Reminds me when I first installed an 80 foot Rohn SSV tower. I borrowed my next door neighbor's very expensive survey transit to plumb the tower. After numerous observations, I easily reached the con
Cadwelding to Rohn towers ... it doesn't look like a great idea Great idea? I can't imagine anything more stupid. Taking an uncontrollable high heat source to a tower leg? Why not use a saw? Ken K5RG
This is my experience also having had my 80-foot tower for 38 years. I've had three 'excess energy' experiences: one was a direct hit to a nearby pine tree 100 feet from the tower and the other two c
Whether it works or doesn't work, what's your alternative? Biggest problem with antenna modeling software is that the software can't take into consideration the physical constraints without extensive
The T2X brake wedge is a lousy scheme. It allows the antenna to move/oscillate a total of 7 degrees in the wind which will pit most thrust bearings unless you park it in a different location every so
Contact Hill Radio Inc, Address: 2503 General Electric Rd, Bloomington, IL 61704 Phone: (309) 663-2141 http://www.hillradio.net/ Hill Radio is essentially the Filene's basement store for Rohn, they a
The Orion OR2800 bolt pattern is an exact match with the T2X (all six bolts). The Hy-Gain bolt patterns are pretty common. I plan to replace the tailtwister with an OR2800 but in a self-supporting to
Just wondering if anyone has found a way to remove the tarnish off of older connectors.?? The tarnish is not effecting the usage, but does distract from the appearance. Chuck K9LC I dip them in Tarne
ARRL insurance is a marine policy, you state a value for a particular asset and that's your insurance, no debate allowed on a valid claim. It isn't cheap but there is no downside other than the effor
Installing a thrust bearing in a tower - Dead weight (along the gravity vector) all on the rotator or all on the thrust bearing? Seeing such things as sleeves for towers, I would surmise that all of
In my current (about to be replaced) installation I put all of the dead weight on the thrust bearing thinking I was saving the rotator. I had heard in the intervening 20 year period that loading the
THRUST BEARINGS take THRUST loads, along the axis of a shaft, like a ship's propeller shaft. Therein lies the problem, you've got the definition of thrust correct but thrust bearings are not meant fo
Author: "Kenneth R Goodwin" <krgoodwin@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:17:02 -0500
You have two options in rotator control line solutions. My source on this topic is Jeff at Green Heron Engineering. MOV's protection is normally at 60 - 80V and a spike of that magnitude will undoubt
Author: "Kenneth R Goodwin" <krgoodwin@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:34:55 -0600
. was told there was no HOA before buying Be interesting to know 'who told you'. In Texas if you were not informed during the closing and/or not given a copy of the deed restrictions then you can sue