http://24.14.49.4:8080/
You can see a WX station at the above site.
hang in there till it cycles.
I think what you want can be found at the Davis Weather site.
http://www.davisnet.com
My unit is wireless from tower to a console which has a serial >USB to my
computer.
Hope that is what you were asking.
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> 1. insullating a tower from ground (david oneill)
> 2. Re: galvanized ground rods (kd4e)
> 3. Fw: galvanized ground rods (N?ATH)
> 4. Re: Sealing Barrel connectors (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com)
> 5. Modifying top section of UST TX-472 (Dan Bookwalter)
> 6. OT:Virtual WX Station (Dan Bookwalter)
> 7. Kashjian Towers vs. US Towers (James C. Garland)
> 8. Re: Kashjian Towers vs. US Towers (coulter@bellsouth.net)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 22:58:03 -0500
> From: "david oneill" <w9nto@isp.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] insullating a tower from ground
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
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> DOSE ANY ONE OUT THERE HAVE PLANS OR WORKING MODEL TO INSULATE A TOWER FROM
> GROUND?I WANT TO USE A HEIGHTS ALUMINUM TOWER FOR A 80 MTR.VERTICAL.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:35:58 +0000
> From: kd4e <kd4e@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] galvanized ground rods
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
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> > n4gi@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
>> You've created a great big battery.
>
> In "real" soil perhaps but in Florida sugar sand?
>
> Seriously, the electrician-installed galvanized are
> in the nearest circumstance about 12" from the copper,
> do I really risk a problem?
>
> I can group the ground rods so those in close proximity
> are all galvanize.
>
> The tower base is 40+ feet from the shared house ground
> system so I'd guess they are irrelevant to the "battery"
> scenario.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 23:40:31 -0600
> From: N?ATH <N0ATH@Charter.net>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: galvanized ground rods
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
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> Hello Ron - Just so you will know - de N?ATH, Dave - I simply thought you
> might have
> missed the original post that said & I quote " Galvanized Guy Rods "
> and not ground rods. Obviously there are places that use galvanized ground
> rods and of
> that I was not aware. All that you can obtain in my area are copper rods or
> copper
> coated steel rods. There are guy anchors for pole line construction of all
> description,
> some of them being straight drive in guy anchors, exactly as described by the
> original
> author. I was only suggesting that possibly you had misread his first post.
> Sorry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Feutz" <feutz@wctc.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] galvanized ground rods
>
>
> Where that came from I'll never know. The subject line has it right.
>
> At 08:35 PM 11/1/2005, you wrote:
>>I am not sure if you understood when he said GUY rods - Not GROUND rods.
>>Just an opinion / Dave
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ron Feutz" <feutz@wctc.net>
>>To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:06 PM
>>Subject: [TowerTalk] galvanized ground rods
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 07:56:34 EST
> From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sealing Barrel connectors
> To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
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> In a message dated 11/2/05 4:04:23 AM Greenwich Standard Time,
> vze1u2wn@verizon.net writes:
> I'm trying to picture this...so one end goes in the top and the other goes
> through the bottom in a hole you make? How do you seal the each end?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Ah, I used to teach math, not English. I didn't explain it right. You put
> the barrel connector in the two pieces of coax. Put a little insurance tape
> on
> the connection. Then you shove that connection into the bottle, making sure
> the part with the barrel connection is NOT at the dead end, but rather running
> along the inside of the bottle. A smaller bottle works fine for RG58/59, and
> a 2 liter size will work for RG8 etc.
>
> I also use this technique for joints hanging in the air, like the 1/4 wave 75
> ohm lengths of coax to match my suspended quad loops to 50 ohm. I always use
> light coax on these to cut down on weight. With these, the joint goes inside
> the bottle after running and securing the two pieces of coax to the OUTSIDE
> of the bottle. If you do it right, the end of the bottle will face down and
> you won't even have to seal it.
>
> Bottles can also be used to make a 'cap' where two pieces of coax are butted
> out in the field...like where hardline is terminated to coax. Both pieces are
> run parallel, side by side, put together by two 90 degree elbows and then
> capped with a 2 liter bottle, secured with cable ties or a little tape. Also,
> antenna coax when an antenna is under construction, can be covered with a
> bottle.
>
> I love the damn things. I keep bunches around just for coax.
>
> Bill K4XS
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 05:01:40 -0800 (PST)
> From: Dan Bookwalter <n8dcj@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Modifying top section of UST TX-472
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Message-ID: <20051102130140.13063.qmail@web34209.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>
> i am thinking of moving the rotor up to the top of the
> top section of my TX-472. in the past few years we
> have been getting hit with big ice storms. with the
> T2X in the tower it has to be aligned properly in
> order to retract the tower all the way. if i put it
> much closer to the top i can get the tower almost
> completely retracted without concern as to the rotor
> positioning. in order to do this though i have to cut
> out a brace to get the rotor in the tower...
