http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/states/texas/arlington/3387154.htm With all the recent postings about deed restrictions, HOA's etc. here is a related story from Sunday's Fort Worth TX
Sherman: MFJ had one on display at Ham Com 2002 in Arlington TX last weekend. They looked very interesting. I had MFJ President, Martin F. Jue demonstrate it to me personally since I had bought a cou
Steve: If W3PT's tower is like my TriEx the problem is in the Fulton winch. The Fulton winch supplied with the tower and in 1992 and since replaced has a disc brake system to hold the sections up. Wh
Marty: The one I have was made out of painted sheet metal by "Lambda Vector Corp." it has a half dozen rubber grometted holes for coax, rotor cable, etc. pass through. I had a ham friend about 10 yea
Alan: I don't know about your locality, but when I put up a 50 foot crank up in 1993 I asked the city's code compliance officer (his son is a ham) and he said no permit or any type was required. But
AL: When my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I lived at our former QTH in the late 1980s in Bedford TX I put up 40 ft. of Rohn 25, but before I did I wrote the mayor and asked him if there were ANY height or ot
LEE ET. AL.: Another thing to watch with lightning claims is the length of time your policy allows for processing claims. My claim rep. said he wanted a statement from the licensed electrician who ca
John: When I was a reporter/editor for the Fort Worth paper from 1977-87 I always made an assignment for a photographer Saturday or Sunday at Ham Com in Arlington. Nearly every time someone went out
Jerry, et. al: An interesting "test" to check is downloading the TASP test online and see how well you can do on it. The TASP (not the TAAS) test is required of anyone enrolling as a freshman in a Te
Sam, et. al: When I put up a Rohn tower I put six inches or so of pea/river rock gravel in the bottom of the hole and then pushed the base section in the gravel slightly to allow for drainage. Sorry
Henry, et. al.: I'm a Boy Scout Merit Badge counselor and have actually had scouts come up to me during a merit badge class and ask "Do I have to do the requirements to get the merit badge?" I teach
Does anyone know if J. Martin Systems of Stamford CT is still in business. They sold a pre drilled copper buss bar for grounding in lengths varying from 2 ft. to 4 ft. with the attachment bolts every
JIM: Try most any store that sells fencing supplies, especially a farm supply store. Years ago I found a fence post driver that is a 3-4 inch piece of pipe with handles on the side and one end welded
Fellow Tower Talkians: Pardon the off-topic message, but I was curious if others were having the same problem since many of the "bounced" e-mails I describe below are from/to other hams. Have you bee
I have been reading the various messages about 40m beams and 10-15-20 tribanders with interest, but I've got one question. Are there any noticeable interaction problems between a tribander and the va
Bill: Supposedly the ISP people can track it with all that gibberish. I know the U.S. Secret Service wants the "entire" message with the full header if you complain to them about one of those 411 Nig
Jim: I've got a Ham IV (1988 vintage recently rebuilt by Norms Rotor Service) with the same 2 1/16 specs. and my old Hygain manual advises putting 1/32 shims on both sides of a 2" mast in the rotor t
Pete, et. al.: In covering several Gulf Coast hurricanes as a news reporter back in the 1970s and 80s I've ended up at numerous oceanside Coast Guard stations along the Texas and Louisiana gulf coast
Fellow tower talk members: A ham friend of mine and his XYL in the Houston TX area live in a deed restricted area which prohibits outside antennas without approval of the subdivision's architectural