TODAY the behavior when hitting REPLY seems to be the same as REPLY ALL (gets sent to sender AND reflector). But REPLY ALL and then deleting the unwanted destination has always worked for me. -Steve
Huh? He's got 30' of tower, and wants his antenna at 40'. It seem a great time to buy one extra section of tower, if for no other reason than ease of service. -Steve K8LX ____________________________
I've never seen anything from Andrew suggesting this - got a link? Some Andrew connectors come with a tiny little tube of silicone grease, but it's for lubing the outer o-ring to make the connector s
I would say unusual, but not extremely unusual. In fact there is a lot of 1-5/8" Heliax out there. I know, I'm nit-picking :) -Steve K8LX _______________________________________________ _____________
I've got long runs to deal with - 500' to the base of one tower, 400' to another, etc., and good stock on 1-5/8" Heliax and 1-5/8" Cell Reach, so you can guess what became irresistible. Plus I sold t
There is probably a (mis)apprehension about micro-slipping between the the two shield layers being a noise generator. Hard to imagine, but sometimes experience trumps theory. -Steve K8LX ____________
One workaround if faced with this system is to tighten the cable support and then loosen the boom to mast clamp, allowing the boom to slip down to the point where the boom guys are at the desired te
This is at least partly supply and demand. There's not much call for UHF connectors or male connectors in general for larger cable. The commercial users driving the market tend to use male connectors
Ed, The standard cable puller in the tower biz is the Tirfer T500 series: http://www.midwestunlimited.com/detail.lasso?cat_master=1009&cat_level=1164&product_id=11333 or http://tinyurl.com/2w3gozr It
Why don't you think so? One well doesn't hit, the next one does....how can that be convincing? -Steve K8LX _______________________________________________ ____________________________________________
I've used thousands of aluminum Nicopress sleeves and they are perfectly acceptable when used correctly, as are the copper sleeves. Stress testing (by others) indicated that a single sleeve failed be
Does anyone know of a reasonably priced 2-way or 3-way broadband splitter/combiner covering the 900-1000 MHZ range? It really doesn't need to be much more than a CATV style splitter, except I'd like
Thanks to W3QX for reminding me about Mini-Circuits - perfect solution. -Steve K8LX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing l
Agreed if both antennas are always aimed together, but if they can be pointed in different directions, you still need top-bottom-both switching. 73, -Steve K8LX ______________________________________
I general, shallow pad foundations require the most concrete - they are basically *weight* foundations. Designs which go the deepest use the least because they have friction against the earth working
It's probably Shireen RFC600. Shireen claims their cables are made in USA. I've used a few reels of their RFC400 and the quality seems equivalent to LMR. -Steve K8LX _________________________________
Not exactly true. On a standard PL259, the center pin/insulator combo can be popped out of the body (before installation) with a sharp rap of something like a 1/4" nutdriver inserted from the rear of
+1 on buyheatshrink.com. I've purchased thousands of dollars worth of shrink tube from them (for commercial installs) and have been happy with the quality, service, and value - their tubing runs abou
<snip> Well, there's rope, and then there's rope. Yes, the rope one might find Home Depot is not useful for temporary guys, but there ARE low stretch ropes which would be entirely suitable if tension