Went to a local hamfest today and saw a new product. Super high quality ground, roof mounts, tubing, clamps etc. A really slick tilt over ground mount for verticals or masts. No connection with the v
I had to support a truss for my yagi boom. I used one of those chain link fence post gate hangers. they will fit around masts from 1.25 up to even 2.0 inches. they are galvanized and they have a 1/2"
As you can see one element tip and it's on the tower, I think this avoids being off topic. My project to compile a less than $100 tower cam is on the tower and operational. Still have to adjust focus
Off topic protection: "you can just see the elements of my antenna at the top of picture 1" I found a better auto iris lens on eBay. you can see the scope of beautiful Historic District of Harwood He
Oh I have some pics of mine if you want them. _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more.
I won a great prize at the W9DXCC banquet last weekend. I won a certificate worth 12% discount, with a max of $1500.00 on K0XG rotating tower equipment. http://www.k0xg.com Great prize, but unfortuna
A friend asked me for his advice on digging a tower base hole. I suggested this approach. Look for one of the HUNDREDS of landscaper outfits that have sprung up in the Chicago area. Those guys can di
I took a little different approach. I mounted the camera under the boom, oriented in direction of boom. Becuase I know what is around me...I can see what direction I'm at. http://24.14.49.4:8080/ or
I figured that many people with big towers would most likely live in rural areas where this problem exists. Thinking about a hunk of farm land but the normal utility lines going down the road past th
http://cgi.ebay.com/Portable-Winch-NEW-Safety-Hooks-Capstan-type-Sling_W0QQitemZ6005018370QQcategoryZ66798QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I've used a similar unit in my construction business. Very easy to contr
http://24.14.49.4:8080/ You can see a WX station at the above site. hang in there till it cycles. I think what you want can be found at the Davis Weather site. http://www.davisnet.com My unit is wire
I'm wondering if anyone ever used a automatic windup cord reel on their crank up tower? I have a crankup tower. From a yardarm on the mast I support the inverted L. Being anal and a total coward, I r
The best type of winches are worm gear. But...many winches are rated for HORIZONTAL loads. You need vertical loads. Check out www.thern.com They even have a winch that you can put a big right angle d
George, we need an engineer to answer that. But I know that the specs for many of the common winches specify 'pulling load and not 'lifting' load. I've even seen charts that derate a winch if it's p
If you need welding on a tower, contact your plumbers/pipe fitters union local. Ask for the names of companies who do steam or high pressure plumbing installation. These 'certified' welders are used
This is a Wilson rotateable tower with the TailTwister mounted at the bottom. It turns the whole tower. There is no bind up as I can easily turn the tower by hand. I just installed a new starting cap
I replaced the starting Cap. (I always keep a spare). No difference, it just didn't want to consistently start moving. Fortunately I have a spare HamM...I put that in the place of the Tailtwister and
" I thought of that also. No I can hear the brake release. And as I said...if I manually give it a little muscle assistance, it starts right up. Yes I'm using the larger wires and as I said, the rot
Reading the comments on 160 antenna tuners. What is the difference between: NYE VIKING MB IV-A and NY VIKING MB V-A obviously it's a 4 and a 5, but after searching the web/eham they both seem to be 3
Gary We used to do this all the time on the job. Two ladders lashed into a A frame and a simple rope pulley. Roughly wire tie the four corner rebars to the side rebars. Using the rope pulley lift th