I use a wood 4"x4" at each section to block my two 72 foot towers when climbing......avoid climbing if posssible. 73, Terry K7FE _______________________________________________ ______________________
Peter, K9STH has some excellent information on tower grounding on his web site. He has worked at this professionally. _http://home.comcast.net/~k9sth/Lightning_Primer_1.htm_ (http://home.comcast.net/
Craig, AE7I I do not have any pictures of lumber mounted in my tower sections when I am climbing it. Yes, one 4"x4"x24" per section and very close to the bottom of each upper section. If you allow to
Les, I really think that you need a civil engineer who has a background with rock and towers. Yours is 90 feet plus mast so "force times lever arm" may translate one pound of wind load to nearly 100
Go to QRZ.Com and download "yagimax.zip". You should be able to solve your problem with it. Here is a link. http://www.qrz.com/download/misc/index.html or you could just make the 7/8 inch dia section
I would use "two" coax cable runs plus rotor controls and remote coax switch* wires. One coax for HF and another for VHF. Consider using LMR-600 for HF and perhaps better for the VHF run. I suggested
I would purchase a commercial tower raising fixture from the tower mfr or borrow one Harry. No use in risking personal injury or damage to your tower. I have one for my two 72 foot towers and they ar
A couple of posters on QRZ.Com are commercial broadcast engineers and may have some answers for you. 73, Terry, K7FE _______________________________________________ __________________________________