With regards to "9913 flex" (ie Belden 9913 F7 ?) you can easily attach standard PL 259 plugs by cutting off one of the strands of the portion of the center conductor that is soldered to the center p
I have some Belden Coax that I purchased as un used surplus in the early 90's. I suspect it was at least 10 years old when I purchased it so it is probably at least 25 years old now. It has been
On a related note I recently had the mis fortune to purchase some "non name brand" coax that was marked with the ROHS designation. (I believe this means that the product contains little or no lead o
Interesting thread which brings to mind a question: The last time I looked at the bronze clamps (purchased at Home depot) connecting my copper ground wire to my roof mounted galvanized steel antenn
Thanks for your comments. I believe all of the radios and other radio related gear was turned on when I checked for currrent flow, but none of them were transmitting. If I can get my hands on a
I've also seen a few short (ie. 50 feet high or less) guyed comercial towers using a pointed base (although most guyed comercial towers in this size range that I have seen have also had a flat base.)
When I built a home brew vertical using aluminum tubing and stainless steel hose clamps it seemed like a good idea to put joint compound (penetrox, sorry I'm on the road right now and don't recall th
I'd be interested in seeing this as well. Regards Mark VE7AFZ towers and guying is another example of misinformation! Let me suggest you obtain the facts next time you post or other wise state tha
Thanks. Do you recall were the guys viewed as a "supplement" or were you essentially going from a self supporting tower to a guyed tower once you added the guy wires (ie. did you still need the or
Thanks, this is usefull ! Regards Mark VE7AFZ Hmmm This was supposed to go to the group, but apparently I hit the wrong key...again. Angles are the angle between the tower and guy line. You can get
I wonder if a roof mounted flag pole / vertical antenna with wire radials would be allowed ? I don't live in an HOA community (thank goodness) but I use a roof mounted vertical and have few RFI i
Just wondering in applications such as AM broadcast and amateur verticals are any extra precautions usually taken to electrically bond the Rohn tower sections together ? Regards Mark VE7AFZ _______
Sorry for a possibly off topic post, but I'm wondering if any one has any wisdom crimping N connectors onto Belden 9913F7 that they could share with me. According to the Amphenol web site http://ww
Thank you ! I appriceate this. Regards Mark VE7AFZ Mark, Ctr. conductor size for 9913 and 9913F7 is .108", so spec'g the .116 die makes sense. however, my crimper source indicates that their .1
Sorry not sure what happened with the formatting here.. I'll try again.. Steve With regards to the center conductor expanding if it is cut after removing the dielectric, I have noticed this with 991
Thanks Steve (and all the others who responded as well.) If the center pins of the connectors can be soldered then I will likely just solder them on after crimping (with my .128 inch die) for added
Thanks. I will try this. Regards Mark VE7AFZ In situations where I wanted to keep stranded coaxial center conductors perfect I will cut down to the center conductor further down the dielectric tha
One advantage (for me at least) of using this material is that the physical properties are better defined than a typical steel mast. At least where I live Aluminum seems to be easier to obtain tha
You might want to consider the wind loading of the pipe vs cables ? I seem to recall seeing specs for towers that state the number of feed lines that can be attached to the tower legs. The wind l