Hello Tony, I would hope you decide to positively attach to the tower as soon as you step off the ground, the currently accepted standard. It is a lttle bold these days to free climb and strap off wh
OK, If most of us agree that a full body harness attached securely to the tower at all times, is good protection, then how does the rescue play out? Depending on the harness, and your suspension your
We used to use them in the CATV industry. Lots of shrink tubes (boots) that were thick walled, that were about 1.5" OD with goo.. at ambient temp, consistency of hot melt glue, that melted when the b
I had a CF bulb "let the smoke out" of its base, recently, cracked the base open, and was amazed at the quantity of discrete components that were inside, considering the selling price of the product.
3 years back, I worked on marine electronics aboard the Derek Baylis, a special, twin masted 65 ft Sailing Research Vessel. Ketch rigged, unusual for its carbon fiber masts which needed no stays, shr
Google Carbon Fiber Tubing, and you will get a lot of vendors who can probably deliver carbon fiber tubing from stock. However, thinking it through, I bet you open whole new tricky materials/design p
Does anyone know of actual Medical studies done on people in the electronics industry who handle lead bearing solder over a period of years? For some years, back in the olden days, I worked in both Q
I wonder if there are any vendors that supply various DIN and other style connectors, wired up, on one end and having raw tails, that can be soldered to more easily. Or perhaps complete cables, solde
Great feedback, guys....Ouch... I wonder if it was an intentional design decision by Yaesu, or just a poorly toleranced connector. I hate it when marketing folks purposely demand incompatible designs
Hello Jeff, A few years back we at N6IJ were treated to watching the construction of Cell site next to the club station. Looks like they were pretty thorough with their site ground preparation. Espec
Can confirm that. Just last week the local news focussed on a rescue of a worker, from what appeared to be about a 5 ft hole, whose walls collapsed on the worker standing inside. The on scene camera
The Navy Postgrad School has some real experts, PHD's with climbing harnesses, and gaffs, spectrum analzyers etc who wrote a multi edition Book on Power line noise Amelioration. They dispense a lot o
This morning, a CNN news item about a Billionaire Roofers/Roofing Supply Business founder/ Magnate, died, while checking out a roofing job on his own home, from a fall, either from or through the roo
Folks: The N6IJ Station which was formerly the Ft Ord Army MARS station Uses the 3501 Rotor for its "Reduced Size" 6-30 mhz Log periodic, of similar size and weight to your mentioned 403; about 350 l
Hello Alain, Welcome to the hobby. Lots of ways to have fun. Whether you like a particular antenna or not, depends on what pursuits you take up in your quest for fun and satisfaction in the hobby. Yo
Hi Guys, For a naieve Californian, and seeing the price, which is almost less than the cost of Taxes for some Silicon Valley homes, and a sizeable tower there, which probably would cost much more tha
Folks: One instrument that may be useful to dermine plumb-ness of a tower is a surveyor's tribrach. This is a universal, precision mount that accepts theodolites, distance meters, or other instrument
Sealants The professional, rubbery, tacky sealants that are often used in Cell Site installations, and come in a roll/sandwich paper can often be had for the asking at any cell site under constructio