Someone asked where to find Rohn 50 foot pushup masts. If all else fails, try Majestic Communications, in Memphis TN. http://www.majestic-comm.com/majesticcomm/rohn/index.htm they have the H50 for $8
I clamp the rope about 2 inches away from the eye. it probably doesn't matter much except that if you try to snug the pliars right up on the eye, it would be harder to do and squeeze the two ropes be
Pat, where do you get Al masts 2.5 od and .5 wall 24 feet long? how much are they? This is not on-site advice so take it as such -- you are the final decision maker. having said that, if it flexed an
Horns included. This is a Grasis 54. 54" face width. High bid 15 bucks right now. Want to put up a full size 4 el. yagi on 80 m.? Maybe your last tower came down in Ivan? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayI
I think these are typically a PVC pipe with uhf females on the ends, between them around 10 or 12 inches of small 50 ohm coax with teflon dielectric and beads strung on it. they are aka 1:1 ununs, co
<<<Which brings up the interesting point... Is there a manufacturer of these sorts of things that tells you what the innards are?>>> as far as i know, the pvc pipe guys don't say what's inside. i hav
Thanks, I did not know about this. I looked for a price but did not find one. The 213 is a step in the right direction with the higher breakdown voltage but including 160 in the coverage is a stretch
One more point I'd like to make I just thought of this morning is that if you decide to make your own line isolator with beads, it is very important that you buy from a vendor who can specify the mix
You need a brass clamp on the galv. steel pipe as a go-between for your copper strap. Home Depot sells a brass pipe clamp with the copper hardware attached to bolt your strap to. Or else if you go in
tnx Gary; i did not mean to imply that bronze (not brass my mistake) was the only way; it's just one way. s.s. fine too. 73, rob/k5uj From: Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net> Reply-To: garyschafe
This is great. Now every nutjob is going to file a lawsuit against anyone/anything with an antenna that appears to be a fat target. The burden of proof will be with the defendant who of course will b
This question came up at some point in the past year on one of the broadcast reflectors i look at. There was some station down near the texas gulf coast as i recall, that had a directional array alon
I went the coat hanger route at first too. I spent about 2 or 3 hours cutting and bending to make around 100 of them which I thought would be plenty. I used them all up in about 20 minutes. At that p
Is there something wrong with plain old black dacron? I'm wondering if there's some news about it I haven't heard yet. This being TowerTalk, and I'm sure most of you guys have towers, and a tower mea
For the 2 or 3 hundred foot run out and up the tower, I'd definitely consider some kind of andrew heliax (not the stuff you have to pressurize), the widest diam. you can afford, especially for the 2
okay i missed the crank up part or forgot it--sorry about that; tnx for the correction--of course for a crank up, heliax is out of the question. As one who is not there, there is obviously a lot abou
Mike, If the bobby pins fail to go in, in some places, give the barb wire fence staples a try. The prongs are so thick and sharp you can smash them in with a hammer. I have a lot of junk below grade
Has anyone had any experience with the Andrew Cinta brand braided coax? Performance, durability, how it was to work with etc.? More information here: http://www.andrew.com/products/trans_line/cinta/d
Thanks Dan, When you put down radials, you automatically sacrifice your golf course putting green lawn, if you ever had one, because you: A. Raise the blade up as high as you can, B. Sharpen the blad
FYI Broadcaster in CT has a 200' AM tower for anyone who will pay for it to be taken down and removed. Doesn't want it taken down by anyone except a professional crew. rob/k5uj From: "WSHU Engineerin