Thanks to all for the information on how to do the search. Our venerable reflector administrator gave me a nice tutorial on where and how. Once I found the secret location, it was a snap. Oh, the was
ARRL Members can search the ARRL Members Only website for tower-related articles in past issues of QST/QEX. http://www.arrl.org/members-only/qqnsearch.html I used the word 'tower' as a keyword and fi
Thanks for bringing this subject up. For seven or eight of my 34 years with NASA, I was a flight certified solderer (electronics technician) building stuff to fly on the shuttle orbiters--some of my
The FluidMotion guys are pretty clever, so you might just ask Actually contact and ask question of the very people who produce the product? What a revolutionary idea. ;-) dale, kg5u
Your XYL failing miserably at getting you something ham radio-related you can use? Give her this: Run down to your local REI. Pick up any one of these: Marco Products, The Camper's Knot Tying - - 50
Sorry. I disagree. Not every Boy Scout can show the correct knot to use and how to tie it. Just like not every ham can tell someone what the dots and dashes coming from the radio are saying. As a sco
To continue the sea stories subthread, I crewed on a Cal-40 racing in Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico for about 15 years. I don't recall a bowline ever working itself loose on our boat. I don't
Rick, I used this method before using the gallon of water method: I filled an empty gallon paint can with concrete from Sakrete. I then plunged a piece of 24" pipe with a tee (sealed) on the end into
I've looked through the archives and cannot find the thread discussing recommended spacing of triband beams on a tower. I've got an A3 hardmounted at 40 feet with a C3 at 70 feet. Should the spacing
Chris, Look at the bottom of the rotator. There should be some characters stamped into the metal (not the lower mast clamp assembly, but the real bottom of the rotator). I have one that says: "H 4 S
Forgive my ignorance, but where to the guys go when using a Hazer? Are they disconnected at the ground points and nested against the tower to facilitate the hazer passing over them? How does the Haze
Dave, I may not be reading you right, but if you plan to runn Phillystran directly from the tower top down 33ft, you might want to reconsider that. (Fellow TT'ers, please correct me if I'm misspeakin
What about an old paint can filled with water? Spray it down with Rustoleum or something and it should last a few seasons, right? With the lid on, it could also serve as a bird feeder. dale, kg5u
Bill, Check out Norm's Rotor Service webpage, http://www.rotorservice.com/. Click on Identifying Your Rotator. He also has prices of various reconditioned rotators that might be informative for you.
Dana, I bought a box of rivets and an Arrow RH200 rivet tool at Home Depot a couple of years ago when I bought a used C3. I looked for my box of rivets to try to get a model number for you, but could
That's very interesting. I'm cross posting this to F12 reflector also. I have read N6BT's writeup about rivets someone sent to the towertalk reflector the other day. That was interesting reading, too
Fred, My experience has been that the rotator cables (2 big, 6 small wires) can be Black&White or Black&Red (there may be other variations I haven't seen). Absolute adherence to the color code is out