Hi Since the outside of most CATV hardline is aluminum, why not try just screwing it on? I did that with a larger cable and larger connector. The trick was holding the cable and I used a couple of th
Does that mean that on a 100 foot tower guyed with 3/16 EHS at the recommended tension that those guy wires will be stretching on the order of several inches or more? Frank W2FCA
In a message dated 4/18/03 21:23:02 Eastern Daylight Time, olinger@bellsouth.net writes: << If you sight down them, you will see that they are not pulled "straight-line" taut. They have a certain "bo
Hi I used to have two ham 4 rotors which lasted about a year or so then the gear (the steel one) would go or the brake would strip. I replaced them with the smallest Prosistels 2.5 years ago and they
I agree. Did that for a neighbor and also pointed out that if his fence kept being shorted his critters could get out (again). Used the same 17 ga galvinized wire that I made a beverage with. Not onl
You might also try the "Journal of Irreproducible Results" These are the people who showed that death is genetic because all the people they checked who died in the 1800's had parents who also had di
The ones on my tower have a slightly bowed area that fits around where the diagonal brace meets the leg. Once in place, it can't go very far up or down within hiting the bracing itself. If your was r
There may be different grades of aluminum conduit, but all the stuff I've seen is actually designed to bend easily to aid in aligning it between two points at different levels. Frank w2FCA
I've used the braided polyester stuff from Cablexperts for verticals and for the ends of wire antennas. Runs about $9/100 ft in quantity and has a strength of over 400 lbs. It resists UV and weather
I replaced two Ham V rotors with two of the Prosistel 51 rotors. One turned a Tribander and bunch of VHF antennas, the other a 30 foot boom 6 meter beam and more VHF/UHF antennas. The Ham V's would l