On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:44:59 -0600 "Dave D'Epagnier" <DAVED@ctilidar.com> writes: K1VR: KM1H uses chicken wire screening -- the kind you'd erect to keep the rabbits out of your garden. He solders to
Jack: Here's a summary of Tramming Info from TowerTalk. Tramming Summary system to put up a beam? We're thinking of using it for a 3-el 40 meter Yagi. You've got the right idea but the wrong techniqu
K1VR: Redefine the situation. The HyTower is not a tower, it is a vertical antenna itself, and does not support anything. I doubt an antenna requires a seal. . . . . . . _____________________________
K1VR: I am a lawyer, but I am not your lawyer. This is not legal advice, even though it bears a strong resemblance. Welcome to the world of seals. There are "wet" seals (where the seal is applied to
K1VR: I have a friend who is fond of HDBX-48 in such situations. This is a 48' free standing (no guy wire) tower which may be erected with extending arms at the base using screw-in anchors such as th
K1VR: Remember when you built your first Heathkit? The manual told you in REALLY BIG LETTERS that you should not use soldering paste (flux). I believe that the reason was that, if left alone, it has
One of my favorite effete intellectual snobs (who is also handsome, smart, and has a son that any mother would be proud of -- due to the fact that the son went to my alma mater) has lambasted me for
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:47:32 -0600 Joe Carvalho <joe.carvalho@wcom.com> writes: Granite Guy Anchors Bill Myers, K1GQ [Copyright 1983, The YCCC Scuttlebutt] Many of us in YCCC territory live in areas
The question has been asked: "What rope should I use for a gin pole?" The next question will be: How do I cut and seal the end? Here is the summary of those answers, from 1998. -- Fred K1VR One metho
FCC Try http://www.arrl.org/field/regulations/local/prb-1.html The reference in Part 97 is 97.15(e), which provides as follows: (e) Except as otherwise provided herein, a station antenna structure ma
The Massachusetts Building Code requirements for windload on antenna support structures are found at 780 CMR 1611 et seq. In the Sixth Edition, there are two typos and one thing which is difficult to
Dear Markku: I have a TH6 at 97', a TH6 at 61' and a TH7 at 31'. The bottom one is fixed on EU. When I first installed the system, I had the phase wrong on the TH7, swapping the two wires from the ba
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:47:11 -0300 "Carl A. Smidt" <smidtca@sprint.ca> writes: K1VR: I do not favor smooth vertical sides. If the soil ever became "soupy", I can imagine concrete popping up like a co
K1VR: Trick question. Both methods result in the same degree of accuracy. One method relies on making the tower legs match the three 120 degree lines, and the other method relies on one string lining
K1VR: I've had Phillystran up since 1982 and never noticed any sagging due to ice. . . . . . . . . ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way yo
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:12:19 -0500 "Tom Whiteside" <n5tw@igg-tx.net> writes: K1VR: If it is a forest fire, you've got a problem at any height. I ran steel up to a height of 12 feet above ground (whic
On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 08:46:37 -0500 Lee Buller <k0wa@southwind.net> writes: K1VR: First thing I'd do is to take down the driven element and get it to the ground. Then open up the two 20 meter traps. L
Summary -- Bees, Bee Stings and Tower Climbing by Fred Hopengarten K1VR May 3, 1999 If they were what I call a greenish yellow, you were introduced to what we call the "Super Jacket". Same size as Ye
On Wed, 5 May 1999 09:54:33 -0400 "John Morrison" <john@planetc.com> writes: K1VR: One of the best uses for RG-59, RG-56 or RG-6 (standard cable TV coax lines) is to feed Beverage antennas, or EWE's.