Hello, list. Noticed that Atomic Lighting, a stage lighting outfit in Manitowoc, WI, has one or two Dutton Lainson B2500 winches for sale. These are the same as the B2503 specified by Rohn for the 25
Absolutely not. Rohn 45G is commonly available for anywhere from $60 (I have a phone number for the fellow in Atlanta who is selling it at this price) to $100 per section. It retails for something li
Doug, Assuming that your "swamp" is generally in the clear of everything else, and given your soil conditions, ground mount that sucker & lay down a reasonable number of non-resonant radials. By the
<whine> This is why I miss Ham Radio magazine so much. Each and every issue was chock-full of Stuff You Can Use. Gonna buy me a set of the CD-ROMs just as soon as I save up my pennies. </whine> regar
Hmmm... obviously the Rohn patents have expired. I wonder if the new makers are warranting their products to the same standards as Rohn? And I do wonder also about mixing & matching... if I were one
Tom, Wussy irons like you describe will do what you describe: melt the cable without making a good solder connection to the connector. I used to use a Weller 200/240-watt soldering gun for PL-259 she
Jack, a proper electrical connection requires metal-to-metal contact of sufficient pressure to keep oxygen out of the connection, thereby preventing oxide formation, which would increase the resistan
Mike, What you are experiencing with your G5RV antenna is as it should be. The G5RV is resonant antenna (but not 50 ohm impedance) on 20 meters, and presents reactive (but reasonable) loads to the tr
... but Dino, if you remove the coax/balun/twinlead then the antenna is no longer a resonant antenna system on 20 meters, as designed (e.g. it's no longer a G5RV). It's just a random length dipole fe
I don't know about the mast per se, but your overall plan concerns me. Assuming that the 40m antenna you are talking about is the Cushcraft XM240, a little math shows: Weight Wind area (sq ft) mast 9
"Neutral" is also bonded to the power distribution neutral feeder and a ground rod/wire of some sort at each service pole, so it's probably more difficult for the transformer secondary neutral to flo
Hello, list. I have a couple of questions pertaining to Rohn 45G foldover tower design & installation. I have studied the most recent Rohn installation guide for the 25G and 45G towers. My 45G foldov
forwarding to the list (as I originally intended)... -- Original Message -- Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Attach tower to house? Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:15:01 -0600 From: Mahlon Haunschild <mahlonhaunsc
Hey, everyone. Remember the thread the other day about soldering PL-259s? Found the ideal tool for the purpose the other day at Wal-Mart: a Ronson "TechTorch" mini-torch. Butane-fueled, refillable, a
The original Rohn joint bolts were Grade 5, galvanized. That's not something that Lowe's or Home Depot stocks, at least in my experience. They only carry Grade 3 galvanized. Ace will have Grad e5 and
Plumbing, next to the usual propane torches. Ask them to look up the UPC; they should be able to find it from that. regards, Mahlon - K4OQ Roger D Johnson wrote: Mahlon Haunschild wrote: Hey, everyon
Yeah, I seem to remember that there was an outfit in Jacksonville FL that specifically did re-galvanizing. Try Google-ing it. regards, Mahlon - K4OQ _______________________________________________ Se
Note that a bowline is a very good, easily-releaseable knot, but does not fit the definition of "remotely"releaseable". regards, Mahlon - K4OQ _______________________________________________ See: htt
Belden 9913 has a 10 AWG solid coppper center conductor within an airspaced dielectric. When moved frequently (such as in a rotator loop), the center conductor migrates away from the center of the di
There is a type of sailboat turning block available that is designed to fit edgewise into a slot cut into a mast base; that might be useful. regards, Mahlon - K4OQ ___________________________________