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that Well, you said it - "I keep thinking". Climbing is about 90% mental so you're psyching yourself out. It's a matter of relaxing your mind and quit listening to your conscious self. Masts (even pi
Actually it's more of a vertical load, not sideways. While that's true, most guyed installations have the guy attachments in the direct vicinity of the top of the tower so the mast forces come out at
Another thing you can do is to put the ground rods in the ground horizontally. You'll still get half of a hemisphere of influence which might be better than a short rod. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TEC
Yep. I'll bet you a nickel it's the brake. and There's no reason to drop the antenna. The way to do it is to have the replacement rotator ready to go and do it all at once - then you don't have to wo
I think that's what the manufacturer says. I remember reading about a destruct test on them (might be in the archives) that found that three was the safest number. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH
Is the 3/8" rope for the haul rope? It's pretty small which makes it difficult to grasp by hand. Where? Ginpole? Wire antenna halyards? The BEST pulley I've ever used is a lightweight high-impact pla
Partly depends on the 40M antenna. F12 wants 12 feet separation while I've used CC 402CD's as close as 6-7 feet with little problems. The only 40M antenna with enough problems to warrant turning it 9
Additional concrete didn't save you. You can file an insurance claim to pay for your antenna repair don't forget. Glad the damage was pretty minor. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH
Rohn specs aren't "super conservative" - they merely conform to standards such as the TIA-222. The published Rohn tower specs and configurations are for commercial applications where you may have ant
Ah - you must have the antenna settings at CW. If you ever have a chance to take the antenna down, I would suggest using the 'secret LXC' settings. By splitting the measurements between CW and MID, y
Yes. Typical Phillystran installation includes some EHS at the end termination to the anchor. That keeps it out of harm's way for vandalism (a razor knife can cut right thru it) and a grass fire can
A fireplace doesn't have any strength or reinforcing - that's why they get damaged easily. A guy anchor there might be mostly psychological. A reasonable rule-of-thumb is to have 60% above ground and
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