They demonstrated this procedure this past weekend on the cable TV show "This Old House". Tom, WW5L Jim Zellmer wrote: A shop vac does work great. Tie a plastic bag to a piece of nylon siene cord tha
Ken: When I put up Rohn 25 at my first QTH I bolted 2 sections together, made sure they were plumb, and tied them off in several directions before pouring the concrete. As the concrete as being poure
Andy: I've got a Fulton 1550 on a TriEx WT 51 50 ft. crakup, it doesn't have the rachet, but has a disc pad brake system. Its fairly quiet when you raise the tower, but lowering it is something else.
Andy: Also the kerchung of my Ham IV drives our daschund/rat terrier mix female crazy. When I hit the brake release and she's outside and the beam starts turning she starts barking, howling, etc. I c
George: I used a TA33jr. slightly smaller and less power handling capability than the 33m for several years and worked something like 245 countries with it. I've got a Mosley 33 Classic WARC now, but
Fellow Tower Talkians: Any suggestions for a high wattage soldering iron good for using on PL259s (100 watts or so??)? Most of the 25-40 watt irons found in the mass hardware places (Home Depot/Lowes
Fellow Tower Talkians: Any suggestions for a high wattage soldering iron good for using on PL259s (100 watts or so??)? Most of the 25-40 watt irons found in the mass hardware places (Home Depot/Lowes
Mike: Don't feel bad, I read it in time for the replay but too late for the 9 p.m. CST broadcast, but fell asleep about 12:45 a.m. just before the replay at 1 a.m. CST this morning. Tom, WW5L Mike Gi
Noel: Get the city planner to put it in writing and even that doesn't ensure the city will honor it. Before my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I moved in 1992 to our current QTH we lived in another city that s
Tod: In Texas, Texas Utilities (the "corporate name" of the old Texas Electric Service Company, Texas Power and Light, and Dallas Power and Light), has both a "winter rate" and a "summer rate". Also
Office Depot advertises the same thing, their prices are the same as going direct to UPS (not the "UPS Store" which is are independently owned pack it and mail it places (if you read their fine print
Jim, et. al: Years ago my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I looked at one development out in the country (one of those type that offer to pay youir gas, give you a 5 piece set of cookware, etc.) and asked to s
Jeff: I finally found my TA40KR manual, although it is from about 10 years ago. I'll be glad to photocopy it today and mail it to you (I don't know how to do attachments). Or if you have a fax machin
Jeff: The TA40KR kit has done well for the past 10 years. I've got more than 140 countries on 40, and worked 3B9C last night on 40 phone. Tom, WW5L Tom Anderson wrote: Jeff: I finally found my TA40KR
Steve: The older man you're referring to was named "Joe" as I recall. I ordered from Amidon years ago and Joe answered the phone and when I told him the problem I was trying to solve (apparent RF on
Michael: I've bought 90 degree Motorola plugs and cables previously at my local Radio Shack. Also if you have a Fry's Electronics superstore near you, they have a rather large preassembled cable and
Dave, Alan, et. al: Chicken wire up to about 8 feet is what I've used on the bottom of my TriEx WT51 crank up to keep hands, toes, feet, fingers, etc. out of the works just in case. So far its worked
Alan, Jeff, et.al.: When I put up mu first tower -- 40 ft. ft of Rohn 25 -- my neighbors already knew I was a ham because I had had a vertical and an invertted vee on the chimney at one time or anoth
Todd: Years ago there was a ham a couple blocks from my old QTH in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that had some irate neighbors who didn't like his tower. They started complaining to the city and any one
Lone Star DX Association prez. Bill, W5SJ found the following BPL comments and asked me to forward them to the reflector since he was having bounce problems with his ISP and the reflector. Tom, WW5L