Dave Years ago I put up 50 feet of Rohn 25 and then hung a HyGain TH3 on it. There was no house bracket and no guy wires. The installation stood for about 10 years until the man died. I then removed
Uhhh, if that's all you're looking for, save your $$$$ and compare your insanity to the Rohn catalog.... 73 RoGrrr KC8HZ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 19:30:02 -0500 From: Bruce Ward <Bruce@IPInt
I subscribe to a professional tower list and was expecting the show so I watched it. I was surprised that one of the names I had seen on the list was actually profiled. Based on what I had seen on th
John If you want to make a small fortune, go into the tower business with a LARGE FORTUNE. Seems to me there are several problems here. First is the government and all its stupid regulations. Second
Re: - Cell Tower Broadcast Jim Lux SAID THIS: I would agree that the government doesn't really have a place in what you do with your own self. If you want to climb your tower naked, have at it. If yo
Jim Brown I think I previously had mentioned something about the PRIME quoting $100 an hour, then passing on to the SUB/Tier 1 a rate of $50 per hour, who passes on $25 per hour, who passes on ONLY $
Mike Fatchett You wonder - There are too many regulations already. Wanna know why ? Too many lawyers who know that they can get the govt involved and then they, like welfare, have a lifetime stream o
Mickey You're in the working arena and I have no doubt you know what you are doing. You've been in it for quite a few years. It's all common sense. Can you point me to anyone in the governmental regu
Lots of snipping goin' on here Roger Instead of changing the pitch, why not reshingle it with steel ? I think steel is slick enough that the snow will simply slide off. Like you, I have always dislik
Re: Attic or outside cable run Iain I was initially wondering that same thing but after you asked, it hit me. Why not use an old piece of RG-8 or something bigger and tie the center conductor to the
Put up your 40 or 50 feet of Rohn 25 and hang your UH and VHF antennas on itand don't worry about guying it at all. I speak from experience on that, as I have put up several 50 foot R25s with no guys
<SNIP> RogerWhile I won't disagree with you on the length of time to yank a section, what do you do when you get a tower where the installer crushed the legs by over-tightening the bolts ?I had one l
You might consider how "Big Cat scat" smells when it is fresh vs after it has dried out. While we can smell it early on, after it dries out, WE cannot smell it but maybe the deer still can. I speak f
Jim Lux wrote about: Re:Thrust bearings There's no wear without motion. I write: Jim, while I agree with you on this item, I had a tower up years ago that had a TH3 on top of a KR2000 rotor. I was qr
john@kk9a.com wrote: I have a number of Hoffman Enclosures outside and I make no attempt to seal cables going in. My cables come in though large holes in the bottom of the box and everything inside s
Michael N6MEF And I now write: If you want a tower jack, do what I did. I built my own. I estimated the dimensions and built it. Nothing precision about them and mine worked very well until I ran in
Michael N6MEF And I now write: If you want a tower jack, do what I did. I built my own. I estimated the dimensions and built it. Nothing precision about them and mine worked very well until I ran int
That was funny. As a pilot, I also thought it would have been cute, had it not been dangerious. That's one I'm scratching my head, wondering WTF ?!? I simply would have stood up the bottom section an
Re: Insurance for Towers IMO, you need to talk with your insurance agent and ask what you have to do/pay for to specifically cover a ham tower.. I was planning to put up a 150 footer here so I called
Re: Tack welding rebar, need howto Why make things complicated when working with rebar. The quality of the steel is so hit-and-miss that not many will chance welding it. They invented wire "rebar tie