Try a good auto parts store and/or a good marine supply store. I saw some in a BOAT/US store yesterday in St Pete, FL. Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submission
If you have not already done so, check out the article by W8BEB, "The Boom Excited Beam Antenna," QST, August 1983. Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions:
Rohn makes a set of guy arms for 4 point guying. One is a Y shaped arm that bolts to the standard guy bracket and give you two guy arms at 90 degrees. The other two guy arms are like a torque arm wit
The 90 degree guy arms I have were used to guy the top of a 25G foldover when an extra 25G section was added above and below the hinge on a FK25G. They were purchased as part of the tower package. Th
Not sure how it would perform in your area, but I use "Trailercoat" by Petitt. It is a urethane paint for boat trailers that get immersed in water when launching a boat. It forms a moisture proof?? b
The problems mentioned on this thread are one of the main reasons I always use TWO lanyards. In addition to always having one attached while I move the second one, I will also have one still attached
I put two remote coax switches in tandem outside and ran one coax feedline through the brick wall--one small hole. Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: t
I hate to see this thread start again but. Just divide the time between sunrise and sunset by two to determine noon. At that time, the shadow of your tower will point to true north. Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ
I use plastic garden fence, $7.00 a roll at Home Depot. It has only small holes in the fence, too small for a young foot. I cut it to wrap around my Rohn 25 with one wrap that extends up about 6 ft.
I don't use zinc anodes. But before I put my tower in the ground I have it coated with auto undercoat. I also have used the spray-on bedliner normally applied to pickup truck beds. I use several coat
those The undercoat works fine -- I just moved and took down an 80 ft. Rohn 25 tower that had the undercoated base 3 ft. in the ground (no concrete) and the tower up, for 24 years with 4 el 20, 15, a
The Amphenol part number on my RG-17 to uhf male connectors is 83-86. Hope this helps Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Admin
I have read a lot of stuff about thrust bearings-- none of which address the question that was ask!! Sounds like a bunch of politicians!! The question was how to rework the indentions in the aluminum
You might look at the rollers sold in auto parts and boat stores for replacement on boat trailers. They are heavy duty. Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissio
Steve Using CERABLEND is the way to go. If you cannot find it, try packing wet sand in the tubing and then bending with a Hickey. Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Try Hy-Gain. Last time it was $109 plus shipping for a complete overhaul of the rotor. Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Admi
Cannot find a Rohn 25AG2/3 top section. Does anyone have one available in 150 mile radius of Savannah Ga.? Please answer direct. Bruce AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Not sure if you are serious? But if you are, I think you are concerned about the wrong issue. Look at the Rohn catalog for 25G. At 110 mph Rohn only recommends a maximum height of 100 ft, with 7.4 sq
Does anyone have a good design for a full size, quarter wavelength, 40 meter vertical-flag pole?? Bruce, AA4Z -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contest
I think the best way to cut cable for fix-it jobs or a single tower installationis to use a dremal tool and a small cut-off wheel, --a poor mans hand grinder on a smaller scale. Grinding or using a c