So was this Tower hot? Or just had radials on it?
> On Aug 25, 2018, at 11:19, Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > > Not that I recall. > > This picture is from when the tower was no longer hot, but our cables are > still there. You can see the heliax coming down the right hand side on the > insulated standoffs. Our cat5 was attached to that and then drooped into the > shack with the coax. The bundle of cables on the left are new cables now > that the tower is not hot. The AM Feed/tower lights are in the solid rod at > the bottom of the tower. This was a 1/4 wave stub tower, so at ~100 feet the > insulated standoffs stopped and everything was just attached to the tower > legs from there up. > > > >> On 8/25/2018 7:23 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote: >> You didn’t have to isolate your cat5 when it left the Tower into the shack? >> >> On Aug 25, 2018, at 00:03, Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: >> >>> Years ago we were on a hot AM tower until the station removed the AM >>> Transmitter. I don't remember having to do anything special with our >>> cables coming down the tower, other than they were insulated from the tower >>> itself. In our case there was a large Coax running up to an FM Antenna >>> that was on insulated standoffs, we attached our cables to that, and just >>> followed the coax into the shack. >>> >>> We did pay to have the tower checked for tuning before we hung >>> our equipment. Good thing, the tower was out of whack before we started, >>> so they couldn't blame it on us. >>> >>>> On 8/24/2018 9:21 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: >>>> Probably iso coupler >>>> >>>> On Aug 24, 2018, at 21:36, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> You thread the cable through the copper tubes that are part of the load >>>>> coil network. >>>>> The DC/AC choke circuits are made to power the tower light circuits. Not >>>>> sure who makes them. Have seen them at all the AM stations. >>>>> >>>>> From: Matt Hoppes >>>>> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 7:05 PM >>>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AM Tower >>>>> >>>>> Explaining snaking? >>>>> >>>>> Who makes a DC isolation unit? >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 24, 2018, at 18:53, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Standard isolation unit. You can also snake the DC through their feed >>>>>> inductor. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 24, 2018, at 4:48 PM, Matt Hoppes >>>>>> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Let’s not get into the weeds of putting stuff on an AM Tower. If I’m >>>>>>> crazy enough to try it.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What’s the best way to isolate DC coming from the shed to the Tower? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Every thing else will be Tower mounted and bonded to the Tower. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> AF mailing list >>>>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>>> -- >>>>>> AF mailing list >>>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> > > <IMG_2456.jpg> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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