Agreed! I've been working on Rohn 25/45/55 for 40 years... Never had an issue with any bolts or nuts. There are NO washers on this series of towers. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: john@iguana
Looking for a bearing top for a Rohn 25. Either the short one or the 9 foot one. Must be in the pacific northwest. Im near Portland. 73 Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ ______
Is there any difference in the old Hy-Gain metal cased rotor controllers and the newer black plastic controllers? Thanks 73 Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ __________________
What size thimble does 4000 Lb philli use? Thanks 73 Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesti
My phlli is 25 years old. (It was only up 9 years) It was designed for cable clips and thimbles. The phlli is .3 inches diameter. So I'm going to order 5/16" clips. AND I already have the 5/16" wire
Sorry for your loss... But.... I would have wanted a new tower and beam anyway. The galvanizing on the tower was probably gone. 73 Jim W7RY The aforementioned fire victim was me. The 20 foot steel en
When I was installing towers many years ago, I would lift the top section (Rohn 25), the rotor plate, the rotor and 70-100 feet of cable on a regular basis. I even raised all of that and a pair of 11
The ON4UN low band dxing book has quite a few good low frequency antennas in it. Any vintage of the book will do. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: jcjacobsen@q.com Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 4:
I use a single link of chain. Makes a great transition between the philly and the cable. I purchased a used tower that came with philly and ehs guy assemblies. At the transition point from philly to
BTW, there are Bell System Practices (call BPS's) BSPs And they are on Google. 73 Jim W7RY Lucky you to get such a pole for free!!! :D) Use NO concrete! The pole will shrink a little over time and th
Agreed! A StepIR IS NOT the end all of antennas. Just because you have one and paid LOTS of money for it doesn't make it the best antenna in many respects. 73 Jim W7RY There are decisions that only t
I agree! Nothing puts RF in the shack like a non balanced antenna. The advantage of no RF in the shack outweighs the advantage of slight gain by an OCF antenna. IMHO. 73 Jim W7RY If it were me, I wou
STEEL-COLD ROLLED TUBE ROUND DOM (Non galvanized) (2.000 X 0.120) 22 Lbs. Or ALUMINUM TUBE ROUND 6061T6 (2.000 X 0.250) 15 Lbs. The mast will be about 8 total. Holding a KT36 6 above the bearing on t
Anyone else getting an automated reply from this email address with Asian writing charterers? liangguowei@bfsu.edu.cn 73 Jim W7RY STEEL-COLD ROLLED TUBE ROUND DOM (Non galvanized) (2.000 X 0.120) 22
The best buy in ham radio is used antennas. If your willing to drive and pick them up. I just bought a KLM KT34XA with the KT36 upgrade kit for $250.00. The upgrade kit was new and had never been use
Dont bother the moderator Gary.... He cant be bothered with this trivial stuff! He wont answer emails either. 73 Jim W7RY is zhangliu529@sina.com a legit member of Tower Talk? If not how about blocki