[HoustonHam] Working on a 2000ft tower.

[Chris Boone]

You’re welcome! I happened to get it from one of my mail list I run earlier
in the day

The one NBC showed was called Towers Dawgs
.and a lot of the
tower crews across the US blasted it as not the real story and was more
about the drinking and relationship between the one guy and the female
manager
if that happened on a REAL tall tower crew, both would be fired in a
second

The one on NG last night was beautiful!!! And REAL

.the TV (and FM)
top mounted antennas have about 42 or more bolts holding them to the top
plate
..and the center conductor of the “coax” which is 6 in rigid line is
connects to the antenna using a part called a bullet
.looks likes an egg but
has a teflon center washer about ½-1in thick, then each side of the bullet
has springy fingers that connect to a center button at the end
.the fingers
mate fit inside the center conductor (or innard) which in the 6 inch rigid
is about 2+in copper tubing!! Gotta be the right side for 50ohms and gotta
handle 150KW power from the TV transmitter.

 

Have a safe Thanksgiving!!
Chris

WB5ITT

 

From: houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian K. Gaskamp
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:34 AM
To: Amateur Radio in Houston TX area
Subject: Re: [HoustonHam] Working on a 2000ft tower.

 

Chris thanks for the email about the show.

That was real interesting.

 

Sort of reminded me about the show couple months ago on NBC I think it was
about people who work on cell phone towers.

 

Can't recall the name of the show now, but it was pretty interesting.

 

Happy Thanksgiving to you!

 

Brian

KA5BKG

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Chris Boone <mailto:Cboone at earthlink.net>  

To: SETXHam at yahoogroups.com ; 'Amateur <mailto:houstonham at mailman.qth.net>
Radio in Houston TX area' ; Houstonham at yahoogroups.com 

Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:05 PM

Subject: [HoustonHam] Working on a 2000ft tower.

 

National Geographic has a show right now on that shows a tower rigger crew
working on a 2000ft TV tower
..WDLT-46
.will looks them up because I DON’T
think they’re at 2000ft

but its interesting
..especially to those of us who
have been up there (many times)



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