Just be happy you didn't pay the $20,000 for your permit that I did 11 years ago. W2XX/7 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mail
Your point resonates very well with me. They are indeed out of control, and that's nothing new. Yes, $20K in permitting, surveying, inspection and legal fees (about $16K of that 20) when I had to sue
Thanks for the SPAM. Didn't realize I was tuned in to talk radio. :rolleyes: XX/7 On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 08:42 -0800, R. David Eagle furiously typed: _______________________________________________ __
Yes, it certainly is but it's not as easy as doing it on a fixed tower. Definitely NOT recommended from a structural standpoint. Here are some photos for inspiration: http://ezoom.net/images/4over4ov
Exactly. Been there, done that, have the t-shirt and my story has been published in Fred Hopengarten's excellent book. J.P. W2XX/7 _______________________________________________ ____________________
Somehow I think you mean "damped" and not moistened ;) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com
I agree. This is not a location I'd be giving any serious thought to as an HF friendly location. To invest the time and money you're talking about will give you a really crappy ROI here. W2XX/7 My a
It's not the MSG; I believe the responsible ingredient is the enzyme Papain which is derived from papaya :) W2XX/7 _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
I don't know about the City of Las Vegas specifically, but the State of Nevada has incorporated PRB-1 into its statutes. Please see NRS 278.02085 http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-278.html#NRS278Se
They use aluminum blind rivets with a steel mandrel I believe. They're available from McMaster Carr in various sizes. The Force 12 rivets are not your standard rivet. They use a special kind as I r
Having done this myself, the answer is sure you can put up a guyed tower on a slope. What's important to maintain are the angles of the guys to the tower and the tension on them. If you maintain the
It's not the silicone that makes a mess of connectors, it's the outgassing of acetic acid that occurs in caulking compounds not specifically meant for use in electronics. XX/7 At Wednesday, 07/13/201
I had one of those with a KT 34XA and a pair of Cushcraft long boom 2m beams on it in NY. An ice storm destroyed the antennas but no issue with the tower itself. It's a tough little tower. W2XX/7 Sen
Same principle as any repeater club anywhere charging an annual fee for use of the machine. Or what they used to do was charge for the auto-patch codes...remember that? The contents of the communicat
Seems to me that if it was illegal, the ARRL wouldn't have published a review or rather would have said so. But it's not so innovators behind the project just laugh when you guys get unhinged about s
Exactly what I used to get back about 300 feet from my road when I built mine. W2XX/7 Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
Agreed. The horse is dead. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
I just don't see the reasoning behind destroying a very expensive piece of metal. Is it that there's too much empty mast sticking out of the top of the tower? If so, what's the harm? W2XX/7 _________
Made my palms sweat. W2XX/7 YIKES indeed. That scared the crap out of me! And I only watched the first 2 minutes. Climb safe everyone. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH _________________________________