You using stacked antennas? -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@itw.com Newtown, PA FRC alternate: barry@w2up.wells.com -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towert
Today, rented the 65 lb. Bosch electric jackhammer with the ground rod driving bit (they didn't have the bit for the smaller hammer). As I expected, it was a bear to carry this thing up a 6 ft. ladde
Could someone out in towertalk-land explain the coding on the head of a bolt to know what exactly it is? Tnx/Barry -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@itw.com Newtown, PA FRC alternate: barry@w2up.w
Scott - I agree with the masses. Get it up ASAP. When I built my house, the builder did the excavation and concrete work for the base and guy anchors. A few months later, when I put up my tower, over
On 20 Oct 97, Effinger SH (Sam) at MSXSOPC <SE060676@shellus.com> wrote: I always thought that's what a mouth was for :.) I agree. I find this one of the best reasons to have a second rope on the bel
I don't think that's your problem. I have a 600 ft Bev at EU that works very well. Before the summer, at my annual taking it down for the farmer, I noticed that the termination connection had opened
You have compuserve (extra R removed) misspelled. I just called them on the phone (402-467-5321) the other day to get a replacement bolt for my T2X (the 5/16x4 inch SS bolt pinning the mast to the ro
Hi John - Been there, done that! I just mounted it off center (believe it was abt 1 foot, but can't recall exactly). The TIC is certinaly rugged enough to handle this slightly off-center load. To sup
The Cushcraft 40-2CD loads up pretty well on 17m. Would there be any reason not to run the amp on that band risking damaging the traps? Tnx/Barry -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@itw.com Newtown,
The vote was unanimous - No problems running full power on 17m. Thanks guys. BTW, a few commented on my term "trap," I guess it's really just a coil under that black tape, and not a true trap, but th
I am planning on adding (or replacing) some ground rods to my tower ground. The present rods have been in about 8 years. Should I assume these are corroded, leave them as is, and just add additional
Hi Towertalkians: I recall dscussion several months ago about driving ground rods. Somone mentioned using an electric jackhammer. I've called a few rental places, and what I've come up with is this:
Just thought I'd give some follow-up to my ground rod inquiry a few weeks ago. I called a few of the local rental places, and we came up with a Bosch electric chipping hammer (weight about 30 lbs) an
Definitely! think he To fix the problem, I used an external 100 and 400 ohm resistor to simulate the direction indicating pot. This allows rotation, which is completely disabled when the open spot is
Even cheaper and just as good, IMO, is 17 ga galvanzied steel electric fence wire. 1/2 mile about $10! 73 Barry -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@itw.com Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club -- FAQ on
Had a lightning strike last night, and unsure where it came in. No sign of entry. Damage includes telphone ans machine, VCR, alarm panel (upstairs only), heat pump/AC (upstairs only, thermostat adjac
Tower = 75 ft Rohn 45, 110 ft from house. 3 ground rods at base, coax shields grounded at base of tower, cable runs underground (coax, control lines in PVC & hardline direct burial). Bulkhead panel a
Hi all - Progress report: The Ameritron box itself was OK. I had some of my own circuitry in there to autoswitch the relays w/my FT-1000. Two of the 5 1N914s were shorted and caused the 1A fuse to bl
I always wondered why they didn't have the top guys at the top. But... Does it make more sense to have the top guys near your rotor, to minimize the torquing (is that a word?) of the tower? For examp
Dave - I'm not sure you're correct: mast is not movable in the Y and Z planes as it is pinned at the thrust bearing and the rotor itself (short of extraordinary force moving it vertically, shearing b