It varies from company to company and how hungry for business they are and if they have another delivery, it defiantly pays to find out what it is up front. Mine was an hour, but I was his only deliv
Don't know if you want to encourage them, they are very very messy when it comes to nesting and rearing young. I two large Hawks mating at the moment on top of the tower and already the mess is horri
Fence post concrete is a low quality mix, I would not use it, I would use a 5 bag mix. All concrete will cure in water eventually, too much water will make a weak mix though. I would pump the water o
Somebody has already done the engineering, that's why most of use what use to attach antennas to at the top of a tower. That way we sleep at night during high winds. Mike --Original Message-- This is
Kurt, I have emailed you direct the only relevant document you will ever get out of US-Towers, it took me three weeks and a personal visit to get that. Wind calcs, base tension/compression calcs....y
As Dennis says below this is the way to do it, I would also pull an extra length of coax through, in a year's time you may have another project or an experiment you may want to try. As noted below pu
Always interested in solutions to problems, plus when you post your solution here it stays in the archives and maybe useful to others in the future. Mike _____________________________________________
Glad you found the problem John, one of the good things about the Tri-ex LM-470 I have is that you can unplug the limit switches and switch in to by-bass mode, this would have made it much easier to
Not normal. You do not give any information how you have it mounted, but if you have it bolted to a plate inside the tower I would check the Four mounting bolts have not come lose. This has happened
If you have a spare one, save it for me Skip. Mike, K6BR --Original Message-- Actually the handle that came with the LM-470 clamped onto one of the spokes of the large sheave attached to the gearbox.
Half inch Hard Line with LM-400 flex up the tower. Mike This may be a little off topic but I would appreciate your input. I am putting up a tower and will need to run about 500 feet of coax. Should I
Hi Tony, We emailed back and forth. I really would not worry at this stage, mine creaks and so does my friend's across town. I have never had or know anyone that has had a unit like ours free wheel.
Joe, Maybe you should moderate a few very busy groups and see if you have the time to check all different language posts. Moderators are unpaid volunteers, people are not lining up for the job I can
I thought that Steve K7LXC did answer and said it was just fine. Like you say tubing is not pipe which is good. Pipe is not what you would want to use for a mast, it is soft and bends easily. Ideally
http://www.tashtowers.com/pricelist.html Scroll down the list and you will see weight, size and length. TT will be about the same price. Mike, K6BR I notice that Texas Towers carries a line of steel
Fred, I like the ones sold by RF-Spares, they are Teflon and the center pin is gold plated and slightly stepped down from the insulator by a 1/16th or so. This makes less risk of a stray piece of bra
Of course I meant to say RF-Parts: -) Mike, K6BR Fred, I like the ones sold by RF-Spares, they are Teflon and the center pin is gold plated and slightly stepped down from the insulator by a 1/16th or
Mike, It almost sounds like they were not tightened down to the correct torque to begin with because they should not have come loose with lock washers. I would get new nuts, bolts and lock washers an
I can tell that if you talk to US Towers and ask what their wind load and Antenna square footage is based on, they will tell you one foot above the top of the tower. Anything else and you're on your
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamrot/ysutemp.html See bolt template. Mike, K6BR --Original Message-- To All, I have a dilemma. My Hy-Gain Tailtwister rotator is on its last leg. I have on ha