Ridgeline Broadcast Services, LLC
Antenna and Tower Services
Dan
has experience in tower work going back to 1973 with some television
translator antenna replacements and a paint job on a little Rohn #25
tower of 120 feet. Since then he has worked on all sizes and
types of towers and trained some younger men including son Ben who is
now a full member of Ridgeline Broadcast Services. We have experience
with these services:
- Tower assembly and erection examples
- Antenna and feed line installation examples
- Microwave dish and waveguide installation, all sizes examples
- Expert coax and waveguide connector installation, all flange sizes additional information
- Custom rigid line RF plumbing, inside and on tower, silver brazed field flanges
- Design and fabrication of custom antenna mounting brackets for unusual situations, hot dip galvanized examples
- Design and fabrication of custom ice shields for unusual situations, hot dip galvanized
- Repair bullet, lightning, or arcing holes in coax runs without taking down coax examples
- Locate rigid line bullet burnouts electronically and make repairs examples
- Tower cleaning and painting examples
- Tower plumb and guy tension checks and adjustments
- AM tower ground radial systems
We
have a winch with 2000 feet of line rated at 7700 pounds
minimum breaking strength and equipped with precision speed control,
automatic primary and manual backup brakes for safety, line tension
meter, and automatic stop if a programmable preset line tension is
exceeded.