Might try lubricating the moving parts of the tower with carbon conductive grease... the carbon variety is available from MG Chemicals, is fairly cheap and is commonly used for RFI suppression.
VA7AA ----- Original Message ----- From: "IM Ashford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:01 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] wind up tower noise > Has anyone experience with eliminating noise fom the metalwork of a wind > up > tower? > > Our tower has 4 sections and is of the type where all sections raise at > once > with a single cable pulley system. > The Machine is a Nokia BRS150 using a Sinclair Duplexer on 145.7625/1625 > Antenna is Jaybeam Folded Dipole with its own RG214 tail into 60 ft of > LDF450. > > When you shake the trailer mounted tower there is severe crackling on weak > signals. The three stays have been > tightened up as far as possible. > Any Ideas on how to kill this noise guys? > > Ian Ashford > G8PWE > Central England > UK > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.1/348 - Release Date: 5/25/2006 > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
