Have you tried Force-12? What did they say? Barring that, DX Engineering is a good source for aluminum. == K8JHR == for Force 12 antennas, or is this a lost cause?? -- _______________________________
As a lawyer in a previous life, I have had direct experience with litigation over tower safety. Personally based upon what I know, and I that knowledge I am no expert... but still, I would never erec
Amen. You never know when a sudden wind will kick up, and a big wind is no time to be taking a tower down. What he said. ////////// James - K8JHR /////////////// == tower. it must be done right, whet
I thought petroleum jelly at through some rubberized products. Is this stuff really good to use on insulated wire and other insulated components? == Richards 0- K8JHR == there will be those who will
I have a neighbor who fixed the little beggars chewing on his cable.... he ran a new line and electrified it rather well... and.... well... I guess they taste better roasted. I thought there must be
Thanks for the uptake. Guess not all "rubber" coatings are equal. And that is good news. == Richards -K8JHR == == _______________________________________________ _____________________________________
Greetings TowerTalkians = Good news and bad news: The Good News... my city allows towers and antennas, and there are NO PERMITS and NO INSPECTIONS !! The Bad News is there is a limit of 55 feet. Fort
Maybe you could mail it to me, and I could scan it into a .pdf file for future reference by anyone who might want it -- better than the dumpster, maybe. == Richards - K8JHR == == ____________________
I live in the very West end of Wyoming, Michigan, what they call the "panhandle." Looks like we are fairly close neighbors. Did you perhaps work the MS 200 Mile bike ride event or the Spring Lake rac
I LOVE THE CAROLAN BELL STORY !!! I told neighbors my smaller loop antennas are "bat deflectors" that interfere with the bats' internal radar and keep them out of the yard. What you describe is calle
Interesting points all around, But consider this TowerTalkians as you ponder what I might do: The up side of all this is that I am good friends with the City Prosecuting Attorney (criminal side) and
HEY I KNOW THAT PLACE !! My wife and I go horse riding out near Bandera. We like the Hill Country - that would be a swell place for a tower. We sometimes think of retiring there. == Richards == == __
Bravo... now THAT sounds like perseverance deluxe. Now.... look for the citation based on a vague and undefined notion of what constitutes "wind storm" ... (Sorry, I am a pessimist...) == Richards _
Which word? It passed my spell checker.... maybe I need a better spell checker ... == Richards == _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tower
Interesting idea, Jim. I have been beta testing speech recognition user interface designs since 1992 - and you would go nuts with those commands. You use those words all the time when talking to othe
My understanding is that those slopers (kinda like the AlphaDelta DX-A and DX-B sloper antennas) need to be hung off a high tower, where the tower and, maybe, a yagi beam comprises a capacity hat, an
Wow.... good news is hard to come by. Congratulations. == K8JHR == == _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@
I plan to erect my tower (i.e. crank it up for the first time) at night. I am hoping on the "mustache" effect. You know... you see a guy with a mustache every day for a year, and he shaves it off one
Wow.... it talks about 8,000 to 16,000 feet of wire as the radial bed. That is a lot of wire. More than 40,- 25-foot radials the usual ham puts down. == Richards - K8JHR == __________________________
One of my legal clients was a cement contractor /cement producer and based on what I saw over the years, this is good advice. Not a lot more, but more than you think - do not cut it short as it can b