Howdy, TowerTalkians -- Can anyone recommend a California PE to do a simple tower drawing package? Reasonable charges gladly paid. Some of the ARRL VCE's numbers have been disconnected so I don't kno
Howdy, TowerTalkians -- Here's a photo of two lightning strikes on a broadcast tower. You want that stuff in your house?!? <A HREF="http://www.yanak.com/lightning2x.html"> http://www.yanak.com/lightn
From Earl, W7TK -- factory supplied drive unit. I am ordering a right angle gear drive (also sheared worm) a multi sheave and the rear bearing block. I could use any advice re no re-stringing the cab
Howdy, TowerTalkians - Here's an interesting website if you're interested in how the tower pros do things. There's lots of photos and articles to give you a perspective on the "heavy metal" side of t
Greetings, TowerTalkians -- Here is a url for info on tower inspections. This is a commercial site and the procedures and inspections are based on the TIA-222 Tower Standard so this is what the pros
Greetings, TowerTalkians -- I've got a question on the NEW Yaesu rotators. About a year ago or so they changed some of the rotator design to include DC motors and they went from a 5-wire control to 6
Greetings, TowerTalkians -- Most of you know that I've been involved with Champion Radio Products where we have the yagi and vertical antenna comparison reports ( <A HREF="http://www.championradio.co
Howdy, TowerTalkians -- Sorry to interrupt the thread on CC&R's but I need to find something out. Is there anyone out there who is using AOL V7 and has been successful in posting to TowerTalk? V6 was
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First things first. Why do you think you need a chromoly mast ($$$)? Most hams who think they need chromoly really don't need to spend that much money for a mast. What's your county windspeed rating?
Several people have asked but I doubt that we'll test one - it's just another big tribander. Personally I think it's overly complex mechanically but don't know if that's a significant problem (except
From Press the Wireman, N8UG: a reputable house and branded Mil Spec or MIL-C-17F, M12/30-RG62, is, and always has been, 93 ohm, 13.5pf/ft, 84%VF, with a 22 AWG CCS center conductor supported by a sp
Hello, all TowerTalkians -- Here is a message from Bill, W4AN, regarding donations for the purchase of a new server. TowerTalk is one of the big users of it through the very generous support of Bill,
You guys are good. No sooner than I got the original solicitation email posted than I got this one. Tnx to all! than enough now. I suspect I'll have to refund some you money, as we probably have too
Hello, all TowerTalkians -- I was out of town for a couple of days and just got back to catching up with on-going discussions. Looks like I missed a good one. Anyway, due to many complaints, Alex has
FYI. Here's an interesting new book by one of our own TowerTalkians - the inimitable L.B. Cebik, W4RNL. Cheers, Steve K7LXC Tower Tech TT ADMIN We have just released another band new book by L.B. Ceb