http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hygain/ -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada (South of Reno) -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contestin
I recently put up a US Tower HDX-572MDPL tower. This is their heavy-duty 72-foot crank-up with motorized winch and upper and lower limit switches. Due to various delays (and procrastinations), the to
I don't think so, Bob, but you can follow this link for the latest corporate info that may or may not clarify things: http://www.polyphaser.com/press.htm 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden,
I have a scanner and can create gif or pdf files. Happy to help out if I can. 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada (South of Reno) -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq
Also, the upper part of the hole is more like 4' x 5'. In the end, it took 7 yards of concrete to fill the hole! I had a similar "problem." My contractor fix-bid a 5 x 5 x 7 tower footing and then pr
And then there is western hardpan. Two "professional" laborers were able to drive in two 10' ground rods with sledgehammers in only three-hours time. Since my planned ground field called for 35 rods,
Granite, etc, is (relatively) conductive and the idea behind Polyphaser's suggestion of laying strap on top of the rock is that the high potential at the sharp edges of the strap would encourage a sp
Hi, Tom. I'm a bit concerned about the status of your tower base when the wood of the tree eventually decays and effectively places a large void in the center of your concrete. Polyphaser doesn't rec
I would have loved to find a ton of bentonite, but the closest source we could think of was somewhere in Utah and there would have been the inevitable transporation problem. Local sources just didn't
http://www.w7fg.com -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada (South of Reno) -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests
Does anyone on the reflector know where any of this conductivity enhancing material can be obtained in reasonable quantities at reasonable prices? On the West Coast? 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD C
Even if you don't have it in computer/wordprocessor format, I can scan them for you. This applies to all of your freebies, Steve. I even have permanent web space on qsl.net we can make them available
The big stout date palms should be fine, but I would worry that the tall coconut palms would sway so much in a strong wind they might be more dangerous (pulling on the guy wires) to the tower than th
Yes, they are common in the outdoors and gardening catalogs. 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada (South of Reno) -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions
Add: 10. I enjoy computer modeling yagi antennas. 11. I have a source of cheap military surplus towers. 12. I have a source of cheap agricultural irrigation pipe. 13. I have the room. Indeed. Pat's Q
Pat, WX7M, will be running a "tour" of the antenna installation for a local radio club on Saturday morning, October 25th. I am sure guests and other non-club members would be more than welcome to joi
Polyphaser's book suggests you bond the rebar cage to a tower leg with 2/0 wire or strap and also bond the cage to the external ground field via another 2/0 wire or strap. I had two Polyphaser engin
Easy to do. That particular section of the book isn't very well edited and does contain a few awkward wordings. Me, too. 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada (South of Reno) -- FAQ on
Bob Wanderer, AA0CY, is a Senior Applications Engineer for Polyphaser and a frequent contributor to this reflector. Bob is in Denver this week and probably won't be able to read this thread until he
For those who haven't already found it, the full URL is http://www.thewireman.com and it is a very nice site. A lot of work obviously went into it and it shows. Good job! 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6