LMR-400 is a poor choice for outdoor use, Even Times Wire rate its life at 10 years. It is flexible, but the jacket does not hold up. It's a rubber like material that is easily abraded. I had 5 28' p
Been reading about oil for gearbox. Does anyone use 90/90 gear oil. I used this in the gear box of my wind turbine. One would think it would e fine for this job, Thanks. 73 Ivan Shapiro WK1W -- This
N7RT wrote: If this is what the manufacturer recommends then fine. I have cleaned, reassembled many small propitch rotators using white lithium grease. The duty cycle is almost zero and the gearbox o
I managed tom destroy the connector that goes into the rotator at the tower end. If anyone has one or two please let me know by email to me at WK1W@ivanshapiro.com Thanks 73 Ivan WK1W Send TowerTalk
K47P makes agreat standoffs. I bought a set for my UST. Regarding keeping coax off the ground: I use "split=loom"....spelling, like used in automobile engines to protect wires. Kf7P's standoffs have
I forgot to mention that prior to enclosing coax, rotor cable, cat5e and siamese cable my siamese and Cat5e got caught in UST's standoffs and cut the siamese and cat5e. Split-loom was my solution. No
John Birken <k2sfs73@gmail.com wrote about U-ship and shippjng tower on flatbed. I bought a UST HDX589 MDPL in Connecticut and brought it to my qth in Northern Maine on MY 20' flatbed trailer. After
Because I broke my PULL-DOWN cable on UST HDX589 I had tom install a new section of cable. Easily done I noticed that when I pull-down that cable is tight, as it should be. However when pulling the t
I don't use LMR600. I use LMR400 from shack to tower. I have had LMR400UF from base to antennas 5 years with no deterioration, cracking etc, However the up-the-tower runs of UF are encased in large-d
FWIW I bought my control line to go from shack to PVC box at tower base from http://thewireman.com/rotorp.html. Reasonably good prices and various gauges of multi-conductor wire. 73 Ivan WK1W WK1W@iv
I love it when a plan actually works J. Today, after doing much work on antennas, coax etc., I brought US Tower HDX589 from near-horizontal to vertical, using a winch instead of THE ARMSTRONG METHOD.
I bought and use Prelube 6 in spray cans. Because not as efficient in lubing up/down cables as "paint-on" with brush, I searched around last night. I found the post below from 2010. So I have four qu
Jeff N0ost wrote: I I'm looking at a SuperWinch Tigershark TS-9500 pound winch for lowering my tower down to a horizontal position. I have the US towers heavy duty raising and lowering fixture. I wou
Many PL259s have not been problematic for me. Good I/O I recommend W6LGs youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AgFum5K7bw He proves it...on camera. 73 Ivan Shapiro WK1W WK1W@ivanshapiro.com
I use it with my UST HDX589. Multiple runs of coax, my rotor cable and camera cables (ethernet and analog) are encased in a large diameter split loom. Not only does it protect my LMR400 from UV (next
Regarding the issues/problems which can arise during raising/lowering, When remote in shack I always watch everything top-to-bottom including coax, which is in "splitloom". I have a Sony pan-tilt-zoo
One other solution for large boxes is to use a steel office cabinet with doors. Throw away the shelves. Really cheap at auctions or used dealers. $199 for this one: https://www.officedepot.com/a/pro