But to be a proper match you need to have a northern owl. Any other would have a potential for excessive OSWR (Owl Standing Wave Ratio) ...and for lightning protection you must ground the proper leg
Excellent tech writing. Covers the background sufficiently without being pedantic but with enough meat to establish the bona fides of the generalizations. The community could surely profit from more
It may sometimes depend on your carrier and your agent's standing with that carrier. It isn't always a straight forward cut and dried situation. If you don't get the action you need, try a different
I have no home owner policy. I am with State Farm since 1962. I currently have a farm and ranch policy. It would cost me $15.26/$1000 of replacement value with a $5000 deductible. If I was the typica
Roger, Living in a rural area and having barns and out buildings on property that used to be involved in agriculture is still not a farm in the eyes of the insurance folks. If you are involved in agr
Chuck, It isn't the years... It is the condition and attitude that matters! I too do not climb towers. I use crank-ups and or tilt overs and a large extension ladder. Patrick Af5CK I've had two claim
Mike, The Portland Cement Association says that standard mixes cure to 90% of their final strength in 28 days. There is no magic number for 100% cure. Strength asymptotically approaches its final val
Mike, Be careful. Don't let anyone add excessive water to make the mix easier to work with or self leveling or whatever. That lowers the strength irrespective of what the strength would have been (ho
Do you think maybe that attention to concrete base details may be one reason failures occur elsewhere? Sure, tower companies are risk adverse and may go a tad HD to avoid legal problems but careful d
My back porch is held up by 4x4 square steel tubing columns from the patio below and 3x8 steel tubing lattice under the porch slab. All this steel was some rusty when installed. I painted it all (wit
Gee, I hope not. My rusty steel columns painted with no primer 8 years ago with Rustoleum Hammertone Rusty metal paint still look new. If I paint a tower or part of if that is what I'll use. You pays
A college party with a theme of Zeno's Paradox was attended by wanna be scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. The rules were read aloud at the start explaining all the boys, in turn, get a shot
Gurus and high priests are less interested in helping you than establishing and maintaining zeal in the hearts of their acolytes and maintaining doctrinal purity. Incessant arguments regarding the nu
Dissolve the "junk." IF it is a couple aluminum tubes telescoping then... Stand the tubes vertically with the smaller diameter tube on top. Form a lump of modeling clay around the larger diameter tub
Dick, The answer is Minot Air Force Base, Minot, North Dakota Been there, done that for 3 consecutive years. I know a couple radio intercept operators, one Morse and one non-Morse who came down from
In hot rod parlance it would be, "If it won't go, chrome it!"{ Rick N6RK I've always thought the same thing. There's a bit of chest puffing if you can say that you have a 3 ele Yagi at 330 ft...on 16
Duty at Minot, Loring, Thule, etc. gave a whole new meaning to "Cold Warrior!" At Minot AFB the lowest temp I was out in was -47F, not wind chill, straight thermometer. Minus 40 was routine. Wind chi
I have a Hy-Gain Hy-Tower vertical working on 7 bands. It has stubs attached at various locations on the tower portion. With this arrangement longer is lower in freq. as in many other situations. I h
But wait, the gurus haven't finished yet... It is one thing to beat a dead horse but peeing on its grave each year on the anniversary of its death??? (Discussing the type of floral display/wreath to
John, Sometimes the soil is difficult but not impossible to drive 8 ft rods into. When conditions are marginal there are a couple tips that might help you as they have myself. When I use a sledge ham