We are about to break ground on a new steel home. The skeleton is red iron, the roof and walls steel, the studs throughout are steel. The pins for the uprights are set into the concrete pour (not sur
Not sure where you are located but have you considered a rebuilt Rohn push-up pole? They come with guy eyelets on floating rings and are pretty rugged and reaonably priced. There is a company here in
Tomorrow I am acquiring 100' of 10' sections of 12"/side Trylon tower. From the picture these appear to be made of angle iron. Once the house is built, or perhaps while it is being built, I plan to e
Mike Gilmer wrote: I went outside Wednesday evening to crank down my new U.S. Tower 55 ft. tower because of the high winds. It wouldn't crank down or up. Not an inch. I had previously lowered and rai
N7AU wrote: Can someone tell me if eight feet of spacing will work without to much interaction between a 40m 2 el beam and a Mosley 7el beam at about 70 ft. If we rise the rotor we might be able to g
Jim Lux wrote: I don't know that I'd try to do something like modifying some ancient hamfest special (high quality as it may have originally been) with steppers or servo motors. Too many potential pr
In the Tampa area there is a company that sells refurbished Rohn push-ups, perhaps you might find another like them there? 73, doc kd4e Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote: Hi folks, It appears from searching t
Politics are a reality of life, anyone who pretends that they do not impact every element of our lives is living in denial. That said there are places and times better suited for such discussions and
Tom Champlin wrote: There has been a lot posted about antenna restrictions. Here in the Kansas city area it's no different. Wanting to buy a new home, I have been to many, many new housing additions.
I am thinking of putting up one or two 60' push-up poles isolated from ground as part of an experimental 40/60/80/160M antenna system. The bottom section of the push-up pole is 3". If I set a 3" ID s
And you then hear something & call it, transmitting into the antenna whilst it's tuning. D'oh! Kelly later mentions leaving the antenna where it was after a band change, as one might only be having a
VR2BrettGraham wrote: KD4E suggested: Why not just stack a Cushcraft D4 or similar 10-14-20-40M dipole above or below the Steppir beam for band scanning? That way there is no problem with listening a
For what reasons might one select fiber rods & steel guys vs Phillystran? (Both eliminate the shunt-feed problem and the resonance problem with nearby wire antennas.) Any concern that the fiber rods
Surplus Sales has military surplus fiberglass poles from time to time, though everything there is max market value plus a little. Google is your friend, try a search on fiberglass push up poles or so
I don't sell anything and have no connection with any of these companies. The following page shows The hydraulic drill I build for about $5 and the steps for installing the ground rods which are "Cad
I have a pair of workboots my employer bought for me years ago. They are made by IronAge. The shoes have steel toes and steel sole inserts behind the ball of the foot--so the toe flexes. dale, kg5u F
Cqtestk4xs@aol.com wrote: My thoughts are that one should think of the Rohn 25 as a foldover tower that Rohn used to make. I believe that the maximum amount of Rohn 25 tower above the hingepoint was
I have 90 feet of used but sound Rohn 25 straight sections and two tapered top sections (one 10 foot, one 9 foot, both have rotor plates), plus a number of turnbuckles, some guys, two tilt adapters,
On your nursing home example I can only speculate that it might depend on the degree or charge or current being "experienced" and how fast it was dissipated, before the permanent damage to certain or
Just as a follow-up, I realized that I had not provided the research documentation for the medical resuscitation methodologies -- you and those likely to be present when health care folks are buildin