Pardon the space for this post,, But Dino is absolutely right... The folks at M2 are super,, they have helped me fix a 2800 rotor that I "inherited" and had some issues from previous owners...They to
This might be a wee bit off tower subjects,, but its close....I would like to know if there is anyone that can rebuild a M2 2800 rotor,, that really knows what they are doing ?? I am trying to avoid
Steve,, I just put in an elevated anchor for 151 ft of 45 with a LOT of loading for antenna..... I twisted in a 30 inch hole with an auger from a Bobcat attachment. This hole was 6 ft deep. I poured
Matt....an opinion only... You are really not accomplishing much if anything...You say you are guying the mast 12 inches out the top of the tower ?? All you are doing at this point is asking a storm
After re-reading your post,, you said 12 feet above the tower you was going to guy the mast...Thats seems almost impossible for your guy wires to the mast would have to be on a horizontal line to cle
Steve, first of all,, you did make a big mistake guying to the trees...trees move and pull on the tower....You said you used a screw in for an anchor into one stump...that was surely going to pull ou
"GETTING SERIOUS",, A LAG SCREW IN A DEAD,DECAYING STUMP IS USELESS.... -- Original Message -- From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <n4zr@contesting.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Friday, March 14, 201
Jim,, a Hy Gain 205 BAS is very hard to beat right out of the box. And with web sites like YU7EF and G0KSC,, the 205 BA can be optimized even greater. But overall, the 205 is very good when operated
Nathan,, a 4 X 4 wooden "pole" would be VERY heavy and VERY dangerous... Spend the time to find a 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 square aluminum pole....you will need it 14 ft long... I have 2 of them,, and they use
It is TIME to drop this subject and stop the sarcasm..... Why repeat it again and again? We know you are the greatest... I have been climbing, free climbing, for 40 years. I never kept track; I proba
Its true, to start at the top of the tower, and what I did was paint the international orange one day, and 2 days later paint the white....most towers are 7 equal bands of color,, starting in interna
NO--NO....don't even think of that.. The deer stands( I have a few) have steel or aluminum "teeth" that bite into the bark of a tree. Those teeth will NOT bite into a steel tower.. PLEASE do NOT thin
The "official name"of it from Rohn,,, was HW ...Made exclusely for Motorola in the 60's.. It is on a 15 inch face,,, and should be treated as Rohn 25G... DO NOT treat it as 45,, it is not that strong
Jack...I use a 2800 turning 65 ft of boom....The 2800 does it without a problem,,, and I am very sure it will last a long time for your application... The most critical thing is that the bearings kee
There are two great authorities on yagi design,, and I put them at the top of being the best... First,, is Justin-G0KSC,,, he has his own website under his callsign,,, The second is Pop, YU7EF( has w
I have seen all kind of responses to this thread,,,, But most likely contacting Tower "companies" will get you most likely no-where. Tower "companies" are likely doing cell tower work and major incom
Question..I have a tower to put up for a ham in the Atl area.. He is using PhillyStrand for the top set of guys,, and steel 1X7 EHS below that.. He ordered it from the most famous place,, and they se
One of the problems with Rohn tower sections,, all of them-25G, 45G, and 55G, when the galvanizing was done at The plant,, galvanize would form inside the legs and create a "plug". Thus the water wou
The M2 2800 has turned a 65 ft boom full size 20 monobander for me FLAWLESSLY !!! Highly recommend it !! I bet you can find a deal on one at Dayton in a few weeks !! GL Dan N4GNR I'm with Jerry on re
Rob,,,, first... your base is quite a bit of overkill...For Rohn 25 you only need 4 X 4 X 4 at the most...I think 3 X 3 X 3 is plenty. Before that amount of concrete can move the tower will buckle. R