this is how heavy equipment is installed in commercial buildings, big air-conditioning handlers, etc. ... then what is called grout is added under the plate... grout is a very flowable version of "co
damnit Bill here I was positioned to hit the e-classifieds and pick up some T2X es on the cheap then you had to spill the beans that actually are good rotors...you ruined it - now I will have to pay
sounds like your Uncles moved into your traps... I have a TH7 which I will eventually put up - would appreciate your keeping the gang on TT appraised of your trials and tribulations! K4OJ
I have considered a similar idea... my conclusion was to use for the top flat piece some form of cementuous house siding, one name in this market is Hardieboard... they make lap siding products inclu
While I no longer have one of these is there someone with some web space they could store this info at - this kind of thing is a great resource! Great effort KC2TN K4OJ
After countless hours of modeling yagis with K6STI software my conclusion was to go with Lawson's odd mult of a quarter wavelength for a boom, yes...and if you are someone who only operates one end o
Why not just add one - well, if you happen to have a second cap laying around tis one thing - but in today's world a big ole electrolytic just ain't a common junk box item! K4OJ
this is also a great site for a diagram/graphic of how to plan your sidemounts so that your yagis doesn't hit the tower (clearance)... TT greatest hits page candidate :-) K4OJ
Be careful - that is not politically correct - there may be some posters who will be hurt by your posting since their messages only "aired" once... Besides, I thought Tom' s (N4KG's) posts always cam
Yes, this was the first rotor to raise the spectre of a crack problem...seem to remember K5RC (perhaps Productivity Resources) marketed a replacement set of clamps which were very good but also very
The W1CW/W1YL QTH was very close to that site - see the cover of December QST 10 years ago to see what it did to their main tower... After personally seeing what a full fledged Hurricane can do - I t
mimic the base by getting a piece of plywood the same size... sit the base atop the plywood... drill through where the bolt holes are... AFFIX THE ANCHOR BOLTS TO THE PLYWOOD... Support the plywood a
...and just who decides which neighborhood is residential and which is not - our current contest site is in what I consider a residential neighborhood in the country....underground utilities and stre
I would leave it alone....sounds like it is slightly oversized already....as far as aesthetics goes - be prepared to form a "top" where the slab extends above the ground....I would not pump any stand
As the concrete is going in I always continuously stab the pour with a round point shovel - just to make sure there are no voids created... I really doubt you need worry about pumping the water - the
SAY WHAT? It will just take longer for the concrete to cure - which is an wonderful thing! The ultimate strength of concrete is greater the longer it takes to cure - during the initial phases of curi
Dick, More is better in one facet of life I participate in - antennas! I never cease to be amazed at how antennas HEAR differently...as such current efforts at my station are to increase diversity of