The sad thing is that "they" only have to know your e-mail address to make the spams. "They" can fake it all in their own server. You will only know you were hit if some of the e-mails come in return
I think you have the best shack possible. Just make sure every cable/wire is going through ONE entrance hole and everything has a surge path to your shack wall (that obviously is conducting) at that
Years ago I and SM6MOM mounted a small beam on a utility pole. We used two exhaust clamps attached to a 1 1/2" mast tube, about four feet apart. We clamped this contraption on the side of the pole, c
I am using a home-built ladder line with the home-built, manual tuner in the shack with good results. It's a little messy to have to tune it up every time I change the band but I have got use to it.
I found that too for both Universal Tower and Highs Tower, but as I have a "custom made" footing I made it up there :-). The "funny" thing is that Universal Tower claims on their drawings that the he
Hi Jerry, I have a Universal Tower in my back yard and am happy with it. As it is only part Universal (and part Heights) I decided to put up a few guy wires (4) with it. (Makes it stand 130 MPH wind
Please, I hope not. My situation was special as I had all these "lose" pieces laying around. Summarizing the "guying a freestanding tower"; you may increase the strength but you may also decreasing t
At minimum, tie the guy wire around the cross members and the leg. The most common problem is that the leg can be ripped off the cross member (which really weakens the tower). In my case I have a lar
I placed small LEXAN block (in compression) where the guy wires attach to the guy anchors. Thereby the corrosive current loop is broken. I might also be able to tune the guy wires as part of an anten
I don't know if you have an attorney but I think it is time for you to make clear for the town folks that they are intentionally stalling your project to"make it go away" which is illegal. There a se
Now, if we got "the other side" to scrap some nukes or missiles in exchange for us to scrap some (nice) radio towers, just leave it for what it is. We have seen better towers being scrapped in the sa
I bought a house 1997. The house was over 200 years old. No lightning .protection what so ever. I owned it one year and two days when lightning stroke and burnt it down to ground. I rebuilt the house
This sounds like a Black&Decker to me. Right? Hans - N2JFS Maybe so and maybe not. Get a quote. Even the old drill motors I had rewound were cheaper and a lot more rugged than the stuff sold now days
To save some (~250 feet) of wires and cables I am thinking of hanging a steel wire with attached cables (coax and control) between the (near) top of my tower directly to my radio shack located on the
Nice program. I really like it. Gives what sag I need for whatever load I have. Funny how one application can be used for others, such as the load on a catenary. Thanks and 73 de, Hans - N2JFS There
If the drawings ask for 5000 psi you have to use 5000 psi. If it asks for 3500 psi you will get a "better/stronger" base but I don't think there are any benefits to it. Is the price the same? Hans -
I have s.k. TV-hard-line (70 ohms) coax that I am planning to use for my set-up. My idea was to attach some bulk-head SO-239 to the cable with the help of brass oil compression coupling (I'm told tha
I am using a mix of Heights and Universal. They have about the same dimensions and (claim) material. You can use that for wind data and, to a limited extent, load allowance. With a "light squeeze" th
I am ready to put up several cables in my tower. If I place them next to each other, tight together, I will have a wind cross section equal to the total width of the cables. If I space them slightly
Correct! Can be fixed by using larger size blocks, but we are probably talking about major rework on an existing tower. Hans - N2JFS I think stainless cable may be considerably more susceptible to be