Thanks to all for the good ideas from some very knowledgeable individuals on the list re my question whether a 75M RD will work for beans at 92'. I should have mentioned that on the 15' of mast avail
Additionally, steel wool is highly flammable, and might cause spectacular fireworks! That's why it didn't last long when used as an automobile muffler sound absorption filler. :-) 73, Jerry W5KP List
Kevin, don't forget to plan *plenty* of btu capacity for cooling in the "back room". Best thing I ever did was put air and baseboard heat in my shack/elex shop, which is a partitioned-off 14' x 25' r
The 80' of 45G + 15' of mast + C3XLD is up. Total to top of mast = 97'. C3XLD is at 82'. Everything went together slick as duck snot. Thanks to all for the patient advice and encouragement during thi
I'll see if I can find out what brand and type we use at the "large phone company" I work for. I've never seen one fail or become brittle from UV rays, although I'm sure in 20 or 30 years all brands
Several have asked to see the photos. There are about 35 or 40, but here are 10 of them that generally show the sequence of events. Yeah, I know, I need to put these in a picture album format - have
Whilst at the local rigging shop the other day, I saw for sale some "chinese fingercuff" type things made from woven springy steel wire, used for pulling cable. Phone company uses some, as do some el
Since some of these tower sections might be buried as much as 4' deep, I think I'd stuff something (newspaper wads?) down into each leg until I only had about 2 or 3" to fill, then mix a batch of pat
The Wireman people have some excellent 6 pin (for Yaesu) and 8 pin (for Hy-Gain) molded rubber disconnect male/female plug sets that work like a champ and are very easily waterproofed if desired, (un
Well, if you are, then I'll join you soon. I'm using a new G-1000DXA on a 1997 model C3XLD I just put up at about 82', and it has 10 elements and a 33' boom. I think it will handle it just fine, but
In all good spirit and courtesy, as a retired naval officer who in younger days spent many hours in "turits", please allow me to correct the spelling to "turret", which is a term generally reserved f
Tom, wouldn't that make 20' sections of 4" irrigation pipe the material of choice for large (over 40') verticals? Only problem is, I have no idea what grade of aluminum they are made of. 73, Jerry ht
All the electric vehicle and boat winches I've ever seen, including Warn, SuperWinch, and others, come with numerous and emphatic red-letter warnings about not using them for hoisting. I'm certainly
Ok, gotta weigh in on this so I can sleep nights, lest somebody spend his later years in a wheelchair because I failed to at least put out the warning: Utility poles are usually pressure treated. The
Wanted to bounce an idea off the collective list brainpower: I read about exotic and complicated ways to hoist the mast up to work on rotators. It would be extremely nice to be able to remove my rota
Hi Dave, At risk of boring folks, here's my last (I promise!) safety speech on this subject. See http://www.buckinghammfg.com/ for a ton of info on pole and tree climbing equipment. Southwesten Bell
Thanks to all for the many helpful and creative ideas on this. Turns out I was trying to overengineer this thing. The Yaesu rotators (this is my first Yaesu, but probably not my last - I've had it wi
I took down my small tower today. It had Scotch 88T all over it, six years in the sun now. Not a single piece had worked loose, and every piece came off cleanly and with no problems. Surfaces underne
The 23' long, 2" OD, 3/16" wall 4130N mast has been galvanized and I'll pick it up this weekend. Just for info for others considering doing this, the galvanizer charged $0.40 per pound for galvanzing
Anybody out there using one of these things that would care to comment on how well it's working out, and does anybody know if these things will handle one of the C3 models? They look fairly stout. On