Tim, in the old Ham II rotor manual, CDE stated the following: "With 98 ball bearings operating in accurately machined races, the rotor is capable of handling as much as a thousand pounds of downward
The depressions that are all too commonly seen in the bearing races of Hy-Gain and CDE rotators are not - in the absence of some catastrophic event, such as dropping the rotor from the top of an 80'
I recently recommended Lightning Bolt Quads as being cost effective, moderate sized, HF antennas to a couple of new ham friends. Seems, tho, that neither they, nor I, once I was alerted to same, coul
Hi, David. Glad you found something that worked. That will translate to an AS568A Standard size -026 O-ring, should anyone have access to a well stocked hardware or industrial supply outlet. Here's a
Greetings, TT'ians. In a conversation held yesterday with a friend who's an avid contest op, the subject of stacked tri-banders came up. My friend commented that he has a stack of three KT34XA's on a
Van, this line bothers me: "Obviously if I put it back up then it is not north when I point it north as it has rotated." If my interpretation of your comment is accurate, your problem is not inside t
And, there will be a corrosive chemical reaction between the aluminum bearing races and the rusting bearings. This will result in the rapid erosion of the races at every point where the ferrous oxide
I've received excellent service in obtaining a variety of stainless hardware in orders both large and small from Bolt Depot: www.boltdepot.com 73, Brad, W9FX _________________________________________
Jim, I stongly suggest that you check with Press Jones at The Wireman, Inc. He has both 6- and 8-pole, polarized, weatherproof trailer connections that offer themselves nicely for rotor disconnects.
On Christmas eve, I sneaked into the shack for a few minutes to seek shelter from the grandkids, and, I turned on the 2 meter rig - an FT-847 - the VFO of which was sitting on a beacon frequency I of
Hi, Guys... Sorry if this is a stretch of the topic, but, it is an antenna support, so, with apologies, here goes: I now have 3 of the surplus military masts - tubular, aluminum or fiberglas sections
Ham M and Ham II manuals here: http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/cde/ 73, Brad, W9FX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing li
Hi, TT'ers. I'm about to replace the winch cable on one of my telescoping towers, and it occurs to me that I don't really know if there is an advantage, real or perceived, of using crimped wire rope
Gents, FWIW, I have a TriEx W-51 (laying in the yard, still) with the factory installed winch still mounted to it. It's a worm gear driven hand winch made by a company called 'Valley.' Google tells m
The last time I cranked it, I believe I counted 142 turns with the K1550 to get my TX-455 up. The last 42 were a real struggle. I haven't counted turns on the tilt fixture's winch, which, as you know
Guys, I own a TX-455, too. Mine, as have all with whom I've corresponded, came from the factory equipped with a Fulton K-1550. Mine has two. One of 'em is used to telescope the tower vertically, the
During a recent excursion into the depths of a file drawer, I discovered that I still have my original, Rohn, BX-series assembly and parts manual. The document accompanied my HDBX-48 tower, which is
Thanks for your interest, guys. Ron, W6KJ, was first up and it's on it's way to him. He's graciously offered to scan the manual and make it available to those in need of a copy. 73, Brad, W9FX ______
There is a an auction website called 'UShip' where one can put up a job and let shippers, i.e., folks with trucks and/or trailers. bid on the job. I used UShip to find someone to transport a new 5th