As I contemplate erecting a long stick of 25G I find myself with a plethora of 2100 lb. phillystran. I'm not excited about purchasing a bunch of 4000 lb. stuff if I can get around it and still feel g
Interesting to see this topic today. I was awakened this morning by the sound of an airplane. When my wife and I looked out the window we observed that our closest neighbor (half a mile away) was hav
My favorite tower tip is what I constantly tell myself and that is: "Don't get too comfortable" Tower work is extremely safe,.............. if you follow the correct precautions and don't cut corners
FYI, I just saw a rusty one of these go on Ebay for $4 MORE than a brand new one! and that was before the $10 shipping charge! I'm glad I'm a salesman in America. There are many, many customers. 73,
On this subject...just about the none covered cable? I have a bunch of bare aluminum CTV cable and I wonder how you all get it to the tower? Do you put it in under ground PVC pipe or just lay it acro
I concur it is a lousy 30m antenna, but I have worked 285 countries on 17m with mine and 239 on 12m. It rocks on those bands. I've never had a "real" 17 or 12 meter antenna outside of the 402CD. 73,
I would like to try to mirror mount a couple on my Chevy LUV pick-up. Does anybody know a source for 36" titanium alloy u-bolts? Matt--K7BG I hereby volunteer to collect any unwanted ones in SW MN. R
Newton's 8th law of thermoliguistics: "Sales increase proportionately to the dummy-loading down of the American consumer". Matt--K7BG -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-vir
I don't know how the new ones are built, but I have an old 40' tubular tower that I think was built by Tristao (similar to the MA-40). The channel 'key' is (was) held in place by several flathead scr
I meant to reply to this thread sooner. I have been studying the subject again as I prepare to stack up some 25G. Rohn drawing A810214R6 is titled "Foundation and Anchor Tolerances," has the followin
I just ordered and received a new Rohn catalog from TowerTech and they do show the torque arms on the 25G accsy page. The catalog has drawings up to at least 12/29/99. I can't find any other dates la
Before someone calls a halt to English (or French) class I gotta throw my 2 cents in. My Dad used to keel haul us when one of us kids would use the following incorrect grammer (I see it a lot hee-yuh
I finally changed out my Yaesu SDX1000 rotor that literally disintigrated after 6 years of faithfully turning a 402CD and 205BAS. I replaced it with a used Create RC5B-3 that I purchased several year
Just thought I'd pass on the news that my Yaesu SDX1000 rotor finally gave up the ghost. Am I upset? Not really, I am actually amazed that it has performed quite flawlessly for the last six years tur
A CB shootout is where the polyKW mobiles key down and a guy a mile or so away looks at his signal strength meter. The mobile that moves the meter the furthest toward the peg wins. Kinda like the old
I've also found it be a great 17 meter antenna. An excellent 12 meter antenna. And a pretty good 6 meter antenna. Matt--K7BG When I got back on the air about 15 years ago and was checking into antenn
There is a CBer in Great Falls 20 miles SE of me who has one of those 8 element monsters. I drive by it every now and again and I always wondered how it might play on 10 meters. Retails for $1175! JO
_________________________________________________________ Are you saying God has no sense of humor? He made giraffes, didn't he? And Dan Quayle? 73, Bill W7TI -- .........and he made contestors who e
Can anyone tell me if this is also a potential problem on the C3-XL? Thanks, Matt--K7BG Hi All, I guarantee the 20m and 15m driven elements touch on a C31RX-H. I was getting big jumps in swr on both
Forgive me for forwarding this, but I thought it worthwhile. I lost my left one to cancer last October and I am subscribed to the TC-NET list where I was surprised to see a post mentioning towers! 73