[SixClub] 6 OPENING

[K8RI on six]

On 4/27/2011 12:15 PM, doc at kd4e.com wrote:
>> Which is pure fantasy. Hanging onto something like that with the
>> building around you would be like putting yourself inside a blender
>> with all that stuff flying around.
> That's what I said ... more than once during that movie!  :-)
>
>> IF you can see it, drive at right angles to it ...generally trying to
>> get on its left side (South - *usually*) and then quartering behind
>> it. Even though they *tend* to move from SW to NE they are
>> unpredictable. Sometimes if you didn't know better, you'd think the
>> things are alive and are trying to catch you.<:-))   Today makes the
>> 6th one I've seen---in over 50 years.  I ended up in rain so heavy I
>> couldn't hear the rig even with the volume all the way up and they
>> had trouble hearing me.
> I thought I remembered being told that many years ago - good to have
> the reminder - not that I intend to go looking for twisters!

It helps lift your spirits, or was that adrenalin on a dull day<:-))

>> BTW I picked up a plasma torch today...er yesterday. Next is a Lathe
>> and a Milling machine (Going to try and find rebuilt ones, otherwise
>> they'll have to be imports). I have a nice MIG welder, but sure would
>> like a TIG for Aluminum.   I'm gonna build me a BIG crank up and tilt
>> over tower!<:-))  I'm gettin' way too old for climbing those tall
>> towers. I'll let the tower bring the antennas down to me and put 'em
>> backup.
> I like that idea as well.  I have been trying to find someone to make
> me a two-piece base for my Rohn-clone tower.  The legs slide together
> like Rohn but rather than bolts through the legs it has 'loops' on the
> sides (at the connecting point) through which long bolts go (parallel
> with the legs).

Loops?

Would these be like L-brackets on each tower section that have the flats 
bolt together?  IOW the bracket on the lower section looks like an 
upside down L  while the bracket on the bottom of the upper section 
would be like an L with brackets on both sides of the legs or just one side?

> What I envision is a 'L' plate that I can lay on the ground and bolt
> to the steel shipping container and a second plate on top of the flat it
> that is hinged.
>

It's just not registering. I'd almost have to see a drawing or photo.

My Typing is kinda awkward and very slow at the moment.  I managed to 
remove a good portion of the fingernail on the middle finger of my left 
hand this morning.

Long story short...I do not wake quickly or gracefully.  We repainted 
the den and the hallway is full of *stuff that is normally not there.

73

Roger (K8RI)

> I can then use the side of the steel container as the guide when
> raising and lowering the tower.  (I am only planning a 30' tower.)
>
>> Roger (K8RI)