Another option. Use your typical F chassis mount connectors, but get good quality replacement nuts for use with them. This is what Joel at the RF Connection does for me. They can be snugged up with
Byron, I would think you would be fine if you put a steel sleeve over the 5/8 inch bolt, of the correct length to allow you to tighten the bolt properly. If you used a piece of 7/8 inch dia steel (or
Hello all, Couple of comments on K4JA's tower failure. The lower half of the tower was shielded from some of the wind by way of tall trees at the edge of the field, where the woods started. The uppe
Guys, Another thing that might make your skin 'crawl' is the way Paul's towers were guyed. I believe his brother, an ME, designed all of his rotating stuff. At each guy ring, the contact points wit
Get a lawyer. Steve, NR4M On 8/23/2019 7:15 AM, Charley Evans wrote: I live in a community that is NOT an HOA and have several towers none over 50ft and all under fall limits and have had since I bou
Ive seen the same thing over the years. Next line youd be 80 feet up a tower and have eight or 10 wasps swarming around you. As you said they did not appear to be aggressive but it was a little unner
Hi Mac, I've rebuilt several P/P gear boxes and have had issues in the past with the grease being too thick in the high speed planetary gear area. When the wx would get really cold (for VA) in the t
Very timely post! For years, I've had a 4 element 80 delta loop array suspended from a catenary stretched between two 190 foot towers. I used THHN when I built it, but with time, the insulation is co
I suggest a W1JR style 1:1 balun. Work well and very efficient. Just my opinion. 73 de Steve, NR4M Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ ________________________________
Hello Wayne, What is the Loos gauge telling you? Those things were intended for the type of cable used on boat rigging. They probably do that just fine. The finer stranding of the boat cable deflects
Those penn tech gauges are nice. Always looking for one used. Steve Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk maili
Yeah. Didnt mention that I use two transits set up at right angles to two of guys. Being a bit OCD, this works out fine, as I can get the tower super straight. Steve Sent from my iPhone _____________
Think were all essentially in agreement. Enjoy thanksgiving. Steve Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailin
Along those lines... I use a male/female 1 3/8 inch (?) splined shaft from agricultural tractors. Tractor Supply has a shaft approx 8 inches long that has a male spline on one end and a female on th
How about something like an oil filter wrench. Power a solenoid, or some such thing, to release the pressure when you want to turn it. Maybe another solenoid, with some 'over-center' device to lock
I got tired of losing terminating resistors and the matching transformers at the feed, so I place low voltage gas discharge tube between the Beverage wire and the ground rod, at each end of the anten
Yea, I guess I was late to 'the party', as well. Great minds think alike? Steve, NR4M On 4/16/2023 3:33 PM, Gary K9GS wrote: Lol...I just responded suggesting the same thing Steve.73,Gary K9GS -- Ori
Hello all, Would something like Tarnex work? Flushed with some ethyl alcohol. Or, am I 'blaspheming'? 73 de Steve, NR4M _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTa
What is the obsession with stainless steel? Use it once and it galls. Even with anti seize compound. I have used hot dipped galvanized for 20 years with NO issues. I think the A36 grade of steel (
Muriatic acid, with gloves, using a rag. It will make very short work of the Portland cement in the concrete. Its the stuff that is used to etch concrete floors in preparation for painting them with