Stuffs a lot easier to bend than straighten<:-)) Yes the sand, "or salt" works quite well with some limitations. You can build a fixture similar to the one shown in some of the handbooks for bending
Stuffs a lot easier to bend than straighten<:-)) Yes the sand, "or salt" works quite well with some limitations. You can build a fixture similar to the one shown in some of the handbooks for bending
I built my own and it works very well. I'll try to put up a photo of the head, but essentially it is a end cap for the steel pipe I used for the pole. I found several caps that would work, some I had
Check your "Yellow pages" for structural aluminum. We have a supplier in Saginaw MI that has that kind of stuff (I'd have to dig to find their name now) and I'm sure there are others are located arou
I'm pretty much in agreement with Don. A couple points I'd add. in Have extra of just about everything. At least you're not paying $100 to $200 an hour whether he's busy of not. I was working up on t
Wellll I found one photo that sorta shows most of how the Gin Pole top is constructed. I put it in "My Tower Project" and it's about the 6th row of photos. Unfortunately I haven't found the actual to
I've seen a lot of opinions, and different approaches to lightening and lightening protection over the past few days. I first want to point out that the effectiveness of lightening rods and static wi
have to deal with it almost year round at Cape ZAP Canaveral. Also might skulk around Univerisity of Florida. I believe it was their crowd that showed up on PBS after setting up an underground bunke
I think I did, bout an hour ago at the conclusion<:-)) Roger (K8RI) us disconnect line to on _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers
I'm gonna stick with it just as I wrote it. <:-)) are different Not really, Electrons are stripped by friction. True, but it's not the basics, but the actual mechanics for which we still search. Such
I've thought abut putting a camera up there with remote control. Not the X10. Due to their obnoxious adds I refuse to use anything they sell. Be careful with 2.4 Gig. A ham to the south of me purchas
T-B3s, Torque arms, other parts....Man I could maybe hold our for a complete mint Hallicrafters station in operating condition plus a round emblem S-line with the 30S1...Heck maybe a like new F33...
I'm not familiar with the M2 rotor, but to me, the HDR- 300 isn't even in the same league as the PST-61. I went through several HDR 300s in as many weeks. I ordered the PST-61 and it's been going a g
Oops... You also asked why. The PST-61 is rugged, requires no brake and has no play. The HDR 300 requires a brake, the brake switching is really odd ball in that you have to manually turn off the bra
Man, but you guys sure make me glad I live out in the country and have a zoning board with some common sense. Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member) N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2) w
Was that any where near Michigan? Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member) N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2) www.rogerhalstead.com Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-80
<snip> Few comments: Do we even have much in the way of steel mills left? They went out of business as they could not compete in the world market. It takes a lot of time and money to build a steel mi
You took the words right out of my mouth. I was just getting ready to post the same thing. <:-)) We took everything up the side of the tower from the TH5 to 7 L 6 Meter C3i, to the completely assembl
My apologies for the broken links and thanks to Patrick for letting me know the links had defaulted back to my home directories. One on the hazards of using Front Page and FP extensions on the web si
One thing I'd add for replacing tower brackets with something *really solid is to build an "A-Frame" out of one inch square steel tube. You can get it in everything from about 16 gauge to on the orde