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| M-103C ON THE TOWER |
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| OK,CONCRETE BASE ALL DONE.... NOW FOR TOWER ASSEMBLY I HAD FOUR 10 FOOT SECTIONS,AND A 8 FOOT TOP PIECE AND THIS IS WHERE I ADDED A LITTLE STRENGTH....... HOME DEPOT 3/4 INCH BLACK IRON PIPE FITS RIGHT INSIDE THE TOWER, I BOUGHT 12 TEN FOOT SECTIONS OF THIS PIPE SLID IT INSIDE AT THE JOINTS, AND BOLTED EVERYTHING FAST,LIKE A FUCKIN ROCK!!! WITH ALL THE WORK DONE,I CALLED FRANK. THAT SUNDAY,WITH FRANKS BIG FAT ASS ON THE ROOF,AND MY BIG FAT ASS WINCHING,UP SHE WENT THE ONLY PROBLEMS WE HAD WAS SINCE WE WERE WINCHING UPHILL JUST A LITTLE TINY BIT,DIRT AND GRASS STARTED TO BUILDUP AROUND THE CONCRETE BASE WHILE WE WERE SKIDDING IT, AFTER A LITTLE KICKING OFF WITH THE SHOES, THE LAST TEN FEET WENT SMOOTH AS GLASS....... THE TOWER ITSELF STANDS ABOUT 48 FEET,WITH A 17 FOOT HEAVY GAUGE 1 1/2 "OD" ALUMINUM PIPE THATS FOUR FEET IN TO THE TOWER TO THE ROTOR, SO ITS A LITTLE BETTER THEN 65 FEET TO THE BOOM OF THE MACO. I LEARNED YEARS AGO THAT A YAGI BEAM DOESNT HIT ITS STRIDE INTILL YOU GET IT OVER THE ONE WAVELENGTH MARK OF ABOUT 36 FEET, I HAD THE 103 ON A ROOF TRIPOD FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE PUT IT ON THE TOWER AT THE NOSEBLEED HEIGHT OF ABOUT 30 FEET, ABOUT ONE S-UNIT HIGHER THEN A A-99 ANTRON MOUNTED ABOUT 20 FEET HIGHER...NOT TOO BAD,I GUESS... THE TRANSPLANT TO THE TOWER PICKED UP 2 FULL S-UNITS TWICE THE RECIEVE,AND MUCH BETTER REJECTION |
| THIS CRUMMY PICS DOESNT SHOW MUCH, BUT THE TOWER IS LIKE A ROCK, NO GUYWIRES,AND A 65 FOOT TOTAL HEIGHT IT DOESNT EVEN BUDGE IN A HIGH WIND. UPDATE JULY 30 2002 U.P.S MAN JUST DROPED OFF A NEW MACO M-105C ME AND FRANK ARE JUST GONNA REVERSE THE PROCESS,THIS TIME ILL BE SURE TO HAVE INSTALLATION PICTURES THE ONLY CHANGES I THINK ILL MAKE IS TO REPLACE THE ALUMINUM PIPE,FROM 1 1/2 "OD" TO 2"OD" IF I CAN FIND ONE... ANY LEADS?.....E-MAIL ME |
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