Sigh .. again .... go check Harbor Freight -- HIHI .. Mark Nelson - AA6DX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _____________________________
Back in late 70s. Had a 204BA on the top of my tower stack at my contest station in downtown Redding, CA -- `twas a dark and stormy night, and was CQWW--phone methinks -- when 20M went dead .. too de
Well .. on another tack ... If it's possible, just rent a Bosch electric jackhammer and take the top off the tower base concrete...the chisel will cut the Rohn 25, too ... ... down a foot or two + ..
Carol -- As has been said on here before by others, there is not really a reason to use QUOTE "Rotator cable", or "Rotor Control Cable" .. use multiple runs of the cheapest Romex wire on sale from le
Yep Yep -- this is where I've bought from in the past .. have several boxes of fiberglass masting in my garage. Prefer to metal, anyway, for making K9AY loops, etc. Mark AA6DX _______________________
YES YOU DID! --I spent my first 5-6 years in hamdom CLIMBING without any belt at all, except the one holding my pants up! Cannot believe how stupid I was 45+ years ago! Mark AA6DX -- Original Message
If you have a truck with a lumber rack available, or like that, get it near to the tower to where the "crew" can lift it the tower high enough to back the truck under it. Then, wrangle the tower so t
OR -- Steel tie wraps, available at Harbor Freight, I do believe ... Mark AA6DX (I use all-thread a lot in my "stuff"... never had probs - WORKY WORKY!) -- Original Message -- From: <K7LXC@aol.com> T
Yes, they "wobulate" .. matter of fact, all the tall crank-ups I have worked with do ... some more than others, but never seen a failure because of that. Mark AA6DX Greetings all, I have an LM-470 fr
Happens here in Humboldt Bay area, too ... multiple failures like that .. 73 y'all .. Mark AA6DX -- 8 Blox from the bay.... Eureka To all: Maybe it's the humidity and proximity to the ocean here in H
Is the tower up? If not, insert the mast B4 raising the tower ... you can then easily lift the mast by inserting a pulley in the bottom of it, running a tied-off line to the top of the tower, thru a
Well.. now 72 --big-time climbing is over for me .. still have belt, though! Have had 2wo store-bought knees for a few years no, Doc said no climbing, but....... I do ladders, and a wee ways up tower
Hi ... the Radio Shack cheapie works fine to twist my $500 "Hula Hoop" .. for 3 years, now ... works swell on 160m, else... sorta OK .. using on my ICOM 756 P2... 73, Happy New Year -- Mark.. AA6DX .
UHHHH .. beg to differ .. using the rotator on my Pixel makes a world of diff, especially on 160m. Signals gain considerably when the orientation is right. I use the cheap Radio Shack, worky worky! B
You might be interested in this item ... great for going up/down the tower with tool bucket, antennae, etc.. 1/2 MANILA ROPE 5400 LB. 1200 (4 Football fields!) Less than $300 -- B U T -- shipping is