Jim, Thank you. I did look at both your paper for the society and the Power Point data (plus more at your site). I was in a hurry to get new filters ready for our work scheduled this past weekend so
Motorola used to use PL259 connectors up UHF frequencies. Now they use mini-UHF connectors. They used to sell UHF-M crimp-on connectors for RG8 p/n 2880324A76 by the bag of 100. They used a weird cus
This is nothing new for many people on this reflector. Odds are that the cutters you will find at most hardware stores are not rated to cut 3/16 inch EHS (or any EHS for that matter) They may do it b
Funny you should mention this. Our club, Koolau Amateur Radio Club, KH6J, is about to construct our Field Day site this Friday with another local club, Emergency Amateur Radio Club. Featured among ou
Per my 1983 Rohn Commercial Products Catalog Wind Load per lineal foot of tower at the horizontal wind pressures (per square foot of flat surface) listed below: Rohn 25G Overall length of section 10'
I do not know the prices but some good quality come-alongs we use are from Lug-All. www.lug-all.com <http://www.lug-all.com/> The ones we have may have been military surplus unless they paint all the
Steve, My 1983 Rohn Commercial Products Catalog says P/N 25RG 10 foot insulator section for 25G tower (includes three #10470 post insulators) Wt. 74 pounds. It goes on to say in the footnote that tow
I have not heard of "Super 8" cable before. If it is same as 9913 or Cushcraft's TL93605 "UltraLink" which is similar but with a foam dielectric rather than a spiral / air dielectric then you need a
Barry, A professional, albeit, more expensive way to do it very nicely is to get a wall tube entry kit made by Valmont (Microflect Division). The B101 goes through 12" (Tessco 51447 while the B241 (T
I consider myself to be the poster child for Heights Towers. I visited them towards the end of their stay south of Detroit. It happened to just be up the road from my in-laws place. This was in the l
We shipped out about 4 pallets of 45G sections. Almost a third had ends bent slightly, presumably, during shipment. If you have reasonably good judgment you can just LOOK at a few section ends and se
I have rooms available at the Doubletree (downtown) Dayton a few blocks from the Crowne Plaza for the Dayton Hamvention 2008. Please email me if you would like them. 73, Kimo Chun, KH7U Kh7u@arrl.net
Please be advised that the rooms at the Doubletree Dayton - Downtown, I had available for the Dayton Hamvention 2008, have been taken. I am sorry I do not have more for the others who have inquired.
Message: 1 To: wc1m@msn.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed In 1997 I purchased 40 U-bolts from a local fastener company. I looked through their manufacturer catalogs and
Below is the link to the Amphenol RF page for the two silver plated PL259 products in their catalog. They do not mention the insulation / dielectric type at all. They do not distinguish that the 83-1
In situations where I wanted to keep stranded coaxial center conductors perfect I will cut down to the center conductor further down the dielectric than normal. Then rather than sliding the dielectri
I have one extra room with two beds at the Doubletree - downtown Dayton, 2 blocks from the Crowne Plaza. Anyone need a room? Currently reserved for Wednesday through Sunday nights. Email me. kh7u@arr
The extra room I have for Dayton is spoken for. Thanks. Kimo KH7U _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@cont
Okay, sorry for the off topic, again. The two fellows in line both bailed on the room. It is still available. Doubletree Dayton - 2 blocks from the Crowne Plaza. 1 room, 2 beds. Currently for Wed thr
All this discussion about the 55G base got me to finally open and look at the new catalog they sent me a month or two ago. 1. Assuming there are no typos in the specs listed. 2. The book states: "Tow