Ed... I do tower work in the Dallas area and would be glad to talk to you about your project. You can email me your contact information or just give me a call at 214 495-8066 #206 Larry Essary - WA5W
Additional care is required when applying crimp connectors to stranded center conductor cable such as LMR-400 UltraFlex. Some crimp connectors have more room in the center pin making them easier to a
For more background info on the development of SS technology, Google <Hedy Antheil, developed and were granted a patent for an early form of frequency-hopping encryption to provide anti-jamming for r
Peter... For the coaxial cable products that we produce we use a 1200 watt heat gun. The key is to use adhesive heat shrink and make sure you have heated the heat shrink to the point that the adhesiv
If you will contact me off list I will give you the information on the adhesive heat shrink that we use on our custom cable products. Larry - WA5WWH _______________________________________________ __
We install towers primarily in the North Texas Area. Concrete runs about $95 per yard (depending on the location) plus the concrete company tacks on $20 to $35 for environmental costs and fuel surcha
If you can use a fixed height self supporting tower you might consider the AN Wireless. They have some very high wind load ratings. 90 feet at 36.6 sq ft at 70 MPH. Larry K5XG http://www.hamservices.
The best thing to do is to get involved in your city government and get on the Planning & Zoning Commission. Since hams have been involved in our P&Z Commission the city has embraced ham radio and ha
Phil... Please check out our tower services at http://www.hamservices.com and then contact me off list at Larry@pulse.net or by telephone at 214 495-8066 #206. tnx, Larry Essary done before _________
Does anyone have instructions and/or photos that DISPLAY the proper mounting of the limit switches to the tower ? Larry K5XG _______________________________________________ __________________________
Thanks to all that have posted and sent to me directly photos and information. What I can conclude is that there are SEVERAL variations of the LM-470 tower. The base I ordered from Tashian didn't fit
Has anyone found an improved method for running coax down crank-up towers ? I have seen the fixed arms where the coax "accordions" as the tower comes down. I have been told that even with the tower f
I have just about finished my re-furbishing and installation of my LM-470 tower. I was working with the motor today. The tower goes up and down and the lower limit switch works but the upper limit sw
Does anyone have schematics, diagrams. photos of a Tri-Ex REMOTE control console for a LM-470 or similar tower ? I can't find any information on it in my Tri-Ex documentation and no information at th
I want to use the remote control from my second story ham shack that overlooks the tower. I would probably only use it to LOWER the tower so that I can avoid the WX and the long walk down and out to
Does anyone know the real difference between the Tri-Ex W-51 and the WT-51? I have looked at old Tri-Ex catalogues and there are only two things that show up different in the specifications. The weig
Does anyone have information, diagrams, or pictures for mounting the ladder and work platform to a Tri-Ex LM-470 ? Larry K5XG _______________________________________________ _________________________