W and Array Solutions among others make them. John KK9A Any thoughts on insulating a tower? I have
Right on, Chuck. I just turned 70 and some folks (including some doctors) tell me to slow down and quit running around at Mach 2 with my hair on fire like a teenager. I'm not like the teenagers I see
Wayne, Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down but until or unless you get THAT memo, just keep on truckin'. Patrick NJ5G Well said Chuck I to am 66 and do not plans to slow down, Mother na
Roger, Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I too have some medical issues. I have a few incurable diseases (degenerative disk disease, sarcoidosis, peripheral neuropathy) and as a separate
Google search on part number got 748,000 hits in 0.28 seconds. Maybe some of them are useful sources. About 748,000 results (0.28 seconds) Search Results NCS-257-P - Nanaboshi - NCS257P - Octopart oc
My plumber brought a little Kubota track hoe on-site and let me use it while his crew went to lunch. Dead simple to operate and fun too. Don't be afraid to rent one of these. Patrick NJ5G --Original
The little bent point tool for twisting rebar tying wire is called a "pig tail" by many users. Definitely worth having. Makes the rebar tying go much much faster and with far less work or wear and te
Rick, Is it safe to assume (yeah, I know how to humorously dissect the word) that tack welds at the ends of lengths of rebar to hold things in place would not particularly cause a problem with streng
Maybe the majority would have to lug lots of heavy gear but I have a plasma cutter, 180 amp Mig, AC/DC stick welder, grinder, vise, O-A bottles, Argon-CO2 bottle, 14 inch cutoff saw, and on and on an
When welding the ends of pieces of rebar as an alternative to a slight overlap and wire tying it just doesn't matter what the alloy is if you can stick it together good enough to not fall apart when
A very robust cage you have there, David. Could you site where the 40 times diameter is written? I learned by watching and asking questions of contractors and was told 25 times diameter by more than
I have never seen any utility pole anchors replaced unless the pole was being replaced. As regards maint. Just how would you maintain a screw anchor or know when it needed maint? Remove and reinstall
Be careful, I have flattened all the flutes (?) blade thingies on a 12 inch augur with my tractor PTO. The augur started to try to "thread" itself into the ground eliciting a pull it up out of the gr
Thin oxidized coat protecting SS!! Live and learn. Aluminum oxidizes on the surface and thereby protects the rest. There is a type of corrosion for SS called oxygen deprivation corrosion but is usual