I'll use a combination of plumb bobs and water tubes.... gravity is remarkably more consistent than laser levels made in China. ;) ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 51
I built my own extensions... I adapted 500 ml graduated cylinders onto short extensions with control valving... I have a special hose that I use in the middle... actually, several in differing length
I've done it TWO ways.... 1) Use a directional antenna (cantenna... Verizon actually uses these. I prefer a "better", larger solution) tuned to the frequency(ies) your phone uses.) and use GPS coordi
Note.... the first time I did something like this was to extend broadband service from a biz location to a home about a 1/4 mile away.... Simply used two 2.4 GHz wire dish type antennas and two Links
Well,,,, there you go. I've never used my method for cell phone repeating.... only for an INTERNAL LAN repeater.... <wink> Thanks and 73! ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (
I'd rather poke my eyes out than use a roller... I invested in a NICE HVLP gun (body shop quality) a long time ago and built an air dryer system to hook to the compressor for all the tools and an ext
Jim... That place appears to be defunct. <frown> ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 _______________________________________________ ___________________________
I use hoist ropes over the tree limbs with plastic coated aircraft cable leaders at the ends where the leaders will rest over the branches... the leader attaches to a 4" dia. sheave pulley to keep fr
Correct... THHN is not intended for use as exterior antenna wire, but it surely does work well... I can get it in any color I want and in a 2500+ foot spool, et al. I can replace a LOT of 80m loops f
Roger that, Jim. Until I can get my ENTIRE loop path clear of vegetation, I will have to accept the trade-off and continue to use the insulated stuff. (Maybe this winter, fingers crossed). Since I ca
I'm toying with the idea of trying to share a single PCTEL GPS antenna three-ways. I would prefer to NOT have to put up three different GPS antennas, have three different feed lines coming into the s
Thank you one and all for all the help and suggestions. I've got an HP 58516A w/external DC input option on the way. Now to find a proper N-male terminator for the unused port, and start gathering up
Curious as to why y'all don't use the LMR-400-DB or LMR-xxx-DB cable INTENDED for exterior use? ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 ____________________________
Overkill? Depends on your goal... Mine is to NOT have to do unnecessarily frequent maintenance/replacement. And a wet cable is unnecessary. Wasted Money? I bout the "-DB" stock I used last for le
Who said rotor loops HAVE to have a stranded center conductor? In fact, routed properly, I can see where a solid conductor cable might have certain advantages over stranded center cables... especial
"That's why they make vanilla and chocolate." -- Pearl Autery I'll pay the extra $10 per 100 feet for -DB. Not just talking about buried cable. Also, see my earlier/related comments on subterranea
I am certainly no expert, have no detail information of your environment or tower/foundation design/materials, and I suspect you will get many more competent opinions than mine here, but here is my 2
Response inline.... ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 My statement was directed at the ASSUMED small footprint of the foundation as opposed to most Ufer groun