Hello Dick: I have a US Tower 589MDPL....(the 89' version). Although I have had it for only two winters, I have had no trouble with cranking it up in VERY COLD condx...ie -30 deg C (almost-30F). I ke
Here is how i lube my tower sections and some further info on the cold wx/ slow tower thing......(cut and paste from direct response to Dick) sorry ur other question...I lube the tower sections by ha
http://www.cushcraft.com/amateur.htm --Original Message-- From: Gary D Elliott <k7ox@pipeline.com> To: TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Date: Saturday, December 04,
Thanks for the info from "both Bills" regarding WD-40........ In actual fact i have applied a light oil to the threaded rods on my winch. I did use the WD-40 mostly as a solvent to remove the heavy,
I have been unable to locate a copy of the Oct. 1989 Ham Radio magazine. I need the Beverage Preamp article by KD9SV. Could anyone out there e-mail a scanned file attachment or fax a copy to me? (403
I have received a copy now. Thanks. I will report to TT in a month or so about how my on the ground beverages are working...........or not. de Steve VE6WZ a -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/t
Interesting solution to your problem Tom. I looked into doing the same thing, however, before i put anything on my US Tower 89' crank-up i e-mailed US tower...they said DO NOT lubricate the cables...
I have the XM-240 8 feet over top of a F-12 C-3 with no problem at all.....the booms are 90 deg. de Steve VE6WZ. --Original Message-- From: K7LXC@aol.com <K7LXC@aol.com> To: KI7WX@aol.com <KI7WX@aol.
I have 2 remote 12v relay switchboxes for my various Beverage rx antennas. One box switches with a voltage on the coax feed, will the other runs on a separate voltage line against ground. When switch
Hi, I took delivery of a US tower HDX-589 this summer and they were actually ahead of schedule....US towers also included in the shipment a Cushcraft XM-240, Yeasu rotor and remote coax switch which
Has anyone tried the Force 12 (or other) 80M short rotatable dipoles? I am considering getting one to put at 100 feet...or should I just go with the 'ol INV. VEE with the apex at 100'? I'm willing to
On August 26 I received my new XM-240 which was probably one of the first out of Cushcraft. My thanks to George at HRO for expediting this delivery from Cushcraft so that it could coincide with the d
A word of caution to anyone ordering a US tower crankup and taking delivery of the base in advance......In order to coordinate the delivery of my crankup tower so that I could have the crane place th
My tower came out of CA on Conway Western transport to Vacouver Canada and from there was transferred to another trucking company which shipped it here to Calgary. In my case the tower WAS shipped i