Peter,
You couldn't find a better professional in your area than W2GD. John
has done much work on my 200 foot towers and he could resolve your
unexpected problems quickly and easily.
w2gd@hotmail.com
Good luck with your project.
73!
Frank
W3LPL
---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:42:38 -0400
>From: Peter Dougherty <w2irt@comcast.net>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Cadwelding and grounding nightmare
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>
>Hi all,
>
>This is a desperate plea for help from Northern NJ. I need to get a
>major cadweld-grounding project completed, and as events of this
>weekend have proven, this is not a task neither I nor my xyl are
>physically capable of performing. It almost ended up with me in the
>hospital and my wife ready to take off permanently. I am NOT joking
>about this, either. Yes, the fight was THAT bad. It's just the two of
>us here. I'm in bad condition physically and can't be outside in heat
>for more than an hour or so, and she can only do so much to help.
>
>I have the ground rods down and mapped out but trenching out where
>the wires are supposed to run and properly firing off the cadweld
>shots turned out to be a massive and expensive waste of time, effort
>and money. The last straw was the shot I fired off. Made a nice 3"
>flame and a couple of minutes of glowing orange, but when the smoke
>cleared and things cooled down out popped one of the wires from the
>mold as if it was never even effected.
>
>If there's anybody who is expert at this process and willing to come
>to northern NJ please contact me at your earliest convenience. Guys,
>I'm in waaaaaaaay over my head on this one. I bit off way more than I
>can chew and I need a pro and some folks with experience to get this
>done right.
>
>
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Peter,
>W2IRT
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