Hi Steve, I use 5 inch steel pipes for my guy anchors. They stick out of the ground about 8 feet and are anchored in 3.5 to 4 feet of concrete about 2 feet in diameter. This keeps the guy wires off t
Hi all, I am replacing my old broken Yaesu 2800sdx rotor. Looking at either a Yaesu 2800DXA or a Hygain T2XDX. I have a cushcraft 2el 40 and a Bencher Skyhawk tribander on the tower. Anyone have thou
Larry, I am running it in 4" PVC that gets flooded. I called Davis and talked with their tech support. They told me there was no problem in standing water. I would call them about the freeze/thaw cyc
What constitutes "active use"? Work a little DX each day. They can't expect you to nest it each night when you go to bed. Good luck and enjoy. 73 Joe K2UF --Original Message-- From: TowerTalk [mailto
I am not sure how big your irrigation tube is. What I have done several times in the past is tie a small plastic bag to a length of small dia. Dacron rope. Put the plastic bag in one end of the pipe.
I don't know how much experience you have working at height. A 12 foot 4x4 is unwieldly even at ground level. A steel pipe is also hard to handle because of the weight. I have an aluminum gin pole wi
Hi Ted, I have used my skyhawk for several years. I used the end caps but I added a coat of the plastic 'stuff' they use for coating tool handles. So far they have All stayed attached which keeps the
Smoking up there is not as bad as breathing at street level. ;o) I noticed the one guy was smoking a cigarette. Doesn't he know that smoking is dangerous :-) 73 Tom W7WHY view! ______________________
I use two lanyards when climbing (at 76 w/bad knees I climb very little these days). I keep one lanyard attached when I get to a guy level I attach the second lanyard above the guys before unhooking
I have a Bencher Skyhawk at about 74 feet and a 2 el 40 beam at 85 feet on the same tower. Works very good. Has withstood some good wind gust and a lot of ice here in upstate N.Y. Good luck, 73 Joe K
If you are not sure which is correct rotor or rotator maybe you could AXE someone at the LIBERRY ;o( Joe K2UF This sounds like circular reasoning to me .... ed K0KL __________________________________
I have also used this method. The only thing I did different was I attached a good quality rope to support the tower below the beam boom before I disconnected guy cable. Probably not necessary but it
Hi Larry, Google NJC-207-RM There are several sources for the 450 rotor plug 73 Joe K2UF I want to redo the cable on my G450A controller - of course I don't have another plug/pins. (And there is no p
Larry, The jack on the back of the control box is ELP-06V. 73 Joe K2UF Thanks Joe, That is the rotator plug. I'm looking for the controller plug -- it looks like a Molex connector, white plastic. 73
Luciano, I also have a two element 40 (cushcraft) Yagi at about 85 ft. Have almost 300 countries on 40 almost all CW. Beam has been up for many years. So far so good!! ;o) 73 Joe K2UF --Original Mess
My two cents..... I would never buy any used climbing equipment. 73 Joe K2UF "Used, cheap, save my life, in the same sentence?" Can anyone find reports of harnesses that failed, new or used? For that
I have also used Max-Gain www.mgs4u.com/ for various fiberglass products. Always satisfied. 73 Joe K2UF I want to experiment with building a 2-element half-WL wire-beam for 40m. I know that Cubex sel
Larry, Check out the bottom of W3FEG QRZ page. 73 Joe K2UF I'm looking for the connector at the rotor for a Yaesu 2800. I just did a search on the archives and found the reference to the Molex on the
Sorry fat fingered his call it is W3FRG Joe K2UF Larry, Check out the bottom of W3FEG QRZ page. 73 Joe K2UF --Original Message-- From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Anyone know a source for the positioning pot in the G2800DXA. Something has happened to the wiper and I do not get a reading from either end to the wiper. I know it is a 500ohm pot. Any help? 73 Joe