Right, John, so out of consideration for the wisdom of your comments and oodles of folks saying NEVER guy a free standing tower, I only guyed the bottom section. Somehow I'm reminded of Woody Allen's
I have taken down a 40 ft tower with legs on 14 ft centers. It is the bottom 40 ft of a 100 ft tower that had a failure and crashed down. I took it down, transported it to my ranch and reassembled it
I previously stated I have a tilt-over/crank-up tower with one set of guys at the top of the bottom section. Out of consideration for loading of the cable-pulley-winch system I wouldn't put any guys
That is ForTran, not FORTRAN. Formula Translator ;) ;) Patrick NJ5G I'll take FORTRAN. Kim N5OP What would work if you bury it deep enough. I would believe 8 feet of strap buried 4 feet down should b
Why fill them with expensive concrete when "soil cement" would do the job or fill with debris (scrap reclaimed concrete rubble)_ and then pour in concrete with a water reducer plasticizer additive to
David, Of course you want to not mess up the threads so be careful with hammer and chisel. The steel and the concrete have different coefficients of expansion so heating the steel with a heat gun (I'
With a heat source fed a constant quantity of energy (more or less a balun under test if not actual use) its temp will rise until the temperature is sufficiently above ambient for the delta temp to d
This sort of need for a M/F connector pair with good weatherproof characteristics has been threshed out here a lot not that long ago. Many folks, myself included, use the automotive trailer connector
The RTV that emits vinegar smell uses moisture in its curing so in an aquarium application, after applying it and letting it cure a little while I filled the aquarium with water. I changed the water
Are we boycotting Glyptal?? Spun off from GE in 1985 it is widely available. I used to buy it in small bottles with a brush in the cap as sold by GC (General Cement?) back in the early 70's. It has g
A little smear of silicone rubber or Goop across screw heads is easily removed when you need to access the heads but prevents corrosion, salt, or other debris from taking up residence there and makin
How about that! I try to keep a spray can of BoeShield on the shelf in my shop but never knew it was good for antennas and the like. I buy it due to a recommendation for using it on such items as cas
...and be sure to buy your super synthetic oil during the dark of the moon and pour it through a gold plated funnel using a minimum of 73.286% ultra-violet light of 340 nanometers wavelength to mitig
Very good advice, guys. I'll add that if you are burying conduit underground consider going significantly larger than the minimum to pull your current needs through. The cost difference is not a big
Don't you need to bury conduit deeper than the freeze zone? Then frost heave shouldn't be a problem. Buried deep enough the light weight S&D PVC pipe should be plenty strong enough. Buried deep enoug
Gary, I got ya beat... Although I admit the southern part of Baja Oklahoma down where you are is nice, freedom wise, here in south central Oklahoma I only had to register the septic after a successfu
I bought the crimpers sold by DXE in a plastic tool box. They seem to me to be an 8 on a scale of 10, plenty good enough but not outstanding. I am a neophyte RE powerpole installing but with the tool
Carolina Windom 270 ft long divided 90/180 was good on 160m. Mine was a little low but performed pretty well, especially considering the cost. With a tuner it worked most bands rather well. Patrick N
Roger, Thanks for letting me stroll down memory lane with you. My dad had one of those blow torch soldering irons when I was growing up. Then along came the BIG electric irons with sufficient heat ca
I have used a run of coax for a 120vac extension cord to power a soldering gun to use to solder on the PL-259 to the coax being used for the extension cord. My soldering gun was the transformer type