It should be in one pour so that the base is totally bonded together. If the bottom pour has 'gone off' and hardened, you wind up with two separate layers. Sometimes there are two pours if you have t
quickly material, According to Press the Wireman, coax deteriorates even when stored in the dark in the basement. Whether it deteriorates more quickly outdoors I guess is the question. Cheers, Steve
might I think the above is the data for the OLD Phillystran (stiff jacket and potted terminations required). Here's the current data for jacketed diameter: HPTG 1200 0.17" 4MM HPTG 2100 0.22" 6MM HPT
an gain ( DO NOT BELIEVE MANUFACTURER PUBLISHED GAIN FIGURES. (The exception are those of Force 12 net gain figures - they're pretty realistic and corroborate our findings.) You need a copy of the N0
Several years ago before F12 became the #1 ham radio antenna manufacturer, Champion Radio Products sold *some* F12 products. They tended to be custom antennas and only very occasionally a C-3 or C-4.
on the Fellow TowerTalkians - Here's a little LXC/TT philosophy. Let's face it - just about everything discussed on TT has to do with BUYING something; i.e. towers, guy wires, cables, rotators, tower
Well, that's because you talked to Natan who doesn't work at the factory but handles the email traffic. My point was that if you want to get ahold of Tom at the factory - good luck. Cheers, Steve K7L
Not necessarily. Many times in tower bases the purpose of the rebar is to keep the concrete from shrinking and cracking and is not structural. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH
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duty Ah - the unidentified poster. I discourage anonymous posts - tnx. I'm not sure what your definition of "light duty service" means. Actually all of the F12 antennas get run through K7NV's YagiStr
Not really. You're talking 'skin effect' here - it's the outside of the conductor that does all the work. Good reason to polish the elements occasionally. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH
In TowerTalk lore there are several subjects that will cause longtime TowerTalkians to roll their eyes and/or unsubscribe immediately; one of them is 'element polishing'. No, it's not true and no, it
Well, thank you for sharing that with us. In the future, please don't. This is not a rant-and-rave reflector nor one dealing in political opinions. There are many outlets for your perspective - Tower
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inside cable/ Congrats on a good deal. Now for the fun part - hi! As far as cable rust goes, it would have to be *real* penetrated rust and not just surface rust in order for this to be a problem. Si
for The original posted question had to do with one of their lattice towers - not the tubulars - and that's what I responded to. The MA-series tubulars are MUCH easier to recable. The lattice-types a