Hi John - I'm glad it helped! Cheers and 73, Joe WDØM _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com h
Belden 9913 has had a history of water leaking into the interior through improperly installed connectors. I've never experienced that, even when I lived in Alaska and used 9913 for all my gear with t
I use Plasti Dip - works great, and fills in all the gaps. Easily removable. You can find it at Ace hardware or Home Depot. http://www.plastidip.com/ You can see how I installed it on the NEMA fiberg
Not much in the way of of lightning where I lived on the coast of Alaska. However, here in southwest Colorado, we are among the highest strike areas in the state. I just lost an HDTV, Bose stereo, co
Hi John, You may want to check Google for "freight consolidators" or LTL (less than truckload) shippers. 73, Joe WDØM _______________________________________________ _________________________________
Hi Bill, I went through something close to what you're experiencing, but the rock on my 5 acres is just 6 inches under the soil. You can see how I did it on my web site: http://www.wd0m.com/ Click on
As a guy who lives in a high density lightning strike area in southwest Colorado, I've experienced lightning strikes on the tower with the 4L SteppIR 30/40 add-on, at 60 feet. The only thing lost was
The cable runs on my SteppIR total 220 feet. That's why SteppIR offers a higher voltage power supply (33VDC) for longer cable runs. Works fine, even at 7500 feet elevation in the Rockies where we've
Welcome to the bedrock club, Mike. Same problem I have here in southwest Colorado. Just inches under the soil is nothing but Dakota sandstone. My solution was to do much as Hank, KR7X, suggested: dri
Sorry to hear - they were an excellent company! 73 Joe WDØM _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting
The local RS asks for it here.....maybe they've not "gotten the word"? 73 Joe WDØM _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing li
I replaced the Fulton K1550 on my US Tower TX-455 with an upgraded model, the K2550. Easy to do with a simple adapter plate. You can see how it works on my web page. Go to: http://www.wd0m.com/ Click
Didn't realize I had signed up for the political debate forum...what happened to tower talk? 73, Joe WDØM _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________
I used exactly the same approach. To clamp the stainless to the tower, I used stainless U-bolts. They hold the copper ground wire in place, thereby isolating the copper from the galvanized tower leg.
Similar experience here when lightning hit the tower last year causing about $7000 in damage, all to computer (wired to the router), HDTV (telephone connection required by Dish), Bose stereo system (
Works for me too - I've used it to find water lines and pipes for the water company reps who were trying to find them and couldn't way back in college in the 60's....also found mines and other underg
Don't have a need for another million dollars - I'll let you give it a try.... ;-) 73 Joe WDØM _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTal
I've no idea about any prize that you seem obsessed with - I really don't care - no problem being a skeptic - but you also need to learn when to drop it and move on.... 73 Joe WØDM __________________
Same here - Jefa Tech has been a great performer, far less expensive, and quality stuff. 73 Joe WDØM On 10/22/2013 10:41 AM, Cqtestk4xs@aol.com wrote: I've been using Jefa tech(spelling ?)...not sure