I am looking for suggestions on rope. I often do tower work alone and use a rope to pull up items such as buckets of tools, rotators, equipment boxes, etc. I attach one end of the rope to the item wh
Thanks for all of the suggestions! I wonder how those recommending pulleys are doing it? I find a pulley attached to a tower leg or mast to be impractical, as it causes the load to scrape or bang aga
Yes, of course. Not that specific one, which probably wouldn't fit my ~2.06" DXE masts, but I use something similar for a tram line when raising antennas or really heavy loads. But a tram line is a l
Hi Jim, Most fitting that description that I have personally seen were 5/8 wave 11 meter antennas, or 0.64 wave which was common. I have never cut one open nor tried to repurpose it to another band,
I'm trying to get a better sense of how the rope in elements to stop vibration thing works. I've read that it works because as the element swings in one direction, the rope slams against the opposite
Thanks to all who provided input on this question! Living in an area that gets a lot of ice and sticky snow, I am not a fan of spiral wrapping anything around elements. I have observed that even smal
I considered that. In an ideal world I would replace the 20 year old, already brittle (but intact) antenna or as you suggest redesign the element taper. Unfortunately it's not an ideal world. If this
I've had good luck with a Davis Vantage Vue. I have it mounted at 95 feet on one of my towers and have had no problems with a kW on 160m through 135cm and lower power on 70cm. I did have a wind speed
The Davis Vantage Vue transmits on 900 MHz. I have a 6 meter yagi 10 feet above it, 432 yagi 15 feet above it, 222 and 144 a little higher still, and I have no interference from it on any band. The V
You could try Bolt Depot... https://www.boltdepot.com/Eye_bolts_and_Screw_eyes.aspx 73, Paul Only place that I've seen of course is back ordered! Unbelievable cannot find some eye bolts like this, ev