to Marchand v. Town of Hudson, 788 A.2d 250 (N. H. 2001) Synopsis: The town zoning administrator granted the ham radio operator builder a permit to erect three 90-foot amateur radio towers. The build
Frederick N5WLA asked which is better... I used clamps on my first 50 foot tower. I spent over a month building three guy wires. When I put up the tower, one of the guys slipped partly through the cl
Jerry asks about bending rebar: some additional options: 1. buy/rent a "hickey bar" or "hickey bender" which is a lot like a conduit bender people are familiar with, but designed for rebar. I bought
Bill, K4XS, asks: could When I asked a similar question about Rohn 55, opinions were split as to whether I could do 100 at once or not. People reported doing the following successfully: 100' of Rohn
Lynn K3KYT asked what kind of guy anchors to use on a pretty hefty tower (38 sq ft windload) David K1TTT replied do what the manufacturer says... but a concrete deadman is usually the best kind of an
A looming expiration date on my building permit finally motivated me to schedule the tower raising party and get it done! Last Friday, 100' of Rohn 55 went up, along with two C31XR's and a 40-2CD, th
planning A Somewhere I recall that backfill and compacting should be done in 6-8" layers. One tool for doing the compacting is a "jumping jack compactor" which can be rented at Home Depot and other t
Anyone have any ideas on homebrew connectors for 1/2 hardline? My searches turned up lots ideas for the smooth aluminum stuff, but I've got the corrugated stuff (Andrew LDF4-50 and Cablewave FLC-12-5
Tower is 300' from the house, with a buried conduit from house to tower about 1-2' underground. I am planning to put a set of lighting arresters at the tower base where the coax will enter a small ut
(1) Go with the RCS-8 which has a separate control cable, use a separate protector (e.g. the Polyphaser IS-RCT rotor protector or IS-CL6P current loop protector). This costs $$ for the new switch, i
I've installed the bracket per the drawing, but it doesn't seem right... it's just floating on the tower, resting on the cross braces. All of the downward guy tension will thus be transferred to the
Recently I posted the following question. I got many replies, some of which suggested this is correct, and others (usually using older guy bracket configurations with torque bars) did find they clamp
Tom K4XG asks: You might want to take a look at Kurt, K7NV's guyed tower study at http://yagistress.freeyellow.com/towers1.html The bottom line is that Phillystran stretches a lot more than steel. A
I'm putting up 100' of Rohn 55 (two level guying on pier pin). I am thinking of using a crane to put it up for both time and safety considerations. Cost is pretty minimal (about $100/hour - the same
OK, I've got to throw in my $0.02, since I spent months playing with TA trying to optimize antennas at my QTH. 1. There is more up to date propagation than the antenna book - I think it's on the ARRL
Anyone ever tried to feed the boom on a C31XR for 80m? I had been planning inverted vee on tower, but this might interact with the 40-2CD & C31XR I'm planning to put up near the top at 105 and 95 fee
Of course, the obvious thing to do is shunt feed my planned 100' tower for 80 & 160. But, I am planning a C31XR on a ring rotor at about 55' in addition to a second C31XR at 95' and a 40m above that.
Wow - I've never met a professional tower guy before. Is it a boring job? Are you non-conductive? What is your ultimate breaking strength? :-) List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn
Well, we've been getting snow every two to three days, and the ground coverage is anywhere from 1 to 4 feet depending on the drifts! So, the project has been put to bed until the spring thaw & drying
I heard back from the building inspector. Not suprisingly, they didn't even want to look at the plans I provided without a cover letter from a PE. I thought I had a local PE who was going to take car