In a message dated 8/8/2005 11:07:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, CubexCo writes: Dick, Were you able to find a schematic? If not let me know as I have it on file and can attach them to an email. Regard
Despite my windy QTH, I am seriously thinking of erecting a two element 30/40M quad on a 20' boom. The spreaders would, most likely, be in four 8' sections tapering from 2" diameter at the spider end
In a message dated 10/13/2005 8:54:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, towertalk-request@contesting.com writes: Hey 'talkers... A while back I found a boom splice for 2" boom someplace on the net. As luck w
I want to motorize a LM354E...currently it has a hand winch and it is a bear to raise....there isn't a gear box on this tower... A few other recommended a 120V winch by Dayton....that that has a free
Craig, The remote control circuits are all low current, and any typical rotator cable of #20 ga wire will work fine. I have the same tower and controller. Be sure that the 115v lift motor power sourc
Doug, Although I am not a student of the bible, I did look up the passage in LUKE and must commend you for your wit. I could not be more appropriate for this Reflector. Hopefully other appreciated it
WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED TRIBANDER FOR CONTESTING? NO GREATER THAN 9 SQUARE FEET OF WINDLOAD. TNX, MIKE, VE4MM == Mike, I have noted with interest the responses you have received and the many exchanges
Any ideas where I could find that info now? This was a second-hand tower and the original owner no longer has any documentation for it. == I suspect that the Down Relay limit switch has failed, or th
Can anyone tell me which wires go to AC thru reverse? I will sell the tower and orion 2800 rotator when I get it down. Otherwise I'll need to get a crane to lay it down and work out a way to collapse
For example, if a Yagi has a gain of x db or x dbi (whichever) and is running a certain power then at what power level would you need with a vertical or dipole to roughly equal the Yagi? Is there a s
........In the quest for greater profitability, many companies are dropping smaller customers, as the cost of paperwork, stocking and customer service cost greater than the money they make from the s
I have a question pertaining to my Hy-Gain HG52SS tower or any other tower of this type for that matter. The question: Does anyone have a model or has anyone attempted to model the wind loading of th
Mike, K5UO, 9H3UO == A cost effective solution is to buy the solid 1.5" and 1.75 TUBING. Slip the tubing over the solid generously doped with epoxy glue and you have the effect of a solid 1.75" fiber
I'm not going over a tree branch. I'm going through they eye of a ceramic insulator. The ceramic insulators I use are very smooth. The real point is that 3/8" nylon rope outlasts the 3/16" dacron/pol
This sounds like a typical Hy-Gain rotator failure. Is that right? With the current worm-gear drive rotators (e.g. Orion, BigBoy, AlfaSpid), they won't suffer the same fate. That's why I'm really rel
Although the suggested method of using a water jet to run coax under a drive way would also be my choice, I would like to suggest a caution. Before starting, find out the substructure composition and
What are the cases for a remote coax switch with unused antennas being Grounded, or UNgrounded? For example, I have a 5-band quad with an RCS-8V remote coax switch. So there are four unused bands on
== Sure you can, just swap the plus and minus DC leads - reversing the polarity. Norman W4QN _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk
In a message dated 3/17/2006 8:34:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, towertalk-request@contesting.com writes: Anyone out there built their own suppressor for rotor/switch control lines? It seems the commer
In a message dated 4/20/2006 1:41:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, towertalk-request@contesting.com writes: Message: 2 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:02:40 -0600 From: "denis coolican" <coolican@telus.net> Su