When you need custom silicone parts, such as tube chimneys, they can often be made completely from RTV sealant. Just find or make a suitable form, smear sealant into it, let it set, then remove the f
I tried to get an answer from SteppIR to no avail so I thought I would reach out to the TT community. Searched TT archives and googled for answers. I've read K7NV's and W6NL's writeup as well about t
6, 9, + 11. This stuff is literally poured onto those cables, right at the drum, via an oiler device. Its just penetrating oil, to lubricate the inner strands. Nobody is changing cables every 3 years
I"m surprised we haven't heard from at least one ex-navy man who might be familiar with their cable care routine. I know they have "oilers" whose job it is to lubricate/grease the ships cables. There
I helped to install LUSO towers at DL3KO together with LUSO engineers. All the tower cabling was lubricated with grease after erection and should be repeated regularly. . 73 Peter, DJ7WW the middle o
Thanks... Rich N7TR ex KI3V, N3AMK, WB3JOV www.n7tr.com<http://www.n7tr.com> Telnet: dxc.n7tr.com N7TR DXCluster for some applications. Here in BC, the standard used to be 20 mpa ( 2900 psi). Its now
Some clarifications - Re the tolerances of tubing diameters: Tube Service provides drawn Al tube tolerances on their web site, see http://tubeservice.com/Content/TechnicalData.pdf For the 1 to 2" od
I'd allocate at least $300 for a decent library of technical books on radio and electronics, at least $200 of which is about antennas and transmission lines, and then spend lots of TIME studying them
Hi All, I've discovered that my less than a year old TX-472 tower has three places where the steel cable is rubbing against the tower.? Attached below is a link to some photos of the problem.? In one
How do I tell what type of Rohn 45 tower sections I have? Looks just like regular 45-55-65, with hollow legs, except that the normal Z bracing has been supplemented with and extra brace. A buddy used
If interested. NEW Tail Twister Rotator still in original box. Includes Contains (All new in box), New control head, New hardware, New connectors, manual New Warranty Registration card. I purchased o
times It's an Andrew standard for their non-braided coaxes. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH of a lot less than Andrew heliax. The RFS stuff uses a corrugated cu center conductor as well as the either
That's a bit of over-generalization. Both RFS and Andrew make standard and flexible versions of their cables. The construction is virtually identical on comparable versions. -Steve K8LX corrugated ce
Yo, Steve is looking for ideas on how best to "truss" a boom. I'm amazed that no one has also suggested that no matter what he ends up using, he should make sure to use thimbles to protect the wire/r
I currently have a hub city speed reducer gear box on my HDX-689 tower. Now this is the original 5000 lb tower. Is UST using the same style speed reducer gear boxs in their latest offerings ?? The en
Anyone know of a source for a 2" OD 5 to 20 foot steel mast in the vicinity of the S.F. Bay Area? Something with around 87 k psi yield strength would be ideal. Lots of on-line places sell these, but
Any suggestions on how to keep deer out of the yard and away from the antennas? Pesky animals are always snagging my top loading lines and bending the vertical. Doug Sure. A- .308 rifle with soft nos
Folks have asked me about the mast calculator that was in the ARRL ant book. http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=17127 Download the excel spreadsheet... and it will provide hours of entert
Charles: Sorry to learn of your Trylon problems. Of course, you know it was overloaded. Based on your estimate that the top was 12 inches across you probably have a Titan T-300-80 http://www.trylon.c
Today, I took down a A4S, original Cushcraft. The 2" x 18' boom was filled with water, probably nearly full. The antenna was way over the spec 37 lb weight. All elements and the boom had end caps. In