I did a bunch of structural analysis on my design for elevated guys (with lots of help from my boss) and approval from a PE. I found old railroad track at a salvage yard (big heavy stuff 10 feet weig
http://www.madsens1.com/capstan.htm I have one of these and it is great....put my whole tower and big beam up with it. -Dave NN5K ex WD7Z _______________________________________________ _____________
I was 13 years old when this event occurred (1973)......... In 74 I got my first ham license. At age 33 I became a firefighter for Kingman Fire Dept. Several of the Firefighters I worked with were th
I have the Rohn Chart that shows RH-25 can self support 1.5 sq.ft of windload at 70 MPH with no ice. For 90 MPH is self supports 1.7 sq. ft 30 feet of height (no ICE). The specs are for 3 - 5/8 feedl
For about 6 feet on the tower end, I slipped some big thick UV resistant water hose over the Philly and hose clamped it in place for additional abrasion resistance from tools, ropes, etc. The hose cl
I have one of these (Petzl) with the removable chest harness and Grillon positioning lanyard and I love it. I also use a dual hook fall arrest lanyard with a shock absorbing device on them. http://st
Try an industrial surplus/scrap type place. When I was looking for stuff at our local one in ABQ they had just about everthing you can think of piled somewhere. I bought some railroad rail (big) at $
For a given distance D to the antenna the field strength is proportional to 1/D(squared). In other words double the distance and you reduce field strength by 4. Will be different for "near field" are
I found a supplier for my 1/2 stuff on ebay. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lis
I tried to crown the pour of my tower bases properly but I didn't quite do a good enough job. One of them puddles some water around the legs. What is the post pour fix for that? Would a little plasti
How about on the "bend" end put a pulley there with a nice 1/4 in dacron rope though it long enough so that both ends reach the ground. Then you can raise and lower the inverted L anytime you want. F
How about some proven methods of running the feedline to a beam on a Tic ring? -Dave NN5K _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mai
Well I have a Steppir without boom strut and guy wires in the way on the bottom. Maybe I'll have to make a coax and steppir cable "strut". Maybe a horizontal support a couple of feet above the antenn
I have a tic ring 1022e with the 2100c lcd display controller. Been messing with the calibration instructions for several hours and they are very unclear. I cannot seem to get the calibration routine
170 feet is a 1.3 wavelength beverage on 40... whats wrong with that. I have a 290 ft unterminated beverage that I use on 80/160 which allows me to hear much better than the noisy transmit antenna. N
Actually if you see this in higher resolution I believe the safety belts can be seen...they are pretty well hidden! _______________________________________________ ___________________________________