Home Depot sells high pressure grout that mixes to a tootpaste like material. I filled in some divots on my tower base with it and it seems to have worked. It has not gone through many freeze thaw cy
I have a TX-455 installed with the tiltover fixture. After raising into position I have noticed that the tiltover fixture is tilting sideways about 2 inches.( I know that the fixture is supposed to t
I have used toothpaste to polish plastic. It does a good job of polishing but will not take out any real nicks or scratches but does a nice job of buffing up a clear plastic cover. Dan W8CAR -- Origi
My local concrete supplier cut the rebar to length and delivered it to my house for a very nominal fee. All I had to do was use a million ties to get it together!! Dan W8CAR -- Original Message -- Fr
Mike K8US tower is Riverview I believe. I don't know if they are still in business. Dan W8CAR -- Original Message -- From: "Don Havlicek" <n8de@thepoint.net> To: <"Joe" Mayfield <gary_mayfield@hotmai
I have a 55ft crankup and use a bit of spray on silicone lube on the rails. It only seems right to lube something that moves. Only thing I notice is that there appears to be a bit of dirt accumulatin
I've had the same center insulator on my A3s since 1988. Don't see any need to protect it. Some paints are conductive or partially so I'd avoid paint. I suppose a good coat of a better brand of elect
I went to the corner and hired myself, drove myself home and over 5 days dug the hole by hand, drank the beer and still had money left for concrete to throw in the hole! Only food needed was brats on
My US tower anchor bolts which were installed about a year ago had two nots locked against each other threaded onto the bottom of the straight rod and the thread end was 'peaned' over. No welding in
When I did my foundation for my crankup the concrete company did the bending to my specs, cut the straight pieces to length and delivered all to my house. Some of the rebar was 1 inch in diameter-not
I have used Flexweave for over 12 years with good results. I have replaced the wire once because of a break that I caused trying to clear a limb. I highly recommend it. I do NOT put it under lots of
Both Google maps and Zillo have my house on the wrong side of the street. Zillo gives a nice shot of the local High School and a neighbors house but not mine. Live.Local.com gives nice fly by aerial
Ditto, Big bar with fulcrum and foot to get it tilting-Of course I pack a few LBS to help it along!!!! Dan W8CAR _______________________________________________ ______________________________________
You can climb the tower and retighten the bolts. They usually come lose after the first tightening so I usually (re)snug them before I raise the tower. If your rotator has a calibrate knob you can ju
I have replaced several lights with the neon 'Greenie Lights' and so far have noticed no ill effects. We have several 3 ways also and most of the others are in single fixtures, including two in the s
I'm not sure how this will work so I think you should erect it in my yard for a thorough testing!!!!!! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
Martin, I just went through this with trying to repair my 160 L. The wire has been up for years and actually I was fixing a fix I did last year that had failed. I found (via Google) that a combinatio
With all the talk of winches I thought I'd pass along my winch story. I have a Tx-455 which uses the Fulton K1550. I had noticed recently while cranking it down that it was sometimes hard to start an
I agree with Kim, I have used both and excellent service from both! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@co
I have used one for many years and it saved the front end of a TS 830s when an elevated radial drooped and touched a beverage antenna. I have used it on my FT1000mp since 1993 with no failures or add