Many years ago, I took a labor relations course from the professor who later became a federal judge. He gave a sage perspective: "Any company who has a union labor force has, at one time or another i
Too far for me... But I would ask the local radio club(s) and find out what help THEY need and who the local tower climbers are. This builds a permanent support base for you, and I'll bet there is so
Hi hope you do get well soon. You should also speak with your doc aboutr replacing your Plavix with another drug until bleeding stops. PLAVIX stays in the bloodstream longer than cumuden or asprin. M
N4JRZ gave me great advice, in particular, the best resource that you can find to get a legal antenna support structure (short of hiring the author) is Fred Hopengaten's book that you can get from th
Hi, Jack, The method of calculating windload HAS changed and the requirements of building codes have changed to reflect the newer EIA standards. No use repeating what someone else has done a nice job
You should not have water in conduit, although it is widely accepted. Sooner or later it will freeze and break the conduit or route water into a place that you don't want it - like your shack. You ca
Don't forget the high dive platform when you put it next to the pool! 73' Mickey N4MB -- Mickey Baker, N4MB Fort Lauderdale, FL *Tell me, and I will listen. Show me, and I will understand. Involve me
I went through through an evaluation of fuel costs few years back using this data: http://www.nooutage.com/fuels.htm Natural gas was the least cost alternative at just about half the fuel cost of gas
I suspect that 80% of the folks who order this tower don't crank it up and down very often. I've cranked similar towers up and down, and it is a good, asymmetric upper body workout - I'm in pretty go
Hi, Steve, I'm the pres of a club that does several take downs every year for widows of SK's. Disassembly is evidently the inverse of assembly, but the fellow who put it together isn't around sometim
Hi, Kathy, If I ever have any doubt, for $300 or so, I hire a boom truck. Before it comes, loosen all the bolts to the base, but tighten two on each leg back. Attach a rope to the base of the tower t
Look at my QTH location if you wish. My antennas are all 10-20m from salt water, humidity is high and the temperatures are warm. Except for critical structural pieces, all connecting hardware is stai
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That debunks my brother's philosophy - "if, after you move, a year has passed, you should preemptively discard any unopened boxes." Keep those old boxes! 73, Mickey N4MB -- Mickey Baker, N4MB Fort La
As many of you know, my LM-354HD broke a cable and crashed recently from a fully extended position. The reason for the crash is that the previous owner had provided the wrong replacement cable for th
Thanks, Andre - I've used them as well and have an active listing there. http://www.uship.com/shipment/1-Pipe/123058987/ -- Mickey Baker, N4MB Fort Lauderdale, FL *Tell me, and I will listen. Show me
LOading and unloading isn't a problem - this isn't my first rodeo, I've installed a number of towers, but this would be the first one I've ever replaced! BTW, a fellow showed me a way that two people
I spoke with another tower manufacturer who recommends the coring/epoxy method and has an engineer who will approve that installation on my existing base. This is going to be expensive, but a brand n
There are actually technical definitions for this. As you might imagine, engineering structures like towers, buildings and bridges, engineers need to effectively communicate to laborers how they'd li