I'd like to see the look on my crews faces if I asked any of them to climb it. :) 73 Dave n4zkf The tower is 150' Rohn 25G. The guy anchors are placed at 51', 51', and 44' from the base (can't be any
You and your crew are a smart bunch. Drop and swap. Horizontal is the only place I see it safe. Dave Myself, and everyone on my crew refuses to climb it. I left out the part about the fact that we pu
We own 22,000 towers in the US and tons overseas and still have trouble getting permits. EVEN when the localities want on our towers because of the crap out there.! Go figure. 73 Dave n4zkf I used to
Maybe I missed it somewhere. Is this ONE run? 500 ft. 73 Dave n4zkf Feed line is the last place you want to save money. I'd go with the hardline and flex up the tower also. __________________________
Exactly, correctly installed they are in fact weatherproof. But you are like I am, it gets 2" wide tape, them butyl, and then tape again. 73 Dave n4zkf The N types have gasket built in so they are in
It depends on what state. We install commercial cell towers. In Florida, you don't own the "air". It can stick over. BUT (always a but) some localities you have to follow the fall zone rules. IF you
Check http://www.rfcoaxconnectors.com/Downloads%20Technical%20Information/Instruct ions%20Tools%20and%20Kit/RFU-502-H1.pdf 73 Dave n4zkf These connectors are no longer made and most dealers seem to b
Actually N connectors maintain 50 Ohms throughout the connector better than UHF's do. Not that big a deal but they do. 73 Dave n4zkf Think about WHY. There's nothing wrong with GOOD UHF connectors fo
Not legal. You can't leave them on all the time. I'm assuming these are red only incandescent at night and this tower is painted red/white for daytime? I have a shed full of red light controllers (Fl
Because it's required to have WHITE during the day at a different intensities and then than RED at night. It's called a "dual mode" system. If you want the whole scoop. Download the 7460. Page 56 sho
http://www.n4zkf.com/files/Tower.jpg Here is what happens. (the TV antenna in the foreground mounted to the service drop isn't mine, it's my idiot neighbor. It's 20 ft away it just doesn't look it in
It was what I had at the time. In a hurry. Rad Shack junk. The worst part is, I know better. I have a whole engineering department at my exposure I can run a structural as we do it every day on collo
I agree with Steve and have been in the tower business for 20+ years. Well said, if I don't have enough rotor to hold what I have up there, it's time to put up something larger that will. I don't use
This sounds like a story out of my playbook. The SAME exact thing happened to me. West coast to East coast. I love my East coast screwdriver and wouldn't own one from the west coast company now. It a
I'd be ticked at my WIFE. If you could afford to pay off a $300k house, you can afford some HOA dues. --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.
Scotchbrite came back and bit me some years ago. The "metal in it" got in the pits of elements and actually made the antenna look like it rusted a month later. Even though it wasn't the aluminum, it
I use RF grease to let the signal slide off better for that. Dave n4zkf You can rub it with Scotchbrite pads to remove surface oxidation, Ah, but don't they look pretty glimmering in the sun...if you
Yes, my bad. I had SOS on the brain when I saw scotch bright. Are you sure that you didn't use some other product? I'm not aware of any iron in Scotch Brite pads and I have recycled a lot of aluminum
Agreed. Same thing here. I took an FT-60 to Best Buy before I bought my Plasma and made sure. I have zero noise from it anywhere from 160 to 1.2 They have come a long ways. 73 Dave n4zkf n4zkf@n4zkf.
I use weed eater line. Works great. 73 Dave n4zkf --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mickey Baker Sent: Thursday, Augus