Tough question, but I'll try to answer. Depends on whether you're talking about 75-ohm or 50-ohm hardline. 75-ohm hardline is plentiful and you should be able to snag whatever you need for nothing or
I've come into several hundred feet each of RFS LCF12-50JM 1/2" foam core heliax and HL4RP-50A 1/2" plenum air heliax (light blue jacket, unmarked.) Three questions: 1. Will connectors for LDF4-50A f
I believe the only difference between the connector types are that the L5NM was made by Andrew and the FLC-78-50 was made by Cablewave (RFS). After verifying that you indeed have concentric and not s
Hi Dick, I would contact Carl at TicGen. He may be able to put a package of hardware together for you more quickly and easily than you could acquire all the parts yourself. 73, Dick WC1M I've acquire
Tomorrow I'll be doing a project I've been putting off for about 14 years: replacing two runs of LMR400UF in a 4-inch 265-foot conduit between the house and one of my tower locations. I'll be pulling
Thanks for all the replies. Some good stuff in there. Just to clarify, the 4-inch conduit is buried 4-feet down, and has been for almost 14 years (the ground around here is very rocky and gets very h
All three of my conduits are schedule 80. I had a contractor do the job, and the pros use schedule 80 for buried electrical service. One of my conduits does carry 220VAC (only) but I guess the contra
Thanks to all who offered advice. Executive summary: Pulling the two 1/2" runs of hardline/heliax through 265' of 4" conduit was much easier than expected. In fact, it was so easy and went so fast th
Thanks. I knew about the tool, but for two reasons I didn't buy one: First, it wasn't clear to me that there were two blades that cut both the jacket and the shield. Some of the descriptions implied
Thanks. I went back and read the registration categories more carefully. They include "individual". So I setup and account and ordered an LDF4-50 prep tool. It was about $19, quite a bit cheaper than
Aha. I clicked on "prep tools" and it wasn't listed. But when I searched on the part number it was there. As I said, my current need is minimal, so I'll put off getting one for now -- unless that $50
The online order system didn't reject my order. Of course, that doesn't mean it won't get rejected when they go to process it. Did you register as an individual? I tried to order one from Tessco, but
You might want to take a look at overalls made for snowmobiling. For something thinner, try mechanic's overalls. 73, Dick WC1M Hi, I am looking for an overall to be used for climbing. I used to have
I'm not an engineer, but just going by the specs I'd say the Rohn mast isn't appropriate for the windload you're planning. With a 100 MPH wind rating for your county, you'd be advised to go with a sm
Preforms are an industry-standard product that doesn't loosen up over time if correctly sized and installed. You must have had the wrong size, defective grips, or they weren't installed correctly. I'
Same here. My 3 rings are mounted about one foot above the guy brackets. I run the coax along the boom to the truss support pipe, tape it up to the top of the pipe, then run it down into a loop that
Your crankup installation sounds similar to mine. I have three conduits running about 250': a 4" for transmission lines, a 2 1/2" for low-power control cables and a 1" for 220VAC. I used #10 for the
I have a copy. I scanned it into a PDF file. If you can receive a 1 MB attachment, I can email it to you (and anyone else who needs a copy.) 73, Dick WC1M I'm looking for the manual for a Wilson ST-7
I use a Petzl Navaho Complete full body harness, an earlier model of the current Navahoe Bod: http://www.petzl.com/us/pro/verticality/harnesses/work-positioning-and-fallarrest-harnesses-0/navaho-bod
Very convincing videos. A shock-absorbing Y-lanyard attached to the rear D-ring is the only way to go! I knew that one leg of the typical Y-lanyard should never be clipped to your hip rings or any ot