For BuryFlex I used the PolyPhaser grounding kits, which I bought from DX Engineering. They have three different kits; pick the one that suits the metals at each end: copper/brass to copper/brass, co
I only watched a little and couldn't see how it was attached. How were they going to detach the cable? 73 Alan Hans - N2JFS Saw this link on another site. Gets a bit sketchy for a bit. No, it wasn't
Because the tower is not visible from the shack, I do not have remote control of my tower, BUT, based on the "attractive nuisance" legal concept, I have tried to make sure nobody can get up close to
On 11/07/13 02:53 pm, David wrote: I have a US Towers HDX-555 tower with the MD-75 motor. It came with a drum switch (up, down) that I mounted on a post next to the tower. The first one rusted out af
A few years ago somebody posted on this reflector that coverage for a tower depended on the tower being "attached to" the house: the "attachment" could be somewhat nominal but had to be more than the
Are you wanting to (re)install an old tower or to get ready for a new one? When I ordered my HDX-555 tower from UST they sent a whole set of documentation including details of the foundation. 73 Alan
About five years ago I bought an inexpensive Harbor Freight hand-crank worm gear winch I will occasionally buy stuff from Horrid Freight, mostly stuff I'm giving away to folks I know will lose/abuse
Have a question. I will be installing fixed monoband yagis on a crankup tower. I do not need to rotate them, but would like to have the vertical mounting mast several inches off the tower to facilita
I do not allow my ISP to determine what is and is not spam, because they often got it wrong: everything comes to my Thunderbird inbox, where TB flags what it thinks might be spam, but I get to make t
Julio: Are you sure you can't get a local repair shop to rewind the motor or replace the capacitor or brushes (if it has the latter), or whatever it needs? 73 Alan NV8A Julio, W4HY __________________
I did not see the message that you quoted. I suspect that one of the members of the TowerTalk list has had his/her address book "borrowed." 73 Alan NV8A John J. Nistico 911 Electric Inc. 516.356.6071
I never started. When we moved here, this was the first opportunity I'd ever had to put up a tower. At first I thought of getting an AN Wireless tower that would have to be climbed, and I bought stee
Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations regarding the routing of a LMR400 UF coax feed line alongside a 4-conductor rotor control cable, and a control cable for a soon-to-be-completed Stepp
I redirected them to the Junk folder, but it was Chinese -- can't remember now whether it was Simplified (mainland) or Traditional (Taiwan, etc.). Basically said: "I received your message." 73 Alan N
On 01/16/2015 12:46 PM, Jim Lux wrote: On 1/16/15 8:59 AM, Richard Solomon wrote: This smells more like the town officials just don't want towers, so they put impossible impediments into the process.
I am planning install an small tower for small yagis fixed to EU. I have only 2 tower sections (10 ft each) and a 18 ft mast (galvanized water pipe 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 " and 1/4 inch wall) for that projec
I keep learning! Did not even know about Nord-Lock washers, but I do now! Worky-worky! 73 -- Mark 73 years young! AA6DX Eureka http://tinyurl.com/ze52acx If you need only a few, you might do better
I have been surprised at the number of local businesses that are simply shut down when the owner decides to retire: they have a "going out of business sale," and that's it. I would have expected them
On 07/09/2016 10:03 PM, lstoskopf@cox.net wrote: A Chem E relative of mine who worked in the Pacific NW in a plant where they made Vanillin out of some tree byproduct related that they cooked the stu
It seems most of the time I need to do work on an antenna is usually when I'm by myself. I'm always skittish about how to get the tower started over by myself how do you guys take care of that safel