Mel: Another suggestion a commercial tower person gave me years ago when I was putting up 40 ft of Rohn 25 was to put in a six inch to 1 foot or so layer of gravel at the bottom of the hole then pres
I use the 1200 pound Phillystran only as the support for the 40m kit on my Mosley Classic 33 WARC beam. Mosley enclosed some black dacron rope with the antenna, but it was already frayed when I recei
Anthony: I found some of the large galvanized and forged turnbuckles at a farm and ranch supply store near Dallas/Fort Worth years ago, that's where some other hams in D/FW told me to check. Yes thes
Art: Norm's recently repaired a Ham IV for me and I was amazed at the excellent service he gave both before and after I shipped him the rotor and control box. He quickly replied to all of my e-mails
After taking a lightnming hit I'm redoing the antenna configuration on my crank up tower. One question is does anyone know how efficient a shortened 80 meter dipole/inverted vee (80 ft) is versus the
Does anyone know if there is a motorized crank up unit for the TriEX WT51 50 ft. tower? I know they make a unit for the LM354, but was wondering about the WT51. Tom, WW5L List Sponsored by AN Wireles
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I've found both Scotch 88 and 33 equally good tape. As an an added assurance for weatherproofing something that absolutely, positively has to stay dry is to use Scotchkote (I think I spelled it corre
Steve: Tnx for the suggestion. I've got a friend in Houston that has an extra base and I'll try to persuade him to let me borrow it for a while and have an extra base made. I should have bought an ex
Fellow Hams: Please no flames, but isn't always birds hitting 1,000 foot towers. Since the mid-1950s south west of Dallas (City of Cedar Hill, a.k.a. the "City of Towers") in an area known as "Tower
Fellow Tower Talkians: I've finally got the time and $$ to go out and rent a scissors lift to do some maintenance work on my TriEX (1993 vintage) WT51 crank up after a couple years. Going to re-orien
David: Which Fulton winch are you using? I had a 1500 that the pads literally disintegrated on (fulton sent me the pads free also) and found it almost impossible to disassemble the winch, so I ended
In 1993 I had a friend of mine who owned a back hoe dig my hole for free since he and I were active adult leaders in Northeast Tarrant County (Fort Worth) Boy Scout troops. Only trouble was I didn't
Fellow Tower Talkians: A friend of mine, Bill, W5SJ, who is also president of the Lone Star DX Association, now lives in Fort Smith AR (a tower friendly city he says) and has decided to put up his Ro
Jose: I have the instruction sheet for a TA33jr., but I'm not qualified (or capable) in doing an attachment. I could photo copy it and mail it to you if you think it would arrive in time to YV. I gue
This is off topic about antennas and HOA's, but some TT members might find it interesting anyway. It was printed in Saturday's Dallas Morning News. Tom, WW5L http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stor
Fellow Tower Talkians: A friend of mine, Bill, W5SJ, who is also president of the Lone Star DX Association, now lives in Fort Smith AR (a tower friendly city he says) and has decided to put up his Ro
Jim: Several years ago at the request of the Dallas FCC Field Office I headed a team of Dallas/Fort Worth hams who participated in a neighborhood RFI problem investigation reportedly involving a ham
Fellow Tower Talkians I notice that the new HF beam books by Steve and others won't be out for a while. Has anyone have any personal experience using both a beam and a log periodic? If so, which one
Fellow Tower Talkians: Pardon the OT non tower question. A friend of mine who is studying for the technician test asked me about the reputation of Advanced Specialties Electronics in Lodi NJ http://a