Here is a copy of a post from a 2/25/2008 post on Tower Talk that Steve replied to my similar question. It has the lube one should buy to lubricate the cable. I purchased a can of it and have used it
I just dug (actually my son did) a similar hole for my HDX555 last October. It can be done with a "rented for the weekend" (the cheapest way) mini-excavator with no problems except, while operating o
I used a 12 inch bucket mini-excavator and like Steve said, it was easy and fun to operate it (my son actually let me try it a few times). These excavators may only go 8 ft. deep though. We just had
I have a CL-33 (18 ft. boom weighing 42 lbs.) up on a HDX555 and want to stack on the same mast a 12/17 meter 3 element yagi above it. The 12/17 meter yagi is a Cushcraft A3WS with a 12 ft. boom weig
Many thanks, Julio. Good information. Roger W5RD -- Original Message -- From: "Julio Peralta" <jperalta4@verizon.net> To: <rwhitetexas@verizon.net>; "'towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Fri
I also had no problems with UST last year when I was considering their HDX555 crank up. They answered all my questions and pretty much told me the process on what would happen after I ordered. I even
Talk to Gary Smith at UST. Well before I received my tower (HDX555), Gary sent me a complete set of documentation necessary to put the tower up and provide data , etc. for the building permit applica
When I grounded my tower with solid copper wire, I went to Lowes expecting to pay handsomely for solid copper wire. Well. they had 2 lengths of random wire cut off from another job and I got them for
My tower is about 30 feet from the shack in the garage. I am presently running multiple coax and a rotator cable thru a 4 inch buried pipe to the tower. I want to run some more cable (a CAT5 for now)
Many thanks to all for the various ways you have implemented the coax runs you have designed. I think I will look into a combination of what you all have done and pretty much solve my problem. I real
To those that are interested, I started my tower search last year at this time and from the info gleaned off this forum, I used it to research, purchase and assemble the necessary information to make
For my HDX555 last year, I built my cage in the hole (actually my son did) with no problems. All of the rebar pieces were cut to the drawing specs prior to assembly. I had the horizontal pieces (squa
Search for the free program that will estimate the loading of stacked antennas on a common mast. One is an excel program that was listed I think on this reflector sometime ago. ______________________
The program I was referring to is at http://www.arrl.org/files/ It is called Travanty.zip, by Frank Travanty, W9JCC. An Excel program to analyze antenna/tower loading. Roger W5RDW -- ________________
Get her on ham radio. The benefits are obvious! Good luck! Roger W5RDW Mary W5MBW Murphy, Texas _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTa
Evidently the fast food restaurants like the idea also. As I drive thru many of them, if they have a ladder in the back to the top of the roof, many have a piece of metal or plywood about 6 ft. long
The first wind farm I ever saw was on a business trip in the 80's up in N. Calif. was there and I noticed the same thing even then: lots of them in disrepair and many not turning on a windy day. Roge
I have included mine in my homeowners insurance for my crank up, antennas, etc. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
If you are talking about HF yagi's, I have had good results by laying the antenna's reflector on the ground and pointing it straight up. Find the resonance and adjust as needed. Then stick it up on t
I am looking at getting on of these and would like some comments on anyone that has used one. At present, I have up a CL-33 and a A3WS above it to cover the 5 bands from 10 to 20 M, but want one ante