I just received a new Yaesu G-2800DXA rotator that rattles when I rock it a bit. It sounds like a piece is sliding and then bangs into the side of the case. Is this normal? I have plugged he rotator
I had asked TT if a rattle noise was OK in a Yaesu G-2800DXA rotator. The noise sounds like a part sliding and then banging into the case. About a dozen replied with most saying they have heard it in
My question: Do torque bars (TB) do any good on a Rohn 45 tower? The TT archives show this issue was discussed before and my posting will summarize the old info and ask if there is any new wisdom. 9/
Hi George, If your building has steel structure, and you can get GOOD connection to the building frame, I suggest using that for a ground with NO RADIALS. Tie the tuner and rig well to that ground. I
My recommendation is to epoxy in a pier pin and use a Rohn BPC25G base plate. If that had been done on the prior installation, you would now just clean away the mess and be ready to go. Then there is
I would like to sell the follow UNUSED Rohn items at half their new price: One BPC-25G base One 3/4X12 pin Two EP253 (3 hole) equalizer Less than half price for the lot. If interested, please reply d
BRIEFLY: Can anybody point me to a source for prefabricated non-metallic guys? I'm looking for short guys to insulate a tower from the metal guys. BACKGROUND: My second hand tower came with METAL guy
Author: wilder@abs.net (Potomac Valley Radio Club)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 13:45:37 -0400 (EDT)
Here is the tower limitations for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. 1. Maximum height = 100 ft (if rules 2 and 3 are met) 2. Maximum height not to exceed the shortest line draw through the base from bou
The thread is drifting off the subject. I will haul in portland cement and an electrical mixer. Period. Everything else will be scrap found on site -- water, gravel, rock, iron, washed sand, and swea
I shall be installing a base for 100' of Rohn 45 by hauling in Portland Cement and using mostly materials found on site. This will essentially be a CB2, a BPC45G base, and a pier pin. I am designing
Hi Sylvan, I believe that you should leave the enamel on the wire except for the end(s) where you need to make an electrical connection to your system. Here is MY OPINION of why: 1. The only reason b
I'm about to make an initial purchase of PolyPhaser material and wonder if anybody discounts prices below what I see on their current PRICE LIST dated March 98? My initial purchase will be: 2 RCT-J1
I think that both of the following are correct. I belive a crimp connector works OK but is not as good as a correctly made solder connector. The reported shorter life and mismatch loss of a crimp con
Some years ago, a friend was going to show me how to cut Rohn 25 so that a Ham IV or T2X could be mounted inside the tower. That was news to me; I did not know that the trend was to cut a rung or dia
The discussion needing a PE seal to get a tower permit was a surprise to me. I have put up three towers in Anne Arundel Co, Maryland. One about 1978 at a prior QTH and two here; about 1987 and 1990.
I would like to pass some comments about this thread. In the 1950's and 1960's I worked at AM broadcast stations and would normally see an antenna bleeder system. I recall a 5 kW station had a 100K-o
Author: Dick Wilder (K3DI)" <wilder@abs.net (Dick Wilder (K3DI))
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:57:47 -0400 (EDT)
I am looking for a way to bury cable runs to the towers. The run to the first tower is 70 feet across a future lawn area. An early estimate indicates that I will need about 30 - 40 square-inches of c
I am in need of Rohn 45 tower sections, either new or used. Needed are: One 45AG-4 8' top section. (Or any type with a flat top for a TB3 bearing such as a BPL45G on an additional 45G section.) Three