A little Dish and dat. (PAC FD dishes)

[David L. Vrablic]

Thought I might back up my postings with some pictures.
Hope it helps a bit.

http://picasaweb.google.com/dvrablic/PACDishes?authkey=WmPwQukqNbQ

[pwmaclean]

great photo's dave

[Stratolinks]

Looks good.

One question though, regarding the small tower section you show in the first picture.

Is that a section of Rohn 25 series tower? If not, what is it.

[David L. Vrablic]

Yep, Rohn G-25 9ft Topper and 10 ft straight sections.

The broom setup is real easy.
A 2ft 1 1/4 gal pipe. Put a std pipe cap on one end and drive it through the spacer flange in the top of the topper section until it sticks through the bottom of the support tube.
Take the cap off the top (The one you have been beating on) and screw it on the bottom end.
Tap it up inside flush with the bottom of the support tube, It just fits nicely. There is a locking screw and bracket up near the top. Put a nut and bolt in it and tighten it up just in case.
Purchase a 1 1/4 to 1/2 pipe adapter and a 1/2 to 3/8 pipe reducer.
Screw it all together on the top of the pipe.
The chimney cleaning brushes are set up for a 3/8 in pipe .PS: s
I have been a busy ol coot.
I just broke for lunch and have to head back up on yet another roof and finish building another one.
I'll post pics when it is finished.
Work safe.

[Premier]

Whats the chimney brush doing on the top of it! :)

[Beebe]

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[Stratolinks]

The chimney brush is used to prevent the escape of smoke from the electronics. As we all know once the smoke gets out of them, they just never seem to work after that. :D

Really though, it is to help dissipate static energy from the air before it can build up to become a lightning strike.


Whats the chimney brush doing on the top of it! :)

[therealboss]

The chimney brush is used to prevent the escape of smoke from the electronics. As we all know once the smoke gets out of them, they just never seem to work after that. :D

Really though, it is to help dissipate static energy from the air before it can build up to become a lightning strike.

Never let the Magic Smoke out... :)

Dave I love your truck, wish I had something like that, would make my job so easy..

Nice setup with the dish, your racks cost more that what some of my POP's cost, wish I had the money to do it your way. :D

[David L. Vrablic]

Therealboss:

I'll do everything I can to keep the magic smoke in the gear!

I love that truck also. It beats ladders all to pieces.
The down side is 11 MPG diesel but it is heavy.
I am building a hydrogen mileage booster setup that should help. (More on that later)
The hidden value is having most everything with you. When I first got it I emptied a third of my garage into it. Everything from a 10 ft mast section to spare sector antennas. The shelf with the lab is the greatest feature for testing and setups. The computer is a EPIA VIA M1000 with an automatic shutdown DC power supply.

Use your imagination and you can lower your cost and have a fine looking station.
Explore tool boxes, storage cabinets, garden sheds etc.

Fashion a bar B que grill as a shelf in the middle of a tool box.
Screw it to a wall and you have a very neat little box for an AP for little money.
I love these Sears garage storage wall cabinets. I caught some on sale for $99 each.
The racks are adjustable and let air flow and give me lots of ways to mount things.
Ie: I just loop a large tye wrap around the POE injector and fasten it right to the grid.
Same with the little 5 port NIC switches.

I have the luxury of building stations for other people with their money.
Work safe and have fun with what you do.

[tog]

Shoot, I thought when you said BBQ grill you were going to start talking about adding a food and beverage component to your truck.

[David L. Vrablic]

Thats a great Idea Tog!
I'll get right on that. It was 118 F in there last night when I stopped for the night a nice cold drink would have hit the spot.
Now where are those Peltier cells I had in the shop.?

[tog]

I stole them for my overclocked CPUs...

[bobbyc]

Son of a #%$%. I guess I either got a faulty feedhorn, or I tightened the n connector too tight. One of the female connectors on the DP feedhorn broke off today when I was tightening the LDF4 n-male connector.

Good thing I have another siting at the office. Back to the tower on monday....

Bob C

[David L. Vrablic]

Son of a #%$%. I guess I either got a faulty feedhorn, or I tightened the n connector too tight. One of the female connectors on the DP feedhorn broke off today when I was tightening the LDF4 n-male connector.

Good thing I have another siting at the office. Back to the tower on monday....

Bob C

Thats a real bummer.
Which one was it?
The vert or the horiz. connector.
I want to be sure I don't do the same thing as I have been using a bunch of these things.
Is this a recent purchase? because I think I saw a redesign on the connector side of the broadband FD feeds.
Take care when climbing. We wouldn't want to lose you.:p

[bobbyc]

The horizontal. The 4 screws that hold the n female to the feedhorn just kinda popped out/lost their hold.

It was a recent purchase, I haven't noticed a redesign yet, looks the same as all the others.
Thanks,
Bob C