[TowerTalk] ACCESS BOX

[Les Kalmus]

Roger,

Thanks for all the great info on your web page.
Where did you find that aluminum plate for the house entry box?

73, Les W2LK

K8RI on TowerTalk wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "TOMMY HALIBURTON" <ROCKETJ10 at MSN.COM>
> To: "towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Cc: <rocketj10 at msn.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 8:55 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] ACCESS BOX
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> I've seen a number of answers most of which should work well.
>
> Clear to the bottom of the page is the cable box coming into the house. It's 
> a fairly large page.
> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/tower.htm
>
> A similar, but larger box at the tower.
> http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm
> About the only thing that hasn't changed is the box mounted on the tower. 
> Even the cables have been rerouted and made much neater.  The conduit no 
> longer comes through the basement wall and the grounding is in the box on 
> the outside of the house. I'll update the photos once I get things together.
>
> NOTE: These boxes are made to take an internal back plate that goes on stand 
> offs. I used 1/4" Aluminum in the box where it goes in the house. The 
> Aluminum is grounded, the polyphasers mount on it, and groudning bulkhead 
> connectors for the satellite system are mounted on it.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
> N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
> www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)
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>> To All,
>>
>> Is anyone aware of a weather proof box large enough to hold a large remote 
>> coax switch and some Polyphasers? I thought about mounting one as a 
>> pedestal on a two inch piece of galvanized pipe adjacent to the tower. Is 
>> this feasible or has 40+ years of hamming made me slightly off-normal?
>>
>> As always, thanks in advance for any data you may provide.
>>
>> Semper Fi,
>>
>> Tommy - K6YE
>> DX IS
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