>
> thoughts....
>
> Dan N8DCJ
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 05:03:53 -0800 (PST)
> From: Dan Bookwalter <n8dcj@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] OT:Virtual WX Station
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Message-ID: <20051102130353.59094.qmail@web34202.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> i am looking for a WX station that doesnt have a
> readout , but , has serial a output, i dont care if
> the serial output is RS232 , SPI , single wire etc...
> (actually ethernet would work great to)
>
> please respond of the reflector
>
> thanks
>
> Dan N8DCJ
>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:31:40 -0500
> From: "James C. Garland" <4cx250b@muohio.edu>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Kashjian Towers vs. US Towers
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20051101161943.01d40810@po.muohio.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
> I'm moving to a new QTH and have been planning to put up a US Tower
> MA-770 with motor crankup and base, but ideally would like something
> a bit heavier duty. Zoning restrictions limit me to a 8" diameter
> tubular tower. I recently came across Tashjian Towers, who
> manufacture the old Tri-Ex line, including their Sky Needle TM-370
> (70'). It's pricey, but much heavier construction than the US Tower.
> I"d be interested if anybody has had experience with Tashjian? I
> know it's owned by a former chief Tri-Ex engineer. My concern is
> shelling out big bucks for a company that isn't well known. Also,
> I'd be interested in any recent buyers of the MA-770. Tnx, Jim W8ZR
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 8:39:05 -0500
> From: <coulter@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Kashjian Towers vs. US Towers
> To: "James C. Garland" <4cx250b@muohio.edu>,
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Message-ID:
> <20051102133905.BUVL29758.ibm61aec.bellsouth.net@mail.bellsouth.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Jim,
> I did not buy the MA-770, but I did purchase a tower from Tashjian Towers
> about 1 1/2
> years ago and I am completely pleased with it and my experiance with the
> company. Karl
> Tashjian went out of his way to help me with my requirements when no other
> tower company
> would. I would highly recommend Tashjian Towers. Good luck.
>
> Todd
> N4JRZ
>>
>> From: "James C. Garland" <4cx250b@muohio.edu>
>> Date: 2005/11/01 Tue PM 04:31:40 EST
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Kashjian Towers vs. US Towers
>>
>> I'm moving to a new QTH and have been planning to put up a US Tower
>> MA-770 with motor crankup and base, but ideally would like something
>> a bit heavier duty. Zoning restrictions limit me to a 8" diameter
>> tubular tower. I recently came across Tashjian Towers, who
>> manufacture the old Tri-Ex line, including their Sky Needle TM-370
>> (70'). It's pricey, but much heavier construction than the US Tower.
>> I"d be interested if anybody has had experience with Tashjian? I
>> know it's owned by a former chief Tri-Ex engineer. My concern is
>> shelling out big bucks for a company that isn't well known. Also,
>> I'd be interested in any recent buyers of the MA-770. Tnx, Jim W8ZR
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
>> Weather
>> Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any
>> questions and ask
>> for Sherman, W2FLA.
>>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 09:16:31 -0500
> From: Jim Idelson <k1ir@designet.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] M2 Orion 2800DC is a Noise Generator
> To: TowerTalk Post <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <QkhBMktJNCMmQjJRLiogMTc4NjgwODk5@DESIGNET-M200>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> My second M2 Orion 2800 generates quite a bit of RF noise as it turns. It is
> an older
> unit. I understand there is some filtering in the newer units. I'd like to
> resolve this
> before this weekend. Has anybody dealt with this problem? What do you
> suggest? I am
> thinking about installing an EMI line filter on the DC drive lines just
> outside the
> rotor.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Idelson K1IR
> email k1ir at designet.com
> web http://www.k1ir.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:27:49 -0600
> From: "Matt Patterson" <mattpatt@1starnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] M2 Orion 2800DC is a Noise Generator
> To: "TowerTalk Post" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <002501c5dfb9$9a79e230$ab17460a@jsmisc06>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> How newer? My orion is a year old and it generates noise.
>
> Matt
> W5LL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Idelson" <k1ir@designet.com>
> To: "TowerTalk Post" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:16 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] M2 Orion 2800DC is a Noise Generator
>
>
>> My second M2 Orion 2800 generates quite a bit of RF noise as it turns. It
>> is an older unit. I understand there is some filtering in the newer units.
>> I'd like to resolve this before this weekend. Has anybody dealt with this
>> problem? What do you suggest? I am thinking about installing an EMI line
>> filter on the DC drive lines just outside the rotor.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Jim Idelson K1IR
>> email k1ir at designet.com
>> web http://www.k1ir.com
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
>> Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with
>> any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
>>
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