When I purchased my gorilla hook a few years ago, they told me they were originally developed for the guys who did rebar work on new buildings etc. It afforded them the ability to move a bit more fre
Hi Jack, Yaesu makes a nice bearing that will fit over your mast and allow for another mast above it. On this extended mast attach your Inverted Vee's. 73 Pete N4KW __________________________________
I have found Drift Pins in the tool section of Sears. They carry a few different sizes, a great tool. 73 Pete N4KW _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
The drift pin I have found to be the most useful has a tapper starting at 1/4" tapering up to 5/8" with a steel handle 5" long, one piece. Total length of 12". Purchased at Sears and as I recall very
I am wondering if anyone knows of any studies done with like Yagi antennas, one with elements insulated from the boom, and one with elements grounded to the boom, and how their respective performance
W2PV's "Yagi Antenna Design" was published back in the early 1980 before Yagi modeling programs were available to hams and it was considered the bible of Yagi antennas by many. The book does not real
Hi Bill, There is a company in Tampa called Certified Slings that sell various models of body harnesses along with wire rope, wire clips, turn buckles, rebar hooks (larger than gorilla hooks) etc. ww
To protect the thrust bearing atop my US Tower I bought what looked like a special rubber membrane that they use under shower stalls. I cut a large circle a bit larger than the imaginary diameter of
Think about pulling another pull rope in with the wires. Then if you should ever need to add a wire there will be a pull rope available to pull the new wire through. Do that every time you pull a new
If the pvc is the correct size for the amount of cable allowing for additional cables and the cable to be pulled is properly bundled that will not happen. The pull rope sits outside the bundle. This
When you start the pull if your cables start to spin then you should stop and pull the cables out and its a very easy process to stop it, we called it slapping the cable. This straightens out the cab
I believe the antenna is a Force-12, the rotator is Ham-M, or IV, but not a T2X. 73 Pete N4KW _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk
I have not received anything from the Tower Talk reflector in over a week. Is anyone home. Pete N4KW _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ To
I would like to hear from anyone who has received a motorized US Tower in the past 6 months with the RMC-1000 option. Please reply off line, thank you. 73 Pete N4KW __________________________________
The Operating Manual has a great chapter called Antenna Orientation, that tells you how to figure when the sun is directly due South at your qth. Then you can use your towers shadow as described belo
In the last few months as the tower reaches 65 feet or so it starts to make a banging noise and seems to be jerking on it way up from 65 to 72 feet. I have stopped going above 65 feet until I can get
I would suggest you get in touch with M2 who presently make the KT34 and KT36XA. They are the old 4el and 6el that KLM use to make. 73 Pete N4KW -- Original Message -- From: "Guy Molinari" <guy_molin
Hi Larry, I have the same tower you have with the coax arms etc. I added one extra arm made from a piece of aluminum tubing about an inch in diameter and about 5 feet long. With stainless hose clamps