Art, would I put up tower with a two to five year moving timeframe? Yes, in a heartbeat. Two to five years is a long time when you are getting older and you can have a lot of fun in that time. The co
I am more than 1/2 mile from a bunch of very noisy power lines and can hear them very well on 160 and 80 meters. When I drive my car with in a 1/4 mile of theses power lines I get S9+++ noise from th
Steve, I and many other gave you one piece of sound advice that is the most important. Take a mobile rig and drive around the area you intend to settle in and check out all frequencies you would want
Hi Keith, I have the same set up here, just wondering how much wind you have. We get 40 - 50 MPH from time to time and I have had no problems, the winds we have are usually gusts. I am wondering if t
Same thing here until I used Loctite, now is not a problem. I think the main problem is that in my case the rotator is Aluminum and the bolts are Stainless steel and you really can't get them tight e
The post below is the best advice you have had so far. You have to plan for the unexpected. Back when I lived in the UK the top 10 feet or so of the tower came crashing into the roof of the house in
The best tool I have bought recently is a cut off saw. This is a great tool for perfect straight clean cuts through metal. They can be had at good old Harbor Freight for 50 bucks or so on sale. You w
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44829 See the above link, this unit is designed for metal and masonry. The wood saw that you mention is not as robust and I think the
Mike --Original Message-- in 11 years with three different Yaesu rotators, all pinned. 73, Pete N4ZR At 08:46 PM 12/26/2007, Blake Meinecke wrote: _______________________________________________ ___
http://salem.craigslist.org/tls/486136497.html 10 bucks, can't be bad. Mike K6Br The Portalign is an interesting fixture. Too bad the company went out of business years (30 +/- ?) ago. Anyone have on
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=heat+gun&Sub mit=Go I use a heat gun just like this, you can't go wrong for 9.99. No worries about the wattage as you just hold it furt
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=heat+gun <http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=heat+gun&Su Again with the Harbor Freight link Mike --Origina
Tony, I had a similar noise to what you describe and it was directional and local and appeared to come from anything metal from around the neighborhood, fire hydrants etc. It turns out the power went
Also, make sure you check the worm screw with the magnet as there are some Chinese made clamps with low grade stainless with mild steel worm screws. Buy USA manufactured if possible. Mike --Original
Have 3 element Steppir, it will work well for you. Mine has survived 3 years of high winds and Micro Bursts, which is more than can be said of my rotators and Masts:-) Mike --Original Message-- My 4L
30 bucks a pair at HRO, I just bought a pair. The top and bottem are the same. Due to circumstances BEYOND control. !! I am in need of one or more upper mast clamps for a Yaesu rotor. ( I have a mode
You could look at the website http://www.idiompress.com/ and maybe email them to see if they support the old Kenpro Rotators, which I guess are Yaesu now. I have one of there units on a Yaesu G-1000D
No, according to the previous statement you have been wasting everyone else's time :-) --Original Message-- Then I guess I've been wasting my time working 192 countries on 75m with a simple Cushcraft
This is normal, my friend across town just put in a 55 footer and the bolts supplied were without the '"J", just thread a couple of nuts on the anchor end and your done. The bolts have not come Galva
I see there is a "whole House" Surge protector at Harbor Freight LOT NO. 96822 on sale for 99 bucks, says it is good up to 70kA with lifetime warranty up to $25,000. Mike, K6BR Jim and fellow Tower T