I fitted a K2550 in place of the K1550 on my HDX-555. No adapter place needed: slotted holes made the job a cinch. 73 Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ _______________________
I paid no customs duty or handling charges on my AlfaSpid. Maybe it depends on how good a breakfast the customs people had on a particular day. 73 Alan NV8A __________________________________________
I simply sacrificed some stainless steel hose clamps as a source of "shims" to use between the bronze grounding clamps and the galvanized tower legs. 73 Alan NV8A ____________________________________
I assume that the guy who invented this wonder product is the guy who, when the FCC banned its sale, went on to invent "Monster" cables. Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ ____
Americans were so opposed to the idea of a strong central government that they ended up with a multitude of separate governments (state, county, city/township/village) and quasi-governments (school,
Page 3 of today's (Wednesday, July 21) _Holland [MI] Sentinel_ has pictures of Kent Ornto, a professional tower climber from Texas, climbing the 225ft tower at Ottawa County's Fillmore complex. In th
I had to repair the original links and typed lower-case "u" instead of upper-case "U". I didn't realize it made a difference. Sorry about that. http://www.hollandsentinel.com/photo/x1080707946/Up-in-
My insurance agent told me that the tower is considered an "accessory structure" -- same as "appurtenant (auxiliary?) structure???? -- IF it is "attached to" the building. The "attachment" may be nom
It just means that it has the same coverage as any other "accessory structure" according to the terms of the contract. Ray Fallen's article starts on p. 51 of the February 2009 QST. He is a State Far
I remember reading decades ago that, according to the laws of aerodynamics, bees cannot fly because their wings are not large enough for their body size. The bees, however, being unfamiliar with the
i don't care if my snow blower gets more exercise this coming winter -- except that it expects me to put on my warm clothes and walk along behind it. 73 Alan NV8A ____________________________________
Gas/water lines and wiring of various kinds don't always run where the company's plans say they run. Somewhere on Long Island several years ago Verizon dug up one of their own optical-fiber cable bun
I used Polyphaser UNI-KIT-2xx* grounding kits purchased from DX Engineering. It's been a while, so I don't recall the price, but the service was super-fast. (I almost wrote "lighting-fast" but then d
Did you get your tower new? What docs. did you get with it? My docs. set for the HDX-555 included the gearbox manufacturer's instruction sheet including information about the grade and quantity of oi
<snip> Can't find anything on the UST Web site about an HDX-689 -- only a 589. Is yours an older model? A custom model? 73 Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ __________________
21 yards!!! My goodness! What kind of tower do you have that needs 21 yards of concrete? My UST HDX-555 needed only 5.5 yards, but the hole got dug too large and took 9 yards; I'm glad it was a fixed
Hy-Gain/MFJ wants $129 for the 5ft fiberglass cross-boom used in their 2m/70cm satellite antenna system. Although I am not going to use their antennas, I still thought of using their cross-boom. But
Thanks for the suggestion, but what diameter are vaulting poles? Would they be too flexible, allowing the antennas to sag? 73 Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ _______________
The "manual"/spec. sheet for the Hy-Gain boom calls it "high-strength." It's 5ft. long with a max. diameter of 1 3/8in. No mention of the wall thickness: I am assuming that it is tubular rather than
Gerard Hoffnung's version of it was played from time to time on BBC Radio WIWAL: http://www.bluegum.com/Humour/Assorted/bricks.html 73 Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ ______