Norm, I don't understand what you mean by "coils". Are you trying to pull a Trapped Antenna through the crotch of the tree? I have never tried to do that as I normally only put the "pull up rope" ove
I have never seen swaged Rohn 45G. If you go to the new Rohn website (link below) you will see 45G the way I know it. (btw it is a PDF file that has to "opened") http://rohnnet.com/resourcesmodule/do
I have a T-6 at 40 feet and it plays very well for what it is, which is a multi-band antenna on a 12' boom. Mine survived the Ice Storm of '09 and came through undamaged after 2.5" of radial ice on a
Oh Yah! When I lived in Dallas TX, I had a Ham II mounted in the attic with the mast extending up through the roof where my 5L 6M & 10L 2M beam were mounted. When I turned it EVERYONE in the house kn
Go to the nearest Lowe's (or that other orange store) and get yourself a solid core interior door. Plenty stout enough to hold anything you want to put on it. My desk is made with 2X4s for legs and t
Gregg, I am sure you will get all kinds of technical advice but I will offer some anecdotal stuff. Not too many years ago a local radio station gave the college ham club a bunch of Rohn 25G that had
Thimble to Thimble with the appropriate Big-Grips on each cable works also. Call Gerald at Texas Towers and he can give you all the particulars. Clint - W5CPT I am having a little interaction between
I am the Moderator of the Tennadyne Yahoo Group and have owned my T-6 for about 7 years. I will take exception to Joe's (W4TV) comment about Boom to Element failures. In the year and half I have had
The information for the Original Models is there. Got to the website and click on "Original Models" and everything is listed. I believe the first post in this thread was concerning the T-6 which is a
N - Solder - Texas Towers Clint - W5CPT For a 2 Meter Repeater, would you recommend UHF or N ? Solder or Crimp ? Also, where can I find connectors for LMR-600 ? Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ __________________
John, It depends.... If your tuner has: 2 SO-239s mounted low on the rear panel, a female banana jack next to each SO-239, a ground lug between the SO-239s, a group of 3 female banana jacks mid way u
We used to use two 100' by 4' rolls of galvanized chicken wire laid out in a + pattern for a Field Day Vertical. It worked well but was not permanent. We attached the wires to the ground lug of the a
I have been using the Black Poly Pipe they sell at Lowe's (and that other big box store) with success. Less expensive than PVC, either the white plumbing or the grey electrical and you can buy it 50
It is sold in Rough Plumbing in Lowe's. It is sold in rolls. We ( I work @ Lowe's in Murray KY at the present) sell 50' & 100' rolls from 1/2" to 2" . I am using 1.25" from the house to the tower wit
Do a Google search on : Polyethylene Coil Pipe and you will come up with quite a few sources. 2" is the biggest I have seen though. Clint - W5CPT What departmetn is this in? What is it supposed to be
With all due respect for Chas' experience, I have three antennas hung with Parachute cord. One has been up about 8 years, one about 5 years and the last one has hung from my tower only 2 years. I als
The galvanizing is some of the worst I have ever seen. I moved 3 pieces of it 3 feet and ended up with several cuts on my hands and fingers from Zinc splinters sticking up from the legs. That alone w
A little squirt of Insulation Foam in the ends will stop the wind music and the wasps. Clint - W5CPT They're mostly to stop the wind from blowing through tubing and making whistling sounds. At least,
While googling something earlier I came across usedtowers.com . It is the first time I had found it. It may be old news to some, but I found somethings (like prices) very interesting. Clint - W5CPT _
I use two 4 pin trailer connectors. One female and one male on rotor end (and the opposite on the cable). Cheap and available at any Wal*Mart. There are some 8 pin versions around but not available l