On Mar 17, 2004, at 10:30 PM, Brian Lambert wrote: Could anyone tell me whether one must pour all the concrete for a self-supporting tower base in one pour, or is it OK to mix up bags of concrete ove
On Apr 13, 2004, at 1:47 PM, Gene Smar wrote: I make/made my staples out of wire shirt hangers. Cut a piece about 8 inches long, bend it in half - vi-oh-la - staple! Some of mine have been in the gro
On Apr 12, 2004, at 3:41 PM, rentwist@comcast.net wrote: Now, about brackets (and being more direct in my inquiry). I would like to purchase a HBUTVRO (preferred) and/or HBU bracket, new or used. Ple
On Apr 29, 2004, at 12:55 PM, K4SB wrote: Well, it's been some time, but the absolute minimum altitude for any aircraft except the military is 500 feet above your location.( exception for air shows )
Friend of mine has cornered a very unusual deal. Seems a local wireless services company decided they needed a temporary tower in case one of theirs met with a catastrophe. So, they got a tower syste
On May 10, 2004, at 7:41 PM, Steve wrote: After all these years, is that lubricant on the ball bearings still a functioning lubricant? Or is it of questionable character and should be replaced? If so
On May 13, 2004, at 6:38 PM, Michael Tope wrote: From what I have seen of ISO, its no wonder customer service is so lousy. People are either writing process documents or they are running around tryin
Looking at the June 2004 QST at the 2003 SS Phone results on page 102, there's a picture of KH6ND at the top of the tower at WP2Z. He's standing on the boom of what appears to be a 40-2CD, mounting w
On May 31, 2004, at 3:48 PM, jtuel@everestkc.net wrote: I just put up an A3S on top of my new 40 ft tower. It is a used A3S and it was reported to work well prior to me getting it last fall. When I t
On Jun 1, 2004, at 10:13 AM, jtuel@everestkc.net wrote: I think that's what I'm going to have to do... I climbed the tower yesterday and pulled the driven element level to the ground (It was a little
On Jun 17, 2004, at 7:41 PM, Martin Sole wrote: What I don't have is anything really suitable to connect my Yaesu G800SDX to its' control box. Question. Will CAT5 do the job? Distance is about 55 met
On Jun 19, 2004, at 10:13 PM, Alan AB2OS wrote: Do you tell your neighbors that you are going to put up a tower, or do you just do it? My tower required a simple building permit. I did not tell the n
On Jul 14, 2004, at 10:53 AM, Tom Rauch wrote: I think I recall the article, and what I remember is the main idea was to produce a clean pattern. If so, I have been in this same discussion with sever
On Jul 28, 2004, at 9:41 PM, Noel wrote: I'm trying to decide what type cable clamps to use to support the coax and control cables going up the tower. When I did antenna maintenance work we used to u
On Jul 28, 2004, at 10:14 PM, Pete Smith wrote: W3LPL, who has done a lot of this, recommends twists of black #14 THHN stranded house wire. How does stranded wire work? Seems solid wire is a better c
On Jul 22, 2004, at 3:46 PM, Chuck Lewis wrote: Only if everything were exactly collinear, balanced and plumb, with no wind, would the mast not touch any of the bolts. That's the whole point, and the
On Aug 15, 2004, at 6:27 PM, KI9A@aol.com wrote: I live on a small lot, can't really have a guyed tower. I now have a roof tower with my 2 meter yagi at about 27', the A3 tribander at 30' & a 6 meter
On Aug 23, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Jim Lux wrote: What's a good ballpark number to use for the cost of buying and installing a typical medium height tower (i.e. say, 50-75 ft, crankup, etc) with a multiban
On Aug 24, 2004, at 12:39 AM, Tom Horton wrote: If putting out that many large for a tower and antenna was the norm for most of us, I fear that most of us would not be on the air ! I'd still be using
On Aug 24, 2004, at 9:19 AM, Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS) wrote: The spec. for the foundation for the tower I intend to put up (AN Wireless 60' Light Duty) at this location (80mph winds) calls for close to