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161. [TowerTalk] Radials on the ground (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 19:20:34 -0500
Here's a document on L.B. Cebik's website that has an in-depth study of radials on the ground. L.B. is a SK and now AntenanX requires a registration (free) for access to his information that they are
/archives//html/Towertalk/2008-10/msg00053.html (6,864 bytes)

162. Re: [TowerTalk] spark gap/ insulated tower (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:22:13 -0500
Rain, interesting thought. Can they be mounted horizontally so the raindrop will not tend to close the gap? OR the contacts separately mounted up at 45 degrees with the contact points of EACH pointed
/archives//html/Towertalk/2008-10/msg00105.html (9,462 bytes)

163. Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic Pipe to Bury Coax? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:48:02 -0500
What departmetn is this in? What is it supposed to be used for? I am fairly familiar with HD and do not remember any pipe except electrical (rigid electrical), garden (4" drain tubing), and plumbing
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-06/msg00442.html (9,859 bytes)

164. Re: [TowerTalk] City attempts to shut down ham radio .... !! (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:56:59 -0500
This kind of stuff needs to (also?) be on the Ham-Law reflector - The Ham-Law Mailing List. This list is for discussion and does not purport to give legal advice. Submissions: ham-law@mail.altlaw.com
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-07/msg00136.html (13,653 bytes)

165. Re: [TowerTalk] World's toughest fixes - 2000' tower (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:57:38 -0500
OK, I have to say it. I was up 54 feet and to me that's a mile. Working to take down a tribander and trees all around that had grown through the tower and up and into the antenna. Calm day, mostly, a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-07/msg00347.html (11,321 bytes)

166. Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproof plastic enclosures (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:23:16 -0500
Home Depot has them in varying sizes in the electrical department and they are heavy and waterproof (and not cheap). Bought one to use for my entrance panel housing my bulkhead and lightning arrester
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-08/msg00237.html (15,176 bytes)

167. Re: [TowerTalk] Insulators (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:52:09 -0500
I never figured I would be on the safety side of the fence like a purist BUT, when cutting fiberglass with a high speed saw you should use a breathing filter because of the glass fibers. I have done
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-10/msg00058.html (11,247 bytes)

168. Re: [TowerTalk] Station Noise (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:00:06 -0500
Interesting - That's like Paul Harvey used to day "and now for the rest of the story" or was that somebody else and his was "page 4"? 73, Jim _______________________________________________ _________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-10/msg00334.html (9,046 bytes)

169. Re: [TowerTalk] Thinning liquid tape (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:23:43 -0600
MEK among other wierd things are available at the paint department of Home Depot. Surprised me too when I found it accidentally. I stocked up on stuff we used to use at work before it was 'bad" pract
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-11/msg00090.html (8,997 bytes)

170. Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio mag article (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:48:20 -0600
IMHO, There may have been changes in the accepted method of calculatoin since then although these may well be close enough for most purposes. 73 Jim _______________________________________________ __
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00234.html (9,713 bytes)

171. [TowerTalk] Coax Loss (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:38:27 -0600
I have struggled with this and have seen it both ways. Take an example of 100 feet of some coax at 5 db loss. Is the loss at 200 feet 8 db or is it 10 db ???? And is the loss at 50 feet 2 db or 2.5 d
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00108.html (6,784 bytes)

172. Re: [TowerTalk] Band Color Codes (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:00:07 -0600
That is what I do on my Hamsticks is use the resister color codes on the base. Easy to pick out the one you want from the "pile". red = 20, yellow = 40, etc. 73, Jim KG0KP ___________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00409.html (10,067 bytes)

173. Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury... (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 21:49:56 -0600
4 inch flexible ribbed drain tubing in the garden department at home depot ( and Lowes, I suspect). Comes in 10 ft lengths and 50 ft rolls at least. seems like it was about a dollar a foot. For long
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00055.html (13,142 bytes)

174. Re: [TowerTalk] Shack wiring (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:20:07 -0500
NEC has a limit (8 ??) specified for the number of receptacles you can connect to a single power panel breaker. The "house wiring" is protected by the breaker/fuse in the power panel. Power strips ha
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00262.html (12,802 bytes)

175. Re: [TowerTalk] Drill bits (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:40:50 -0500
Finally, somebody who KNOWS about cutting oil. It's absolutely amazing to me that so many people think you can use motor oil for drilling or cuting threads and how few of the want-to-be hardware stor
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00487.html (14,190 bytes)

176. Re: [TowerTalk] Drill bits (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:43:39 -0500
You've jarred my memory, what little is left. I do remember now Dad also using lard and possibly kerosene as there was usually a can of it in the tractod shed. AND THANKS for the mention of aluminum
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00499.html (12,212 bytes)

177. Re: [TowerTalk] 40/80m dipole (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:19:44 -0500
Dan, The direct answer to your question is to use these two websites to calculate the inductance (coil) you will need based on your choice of location and then to design the coil you can build. http:
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00513.html (9,842 bytes)

178. Re: [TowerTalk] Overposting - let the program sort it out (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:38:53 -0500
I think most email programs have this type of capability. I do the same thing as Roger in Outlook Express - 20 reflectors each with their own folder, I can see them all on one screen and they each sh
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00925.html (9,083 bytes)

179. Re: [TowerTalk] lube on cables (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:24:28 -0500
This is "grain of salt" stuff. #1. you are asking for infirmation they could be sued over if something fails. #2 You are asking a salesman who makes his money selling. #3. I bet Roger has more real "
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00056.html (8,670 bytes)

180. Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning suppression through coax loops (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:08:01 -0500
ISTM the inductance created with a million volts of lightning strike would be significant even in two turns of coax. Give it some place to jump off to ground too (lightning arrester, spark gap hi hi
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00653.html (8,559 bytes)

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