- 81. [TowerTalk] Great Circle Maping Shareware (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 18:08:18 -0400 (EDT)
- I went to the site and they have a gcmwin22 , which is a newer file by date, than gcmwin21.. I downloaded 22, and it does not run... I get a message about "Input past end of file" - which I have neve
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00576.html (7,836 bytes)
- 82. [TowerTalk] KLM KT-34A (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 11:04:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Get someone else to go through it... You have something wrong... Denny -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towert
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00108.html (6,764 bytes)
- 83. [TowerTalk] Antenna tuning (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 16:22:40 -0400 (EDT)
- << Question? What do you think of this method? Interesting approach.... Let us know, after you get it up.... Denny -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@co
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00235.html (6,790 bytes)
- 84. [TowerTalk] Orion rotors (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 09:02:37 -0400 (EDT)
- I use the M2-OR2800-P fed with 250 feet of home made rotor cable... There is NO shielding of any kind and I do not see any problems with the directional indicator circuits over the past 3 years... Mi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00266.html (7,264 bytes)
- 85. [TowerTalk] Verticals of Rohn 25 (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 08:54:18 -0400 (EDT)
- I have a few comments upon a parallel wire up a tower leg being an RF short... In general this is true, assuming a few caveats... That the wire firmly contacts the tower at intervals not to exceed 5%
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00780.html (8,749 bytes)
- 86. [TowerTalk] Rain Static - Anything to Do? (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 08:50:21 -0500 (EST)
- << I have also noticed, during the famous New England snow storms, that there is a static field building up from time to time, not generated by direct hits, which starts like "tack, tack, tack" in ve
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00029.html (8,715 bytes)
- 87. TopBand: Radials (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 12:07:55 -0500 (EST)
- <Snip> Anyway, Tom... the point of this message is to reinforce your findings... I initially used Moxon's suggestion of a pair of 1/8 wave radials, 6-7 foot high, with a common inductance to resonate
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00076.html (8,020 bytes)
- 88. Towers and "Timber" (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 12:26:23 -0500 (EST)
- I saw an interesting video last night... The local repeater group in Bay City, Mi lost their repeater antenna 2 years ago... It was sidemounted on a 200 foot commercial tower... The fella cutting the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00149.html (8,119 bytes)
- 89. Loos Guy Wire Tensioner (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 16:02:37 -0500 (EST)
- Yup... This topic was extensively covered... The concensus (at least my opinion of the concensus:) and my experience, is to just use it per factory calibration... I lifted a 480 pound load (6 bags of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00202.html (7,591 bytes)
- 90. Stacks and SWR (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 16:13:15 -0500 (EST)
- I LIKED the 26dBi gain and 62dB F/B !!!!! ....spoil sports..... -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQ
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00303.html (6,849 bytes)
- 91. Traps and advertising claims (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:03:22 -0500 (EST)
- snip < We can talk about models and manufacturers claims and theory and how things "seem" until the cows come home and get tangled in the beverages, but until we start making some real, meaningful me
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00361.html (7,862 bytes)
- 92. FW: beam maintenance (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:51:45 -0500 (EST)
- << loss of aluminum or aluminum oxide particals was directly proportionate to the amount of power it exuded, the loss of aluminum oxide molecules being calculated at the resonant frequency divided by
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00389.html (7,984 bytes)
- 93. antenna tuners (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:10:34 -0500
- I guess my 35 years at the hobby are showing... Perhaps I am an old curmudgeon, but, I simply do not understand the spending of hard earned, dollars on a commercial atu , that usually doesn't do what
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00099.html (10,220 bytes)
- 94. antenna tuners (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:21:29 -0500 (EST)
- Henry, your question is so good that I am posting to the group also... -- -- Any thoughts on using coiled lengths of RG8 (or even RG8X for low power) for fixed-value capacitors? At 26 pf per ft, the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00289.html (8,468 bytes)
- 95. Delta Loop question (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:21:03 -0500
- << What can you tell me about this idea? I have my own theory, but I want to see what others think of this idea. >> Try it... then, YOU tell us how it worked.... Denny -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.conte
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00070.html (7,248 bytes)
- 96. Rohn 25 bolts (score: 1)
- Author: CQK8DO@aol.com (CQK8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 12:38:06 -0500
- I found that replacement bolts with the correct shank length (unthreaded portion) are hard to find... and this is in an industrial town with numerous bolt and fitting suppliers... I just bought ten s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00275.html (7,573 bytes)
- 97. quad modeling (score: 1)
- Author: K8DO@aol.com (K8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 15:51:10 -0500
- Mini-nec does have severe limitations for complex arrays such as quads... You need to retry the new modeling software packages, using nec, as they have improved considerably... I currently use eznec,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00005.html (7,584 bytes)
- 98. Grounding tower legs (score: 1)
- Author: K8DO@aol.com (K8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 17:30:49 -0500
- << However, I have been tought that nothing in a ground path should be soldered - everything should be clamped only. >> This is a good rule if the solder is intended to replace the mechanical bond fo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00035.html (8,506 bytes)
- 99. Grounding tower legs -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: K8DO@aol.com (K8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 15:21:16 -0500
- << BTW, whoever said lightning goes from the ground up is partially correct. Thunderclouds may have either an excess of negative electrons or positive electrons so the path may be either way as it tr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00053.html (8,519 bytes)
- 100. Need Advice on a tower (score: 1)
- Author: K8DO@aol.com (K8DO@aol.com)
- Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 15:21:22 -0500
- << The atmosphere is corrosive, that's why we went with an aluminum tower. The aluminum tower has already failed once, in an 80 mph breeze, >> This is right off the top of my (pointy) head and I have
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00054.html (7,728 bytes)
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