Interesting. Shouldn't you have also been 'off the hook' for the additional concrete costs you sustained by the backhoe operator giving you a larger-than-requested/ordered hole? Is backhoeing what t
I use #18 nylon seine twine on my 40m inverted vee and 80m 1/4-wave half-sloper. The twine has a lifetime of about six or seven years. Even after a number of years, the knots are still unknotable. I
What's wrong with using a couple of 259's and a barrel? dale, kg5u _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stat
Another thing to worry about with the cheap pulleys from hardware stores is the play in the pulley or sheave in the frame. If there is a lot of play in the sheave and the line doesn't 'fill' the gro
Bill, You don't say if you are ground-mounting the vertical or mounting the vertical elevated on a mast or building. I'm guessing you are ground mounting. If that's the case, what I did was I 'threa
Ed, I don't know the exact specs on the bolts, but here's some info on where you can buy them by the set: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00099.html Hope this helps.
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The downside of which might be that it would give the ground helper such a feeling of security that he/she might spend more time than normal in the drop zone. dale, kg5u ____________________________
plugging in 'xmatch' in the search field of yahoo.com netted a bunch of hits. _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless We
Like the old saw: If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it. Didn't someone say below to plan on spending over $1k? If one can afford that, one can likely afford a telephone call to find out
Also, if you are an ARRL Member,you can read the QST Product review comparing 4 high-power tuners. _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting
Barry, I've replaced the rotator twice in our club's rohn 45g 80' tower. Here's my procedure: 1. Go to Home Depot (or equiv) and buy 4 u-bolts to fit the mast and 3 to fit the legs. 2. Buy three piec
hmmm...according to the collective wisdom recently demonstrated on this reflector about pop-up ads, you and not your neighbor need to do something about minimizing/reducing/removing the noise from y
I bought a used C3 and it works great (Thanks, Steve!). I ordered the E-upgrade (additional 10m element) from F12 and received it promptly. It, too, worked great. I've recently ordered the 40m dipole
Not necessarily....When I've called about problems with my Omni VI's, the stock response seems to be "lightning effects." It gets old after a while....especially when their repairs don't infer light
I checked the ARRL Members website for "hd-73" and this was one of the hits: Jan 1983 QST page 17 Automatic Control For The Alliance HD-73 Heavy-Duty Rotator by Mehaffey, Joe, K4IHP > ______________
The next time PBS airs the documentary on the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, you can see the vibrators being used. 73, dale, kg5u _______________________________________________ See: http://w
Have you done a search using the search engines? I did. I found the manual through K4XJ BAMA website. Go to http://www.yahoo.com and type 'ham-ii rotator manual' and you will see a number of hits. I
Glad you're still here. Everytime I climb, it's the first time. I work very hard to be frightened about what it is that I'm doing: elevating my body high enough above ground to kill me. The last thi
Do a search on yahoo or google for hy-gain antennas. Navigate to the manuals page. Download the manual you need. 73, dale, kg5u _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscompu