Team In the last storm one of the four one inch diameter 27 inch long anchor bolts holding my MARB base for my self supporting (unguyed) US Tower MA 550 snapped just below the leveling nut. I have lo
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for recommendations as to how to repair my snapped anchor bolt problem. I very much appreciate all your advice and also the sense of urgency and the hel
Dick Thank you for your very thoughtful, detailed and inspirational analysis and information. You guessed it...my tower is a hand crank model and at the age of almost 63 it has become an effort for m
Lee For whatever it is worth I have had pretty good success over the years using *elevated* Butternut HF-2V verticals either individually or in steerable four square phased arrays. If you can do it I
Team Does anyone know what the sizes, strength and types of nuts and bolts (and lock washers???) are needed/recommended to *properly* assemble sections of Rohn 25 together? Is there also an amateur r
--Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of DMartin560@aol.com Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:45 AM To: j_hector_garcia@sbcg
Mike When turning down the fiberglass rod on a lathe please don't forget to use eye protection and a breathing mask/filter. 73, Ted, K6XN Hi Mike, You can get solid fiberglass rod from MSC (www.mscdi
Team I am looking for a used self supporting crank up tower to install at a location in Nevada for contesting. I already have in place 10 cubic yards of steel reinforced concrete with 1 inch diameter
Jim I recommend you contact US Tower directly or check their website. The bolts they sent me last year for another MA-770 installation were straight bolts and only 1 inch by 27 inches rather than the
Team FYI I just received Rohn 25G joint bolt kits for use with 25G tower sections from TESSCO Technologies. Each kit was less than $2.00 and each kit includes three ¼ inch by 1 ½ inch a
Team This summer we installed an 11 element 70 foot boom length M2 6 meter yagi on an 85 foot tower at an elevation of 5000 feet located about 200 feet from my summer QTH in CM99 in the Sierras. I us
Team During the storm last January I had a one inch diameter anchor bolt snap and I almost lost the big tower with the KLM KT-34XA (boom length is 32 feet) and the KLM 40 meter dipole. It was pretty
Warren I was able to solve a problem with one of my adjacent neighbors by agreeing to have two trees planted near my property boundary in a strategic location selected by her (and agreed to by me) to
Tom Check out RadiDan's website at http://www.radiodan.com/Henry/parts/coaxconnectors.htm I have received prompt delivery from RadiDan and his connectors have been superior to just about anything els
Team I should have referred in my earlier e-mail to RadioDan not RadiDan. Sorry....I am still half asleep and partially brain dead out here from chasing DX late last night on 80 meter cw....and I nee
Team When using the allowable antenna area charts for Rohn 25G towers, after we calculate the wind area for the antennas to go on the tower how does one allow for the additional surface area of the m
Thanks everyone for your helpful comments and recommendations. I now know what to do...what not to do....and what to think twice about. 73, Ted, K6XN _______________________________________________ _
Team With respect, am I correct in assuming that there are in effect the following general schools of thought and guidance from and for the deserving: 1. Always follow directions from the tower manuf
Team I have had excellent success on DXpeditions by simply spacing a pair of verticals a quarter wavelength apart and connecting them with a 3/4 wavelength (at the frequency of interest) 50 ohm coax.
Ron and Team I have had the same experience as Frank. I have also been running full legal power into N connectors for years on the HF bands with *no* problems. On 6M I have been able to run 1200 watt