Looking for ideas for counterweights for wire verticals, one end of the rope will be at a tower and the other end will be through a pulley. The pulley will be attached to a rope running through the t
I am helping a ham with a TX472 that has a new Raising Fixture, TRX 80HD. It is attached and ready to use, lowering the nested tower for maintenance and antenna work. The raising fixture has never be
Whatever you do, inspect the screw-in anchors everytime you climb your tower. A tree root pushed one of my anchors about 8 inches out of the ground, a 90 MPH windstorm came along .... I have the pict
Follow-up. Helping a fellow ham over the past two days I have raised and lowered the TX472MDP using the fixture. I was installing Force12 yagis on a 20' mast, also using the mast raising fixture that
I am helping a handi-ham with buying a larger mast. I have a local aluminum supplier that has about everything you can imagine but wondered if anything on the market that I should know about. Looking
I am helping a friend with a Heath IntelliRotor, HD/HDW-1780. The manual talks about a software program that helps you interface with a computer, making it possible to rotate the antenna using variou
As some of you know, Cinch has discontinued the handy 8 connector plugs for quick disconnect in the shack and out on the tower. After several days of searching and calling, I finally found what looks
When I sent the first Email, I didn't have the part numbers at hand so here you go. I ordered these from Newark Electronics, www.newark.com. The current manufacturer is a company called Beau Vernitro