Rick, I have a couple of seriously bad Sheaves on my LM-470 that I need to change this summer and they make some creaking and popping noise, I would guess that this is maybe your problem. You can get
You will be lucky if they give them away, when I worked for Comcast we had to dispose of perfectly good ones because giving away would mean that you are still libel for anything that my go wrong in t
Looks to be a nice tower, strange place for the thrust bearing. No idea what it is though. Cobwebs are Silk and not conductive. Mike I've been offered a crank-up tower, but the owner has no idea what
Anyone interested in a set of sawn off Tri-EX/Tashjian LM-470 Ears, often used and welded to mate LM-470 to "US-Towers T style leveling base with bolts". I was going to do this but decided to dig a n
Not at all structural, it is just to keep moisture out. The plate would never deform and it is not even to stop the lock nuts from backing out, there would not be much point in using lock nuts if the
The grout just knocks of and you can use the base again and again if you want to. -Mike --Original Message-- Is my assumption correct that using grout under a US Tower T-base makes it impossible to r
I saw that and thought the same thing, you can see he never cranks it down because all the cables are tied presently to the tower. Just think if that cable breaks looking down and seeing no hands and
Photo op or not, if you notice he has cables ties all the way up the tower and unless he can perform magic he had to climb the tower when cranked up to do that. I get nervous when mine is cranked dow
http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-002775 I used a Yaesu Thrust bearing to do what you described. I fitted it upside down and used the four bolts that hold the bearing shells together to fit a
http://www.acetoolonline.com/Klein-3245-Connecting-Bar-Round-p/kle-3245.htm Above is what I used on my LM-470, or rather two of them, you can get the same thing from Harbor Freight for a third of the
A very good idea, I added Bentonite to all my Ground Rod Hole close to the surface. Mike-K6BR Greetings T-Talkers, Unbelievable. The folks are out there working on my tower foundation at this very mo
Just about everyone I know in Ham Radio uses it, even Steppir supply it to seal up their EHU cable channels. Good stuff. -Mike, K6BR Has anybody used this as coax connector weatherproofing solution?
I use two alignment pins to line my bolt holes on my LM-470, by using two, I did not have to tighten first, both ways work just fine but I had two alignment tools so I used them. By the way the align
Somebody already said how to set up G-Mail so you can read your own posts, read the posts. Anyway this is TT and not how to get your email working support group. --Original Message-- From: towertalk-
You can purchase the clam shells mast clamps pretty cheaply from HRO, they are the same as the top pair, 35 bucks a pair if I remember. Mike, K6BR Does anyone have a surplus used or new lower mast br
Don?t know if I would guy a crank up tower at the top section and probably not the second section. Unless designed to be guyed like some of the old Tri-ex models with manual mechanical stops fitted.
If I remember the only difference is that the top section on the US towers model is square and the Wilson is tubular. Weld some angle to hold the rotator below the hinge and your good to go. -Mike, K
A larger adapter plate bolted to the standard mount, I made one for a friend across town. http://www.wd0m.com/aa6pw.html See link this guy did it as well Mike, K6BR All, Is anyone using the Fulton K2
I use it on a 70 foot crank up tower, no problems here. I did change out the crappy cable stand off's to something far better and well made though because the weight killed the originals in four week
That stuff is great, you could use it just for the Rotator coil part if you wanted and the LM-400 and 400UF would last forever. Mike Another alternative is LMR-400UF, stranded center conductor like R