What do you tower climbers use for lanyards and connecting hardware? I recently bought a harness but the lanyard is a fall restraint lanyard from the back. I have seen rope lanyards used but they loo
Agree with this of course. But what you find best for yourself might not be best for everyone, I'm sure you'll agree. Most of the time when on a small tower (12"-24" face) I like to have my positioni
It's usually a waste of time, or worse. Weep holes plug up, the base has sitting water in it, the corrosion process is sped up. *New* commercial towers almost never have grouted bases. The only scena
Greg, Are you sure this is Rohn SSV tower? The taper you describe - 7' over 80' - is much more extreme than normal SSV sections, which have 2' taper over 80'. -Steve K8LX Hello. I am new to the refle
Vortex shedding is well known. Eles vibrate up + down like crazy, like 6 Inches in total, in just a light breeze. Ask anybody who own a 204BA or any wilson product. Those swedged eles are a pita..an
I never used end caps. Always either taped the folded out rope, or put a couple of cross-wires or a screw or something thru the element tip to contain the rope. Never had a problem with either of tho
Yep, and that goes for the bracing as well. If everything is solid, there's no worry about what you can't see. One nice thing about solid legs is you can clamp the hell out of them when mounting ante
I've never seen one nor heard of one, other than thru the rumor mill. Doesn't prove that it never happened, but I'd bet good money it's extremely rare. -Steve K8LX There are a few commercial tower gu
In spite of the muffler clamp naysayers here, and the fact that I also like the cast aluminum saddles favored by some, I've been really impressed with the Cycle24 (K5GO) muffler clamps now sold by DX
The current 2" and 3" versions (with 3/8" u-bolts) have plenty of u-bolt length - I suspect the other sizes do as well, but I've only got the 2's and 3's in front of me. The 2" has 1.5" of bolt threa
Thanks for the input Mike. My experience with FSJ4-50B is not positive. Ive nicknamed it the firehose as a result of its ability to take on water and have > it track down the coax. Almost any coax w
Of course any coax that has a spiral shield or spiral dielectric (like traditional 9913), will *really* take on water, fast. A braided shield will wick water surprisingly fast. Corrugated with hollow
Why do you need 12" of bolts sticking up? If you don't, cutting them down to what you actually need will reduce some of the alignment issue, possible enough. -Steve K8LX The issue is not just removin
One other thing: I'm sure some folks worry that they might find, after plopping a self support tower down on *level* bottom nuts, that their pride and joy is not plumb. Not to worry, if the tower is
OK, but since Pirod's design spec, or instructions as it were, (and I love Pirod, believe me) is already faulty as you know, we are seeking after-the-fact solutions. First, there is no need for the b
Hmm. Crane operators that are used to stacking slip joint monopoles up to 250' would smile at that. Steve K8LX I should also mention that after working with several crane operators, they detest using
Err, we better keep straight whether we're speaking of heights above ground or takeoff angle. -Steve K8LX Gary, The lower the better? Rare when higher is better? Seriously? __________________________
When we stack a big self support lattice tower, we usually stick build the bottom section (with a small boom truck) right onto the anchor bolts. On big towers each leg has climbing pegs on the lower
<When we stack a big self support lattice tower, we usually stick build <the bottom section (with a small boom truck) right onto the anchor <bolts. On big towers each leg has climbing pegs on the lo
Hi TTers, Does anyone have experience with systems purporting to boost access to weak cell towers? Where our cottage is located, our cell coverage often arrives from the other side of Lake Winnipeg,