Hi... a picture of the TB-3 thrust bearing is in the rohn catalog http://www.radiancorp.com/ROHNNET/rohnnet2001/catalog/pdfs/25G/25G-16.pdf As you can see the bearings (ball are encapsulated between
Hi Tom I like to use steel wool and alachol on hardend penatox/noalox areas, and red 3M scuff pads on the remaining tubing. YMMV 73' Wayne W3EA Ps when you assemble the antenna. put the penatrox/noal
I didn't think much about it. He didn't think much of An Old saying comes to mind.... There are BOLD tower Climbers There arere OLD tower climbes But there are NO.. OLD BOLD tower climbers Wayne W3EA
Brian This is a common problem problem and it is sure is better to test fit on the ground then in the air. I use a dead blow hammer on the rungs and a peice of 1.125 od 250 wall steel tubing inserted
I was fortunate to have know W3BES.. W3GM.. He developed a method to tilt over his ( Six) Rohn 25 towers at his Contest station in PA. The method is the falling derrick design. theses towers were all
Ken. One thing I did not see mentioned is the soldering technique. Stranded wire if over heated in the soldering process, will become hardened/tempered. This my be you problem if you use a bernzomati
Clay. I have a Rohn 65 tower (150') The section mounting plates are as specified in the Rohn drawings C630665Rh 1973. It has three revisions 78/80/82 none were for mounting plate dimension change. th
Hi Jim I have 150' of Rohn 65G. I picked this tower up ( scrap steel price). it's the 20ft sections except for the tapered base ,it's 10'. W3MM has a Rohn 65G /SSVT gin pole, But I opted to use a cra
I agree 100% on BX tower. that's why I climb then foot inserted on the center of the X.. But on another BX tower note, They always a challenges of my faith and I test kick every brace while climbing
I knew tow ham that had the heights model tower you refer to. Both installations lasted many a year. One of them avid antenna experimenter both HF and Wark bands ( yagi/quad builder) he wore out two
I installed the 3 Skyhawks @ K3WW. (These are the early feed method models).. He replaced three Hy-gain TH7's, and according to him there was a significant difference in performance improvement with
Hi Patrick I also have a three stack of Hy-Gain 155 CA design on there own 100 Rhon 25G tower @ 34'/ 68'/ 102' curious as to you modeling regarding uneven spacing ? 73's Wayne W3EA __________________
Ditto: ,,... With the slow turning 1-RPM , the grease none grease becomes a moot point. Being a belt and suspender type, I opt to rebuild the race( smooth out the dimples) and use a lite coating of r
This Post has generated many interesting views and comments. with that said. I'll repeat something that was drilled into me . There are OLD tower climbers There are BOLD tower climbers But there are
IMHO It's A-OK matter of fact it's all I have ever used YMMV Wayne W3EA _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTal
Hi Mark Looking at my OLD 204BA manual, the hairpin/beta match is described as the one in the 203 link. looks like the original 204 design. Being Fixed drilled both boom & element ,use the fixed # Hy
Hi Gene threre are two that I am aware of in the tri state area http://www.hudsonvalleytowers.com/ Also W2GD ( call book A ok ) Do tower work YMMV Wayne W3EA _________________________________________
Hi Bill I have been using this source for my Shrink tubeing use this sixe for Crimp RG213. RG8 RG11 type coax http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-FEET-3-4-RED-3-1-ADHESIVE-LINED-HEAT-SHRINK-TUBING-_W0QQ
I can vouch for the hights tower with fold over option. they work slick, one ham had a 4 element Quad in EPA read radial ice. the thing was like a yoyo after an ice storm. Wayne W3EA ________________
TT's Erecting Towers and installing antennas, I have come to one conclusion, NO two installations are identical. and there are many ways to skin a Cat ( sorry animal lovers ) Discussing the use of te