Shoving a fish tape or pulling a new rope will not help. Wire lube is the best bet. If the pipe is all out side try filling with water and trying the pull again. Sometime even if there is no twisting
The local radio club has a 135' cellphone tower in the back yard with a 15' mast out the top. Could this tower be loaded, would the rf be a problem to the cellsite? Tower is 16' on the side at the ba
Depends, according to some electrical inspectors if it isn't flush(top of ground rod) with the ground there is not 8 feet in the ground. Thus the rod if it used for the ground with an electrical pane
There are 3M splice kits for large wire(hooking up motors)(might also come in smaller sizes too just have not seen them yet) that use this stuff. No more layers of tape for LV applications. Just bolt
A couple of years ago I helped a local ham move his 80' crank up. I think that there were ten of us. What really helped was having a short (2') piece of telephone pole. We picked up one end and put t
New panels cannot be put in closets under the NEC. Tom AC5TM -- Original Message -- From: "bruce makas" <k1my@msn.com> To: "Towertalk submital" <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Michael Hatzakis, Jr" <mik
I have seen many DB224 (4 bay dipole array) go for $100-200 used at hamfests. Most VHF commercial gain antennas will work only in the high end of the two meter band(low VSWR). Just make sure you buy
I was reading a couple of weeks ago on Towertalk reflector about how somebody wanted to run his coax thru an elevator shaft. I mentioned that the NEC does not allow that. I was tronced upon at once a
I will take care of the Gulf South area. Tom AC5TM -- Original Message -- From: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz@arrl.net> To: "Mac" <w5mc@sbcglobal.net>; "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>; <towertal
For larger contacts(motor staters/control contacts etc.) I use a fiberglass brush. Looks like a short pen not sure who makes them. They come in different sizes and fiber thicknesses. I do not reccome
I read recently somewhere that tying a knot in rope reduces the tensile strength by 20% or so and with the synthetic lines can reduce as much as 60% or more. The reduction was due to how sharp the be
Why go thru the fuss of weather balloons? Cheap plastic grabage bags tied together will lift a wire in light winds. You never knows what will work untill you have 3/4 tank of helium left over from a
What is the gain and VSWR on a "dead horse"? What size does it have to be to tune up in the phone portion of 20? Tom -- Original Message -- From: <n4kg@juno.com> To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com> Sent:
According to a chart in "Physical Design of Yagi Antennas" (Leeson, ARRL) yeild strenths(lbin*sq) vary from 15klbs for 6063-T5 drawn alum. tube to 70klbs for 7075-T6 extruded alum. tube. compared to
I just received a mast (CM 2" od 1/4" wall). Robin is OK to do business with in my book info below. Tom AC5TM Robin Midgett KB4IDC IDC Technology rmidgett@bellsouth.net www.idctechnology.com 615-773-