My Rohn 45 has a light coloring of rust on the upper sections. There is no flaking. My thought is to paint it rather than re-galvanize. Does anyone have experience with the following? Found these out
It's not so really rust spots but an overall hue of rust color. Wire brushing does not seem to do much. That is why I thought one of the "paint" type products may be sufficient. Since my tower tilts
I have a Rohn 45 tower that is about 25 years old. It is starting to show some rust coloring. It is not flaking or scaling, just a rust color on some of the tower. I'm looking at what is available fo
Doesn't US Tower offer a stainless steel cable and hardware option? At least that is what they told me at Dayton. N2TK, Tony I am planning on installing a US Towers HDX later this year or perhaps fir
Anyone have one or two new BG-2147 (3/8" orange) Big-grips they would like to sell? Need it for a project. Tnx N2TK, Tony _______________________________________________ _____________________________
Took 5 years here in up state NY for the aluminum shield on the buried hardline to become goo. It totally dissolved and left 2-3' open spaces with no shield. N2TK, Tony Hi, Ben and TTs; Aluminum may
It was tested by the local agriculture dept in 2000 and found to be 7.4 in the back yard. Just tested the same area again. It was somewhere between 7-8ph. The front yard checks out to be 5.2. Guess t
Yeah, stack two of them to do that. N2TK, Tony Oh--OK--yeah that would be neat. That way you could have an antenna set for domestic contests with a high takeoff and for a DX contest with the low angl
It's been a long time since I saw a rotor under the hood. This went the way of the points. Only rotors I have now are turning antennas. N2TK, Tony _______________________________________________ ____
Hi Doug, I am having the same problem. Installed a Guardian 16KW generator. When it kicks in the UPS' go crazy. I am using two APC's - Back-UPS ES 725 and 500. They are less than a year old. They wor
Any thoughts about using something like a Tripp Lite IS1000 isolation transformer to help this? Was thinking of getting one and plug in my rig, and UPS. N2TK, Tony --Original Message-- From: towertal
Tnx Jim for the info. The cheap thing would not be to go to a larger generator. This is a 16KW unit. N2TK, Tony Nope.. a transformer doesn't help the waveform. A big ol' honkin' 60 Hz bandpass or low
Ron, Mine resonates at 28.64 - 1.1:1 21.22 - 1.25:1 14.1 - 1.2:1 Single feed. N2TK, Tony TT'ers, I just ordered an F12 C31XR. I have been told by experienced users that the beam can be a pain to tune
I had to go check. The Tie-King nylon black UV resistant ones I bought at Dayton about 12 years ago are still holding up well. I couldn't pull any off when I tried a little while ago. N2TK, Tony --Or
I am looking for replacement u-bolts for a Rohn 45 rotor plate. I would prefer stainless or galvanized. I need 3. The old ones seems to be 1.375" id, about 2-2.5" long and 1/4-20. Any idea where I ca
I use anti-seize on all my tower/antenna stainless hardware when assembling. I will be using grade 8 bolts in the mast clamp on my Prosistel. Should I use anti-seize on all bolts as a general procedu
I came across some unused rotor cable in my pile of cable. It is Berk-Tek 6308 rotor cable. I can't find anything about it with a google search. It has 8 wires - 6 of one size and 2 of another size.
Jason, I missed your original post on this. When I first moved to NJ, I wasn't aloud too have a tower on our development. I knew I was going to be in that house only several months. So drilled a hole
Bill, I had varying swr on 160M. I shunt feed my tower. I added a strap from the mast to the tower leg. SWR settled down. Using a TB3. 73, N2TK, Tony I've had towers for years but never used a thrust
When you get to the Comtek site, click on "place order". Scroll down to "Accessories". Then look for CFC-50 baluns. 73, N2TK, Tony I can't find this on this web site WI9WI ** ** I have used the W2DU