On 8/31/02 1:27 PM, Stan & Patricia Griffiths at w7ni@easystreet.com wrote: Sorry for the late reply, but here's what I did. 1) Temporary mounted a house bracket at 9 feet to the house. 2) Built a 2'
When I put up my tower last year, I refurbished a Ham-M rotator whose capacitor had gone bad. (Amazing that his 27-year old piece of equipment worked otherwise flawlessly) Rather than mess with the c
Yes! When I was diagnosing my Ham-M a year ago, I did exactly this. I found two 250 uF 50 Volt caps and connected them back-to-back. Hooking them up to the rotator, and the worked. However, these sma
Oh, I dunno. Depends on the load, and how it is arranged. My A3S barely weighs 20 lbs. K9AY and I had no trouble raising it with a Bill Wall gin pole (much more substantial than a Rohn gin pole). But
Dave, According to the information I obtained in 2000, when I got my building permit, Gwinnett county does not place a limit on tower height. However, depending on height, the requirements obtaining
You know, the problem I often have with this technique is that I cannot put the connector barrel on to the RG-213 if there's too much tinning. The coax tends to twist and distort, and I can't really
Getting the PL259 to screw over RG-8 or RG-213 sans tools is not my experience -- tinned braid or not! Although, once I get the connector on, I have little trouble soldering the four holes since I in
Both nylon and poly rope will deteriorate with the Sun's UV. Nylon takes longer. I've had nylon ropes under my airplane for three or four years before they deteriorated sufficiently to replace. Poly
I have a PDF file of the manual that I obtained on-line. I can no longer find the original archive, but send me a private e-mail, and I'll send it to you. When I restored a Ham-M last year, I just us
Yup. Rohn drawing B870725. What sort of concrete block? I'd point out that Rohn 25 really isn't intended to be self-supporting, so you are probably better off installing it according to the manufactu
The ONLY time (so far) that I've ever suffered lightning damage came when my rig was safely stowed in the car. Yes, it was Sunday afternoon after Field Day, and I was too tired to unload the rig into
Although it often is the common rule that it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, here are a few things to consider. If you don't properly document your structure with the local governme
If the belt uses leather -- isn't that an indication that it is worn out? Do modern climbing belts use leather at all? I bought a full harness 1.5 years ago from Champion Radio. All polymer webbing,
Gosh, in Aircraft, this is a common practice. Indeed, manufacturers make head-drilled bolts for just this purpose. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand year
I bought a couple of HB25B's from Stan, and also ordered 4 sets of his mechanically-galvanized tower hardware for Rohn 25. Stan placed the hardware in a small cardboard box and taped it to the HB25Bs
I built one. My ground rod driver consists of 1 foot of galvanized steel pipe nipple, with couplers at both ends, with one end sealed with an end plug. On this I've slipped 15 lbs of weights and coll
When I climb, I use a fall arrest lanyard, and have a spare lanyard clipped to the tower when I'm moving the fall arrest clip. Makes for slow climbing, but I always have at least four on the tower, a
Actually, when a tornado went through my neighborhood in 1988, the fallen trees almost never fell their full height. Instead, they were snapped off at about 12-18 feet off the ground. The one inciden
Naw, they are all in "DB" and some are in "DB True". Those obviously have no relation to our "dB".... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ev
Convert? You don't need to convert nothin'. Look, there, it clearly says "26-29 MHz".... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- W