Anyone know a source or a refrence number for the Cinch-Jones like cable plug to the control box on the older (SXA) series rotators? It is like a standard 306 jones plug (6 pin) except one of the pin
Fits OK in Hdx-555. Pete K4OM I would like to know if the 2800 will fit in a US 455 tower. According to the not so clear specs from both manufacturers, it won't fit. Any one have any actual experienc
What happens to North Dakota when the north pole becomes the south pole? I am in West Virginia. Will I be in East Virginia then or just Virginia. And my bird scaring owl? Pete K4OM Interesting thing
-Segmented boom, space between segments. Pete K4OM --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of n8de@thepoint.net Sent: Friday, Ma
Is that the Molex-like plug or the Cinch-Jones Like plug? Pete K4OM I am in need of the 6 line plug for the back of the Yaesu SDX1000 Rotor Control box - any ideas of source? K5FNQ __________________
I couldnt find them anywhere so I made them from 6 pin cinch-jones plugs. Just heat the blades up a bit and twist the 2 blades 90 degrees. Pete K4OM it is rectangular in shape with 4 horizontal poles
That is a broadcast aux segment. Ancient rpu's and news mobiles were there. Sometimes used now for IFB service. Sporadic e will kill them if there is more than one station. Pete K4OM --Original Messa
I used 4 sections of rohn 45 to slide the tower on. And a lawn tractor to pull it. Some rope, a large pinch bar and a come-a-long pulled it into position to raise it. I needed no outside help. Pete K
http://www.trenwa.com/ftp/Trenwa%20Catalog%202003(print).pdf Pete K4OM I am going to run at least one, and maybe two runs of Andrew Heliax out to my two towers that are about 500' from the shack. I w
I had no instructions on my used HDX-555, but I sat down and stared at it for a bit and the answer was there. The bottom limit switch is mounted on the stationary section of the tower so the vane of
I looked up the wspa channel 7 antenna in fcc cdbs and it is a Dielectric TW-12b7r traveling wave type. Here is dielectric page url: http://www.dielectric.com/broadcast/brochures/TW.pdf WSPA is a cha
These seem cheap enough. http://www.rlham.com/cgi-bin/shop/modellookup.dbw?MODEL=JTCAGE Pete K4OM _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tower
Steve: In our area (the one you are asking about), Channel 3 is now on uhf 23, 13 is still on 13 and 33 is on 34. There should be no problems on any HF band up on the ridge. No problems on VHF either
What is the best way to bond grounding conductors to Rohn 25,45,or 55? I am ok with cadweld for the rods etc but is cadweld the answer for bonding to the tower section? Pete K4OM pstark@suddenlink.ne
Al had a number of 40 meter antennas over the years. His last antena was a Moseley 2 element beam on a 55 foot crankup. It was about 10 feet above a 5 element HB 20 meter beam. Al lived on a peak, wi
What does a 3" solid rod weigh per foot? And what do you plan to hang on it? Pete K4OM _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailin
How are the charges for a man-lift device? Hourly, by day or what? I would need a 70 foot vertical lift with a 500 lb capacity. Pete K4OM _______________________________________________ _____________
I have followed the mfg instructions to the letter for almost 50 years as a ham and 31 in broadcast tv and radio. Very few problems with solder or crimp connectors. When I did have a problem, it was
If only there were a device for connecting a BALanced device to an UNbalanced device. We could use such a device for this problem. Pete K4OM -- Original Message -- From: TexasRF@aol.com To: pstark@su
6 feet to the base of the 6 meter tower. 40 feet to the base of the SteppIR crank-up. 80 feet to the base of the old main tower (40 meter beam waiting). 80 feet to the base of the warc tribander towe