The Rohn is sitting in the ideal and practically ONLY place on my city lot here in NW Houston. I have just taken delivery of a used Hygain 52' and want to cut the Rohn off about 4 to 6" above the con
Bob if you find a source for the old manual for either controller OR the older Ham-n -- please post the source to the list. I am sure that I am not the only person looking for those manuals (unless t
all that is true enough but... the original post does not state how deep in the ground his foundation goes. how high he plans to go with how much guying. how much load he plans to have on top point i
Mark if at all possible those should be scanned and placed, in a photo section of the Contesting website. Your offer is most generous and happily accepted by at least this ham. I do wish that I had a
I think that the .pdf would be much preferable to the jpg. the .pdf actually ties the document together and compresses it at the same time. it is a matter of convenience and keeps it all together in
A Question... how does one take the 7 or 8 wire cable thru a bulkhead and into the station? I cannot see how a lightning strike hitting the mast or the yagi or beam or ??? on that mast is not going t
I never know when you guys are kidding... I ASSUME that you all are actually talking about braided cable, copper which has been "tinned"? Obviously, anything made of copper will take plating easily b
Could not agree more. still not sure why a pulldown is necessary as gravity should certainly handle it and as Dan states, if you are not out there to the side walking around with the remote in your h
surely wish I could find someone on this list who has the HyGain 52' which I have. I have yet to erect mine but find it hard to believe that I would have tilting considering there is a FOUR (4) foot
it is old! how old, I have no idea. the manual says it was printed in 1984 but obviously, that is meaningless. no idea but everything on it is original including the rusted cabling which I plan to ha
Tom I wish I could find a manual in that detail for the Mosely TA-33 shoot, I cannot even find colored marks on the elements and boom to see where to do what and with which <G> I need a tech manual w
ok, googling so far says that a #51 nico tool is going to cost at least $100 (sounds like radio club equipment<G>) which is likely to be more expensive to me than simply taking my cable specs to a ri
I am sorry but I do not understand your numbers using my Construction Master IV I multiply 1500 by 70% = 1050 after all, 50% would be 750. please explain to this old phart what I am missing here. 73
My apologies everyone, I have NO idea how I got an AMPS thread into this elist. must be something I did with TBird. I sure do wish that Forte would port Agent to the Mac OS-X sigh thanks 73 de chas k
cannot remember, one of the rotor rebuilders is providing such as an installation and upgrade to any units sent to him for repair and rebuild. fwiw chas k5dam ________________________________________
QUICK-CONNECT (QC) Finally, a weather-resistant locking connector to replace the infamous terminal strip in all CDE/Hygain rotators. The "Quick-Connect" will be the last plug you ever buy for your ro
Bert, I would NOT skimp from the HG suggested foundation. in fact, I wonder what sort of cage or T plate you are going to use to install into only an 8cuft pc of concrete in "sandy soil" Makes my ski
do you mean copper COATED steel rods which is what you find in the box stores? I have never seen a real copper rod - certainly not in the last 40 yrs. also, I have found rolls of copper flashing at H
I black zip tied my 5 or 6 coaxes to the Rohn legs and they have lasted for about 4 yrs now. but, what do you do with coax with a crank up tower.?? drop it inside the three 20' sections???? thanks ch
this is my method also, using a piece of heavy cord and a small bag with about a quaarter pound of shot in it, whirling it underhand and then loosing it at the right, experienced gained moment. Anywa