Hi Jim and all, I just spoke with one of my antenna hardware suppliers (Interstate Electronics Incorporated- Hazlet, NJ) and they told me that South River Products is no longer in business. They were
To: <towertalk@contesting.com> ............................................................................ ......................... Hi Gang, Just received this post from the other Roger..... (My G
Hi guys, I went to the site that Roger (Roger Hedin, the freeware author) posted for his mapping program ( http://hem.passagen.se/gcm.htm ) and received this notice: "Not Found The requested object d
Hi Jim and all the guys in TowerTalk land, re. the Great Circle Mapping Freeware Program...... gcmwin22.... (new beta version 2.3) [of particular interest for all you TOWER and ANTENNA and CONTEST an
Hi Guys, Here's wishing everyone Good Luck in the ARRL Field Day tomorrow. Things may be just a little quiet around here... but we can all use the break..... to scream our heads off. I'll be operatin
Hi Gang, I'm looking for a whacky story I once received about a guy who had a "terrible accident" on a HAM TOWER... where somehow a rope holding an increasingly heavy bucket of tools supported by a p
Hi Paul, Someone damages your property and HIS insurance company wants to pro-rate your damage claim? Of course they do. How generous! But, as things go here in the NY-NJ area..... a claim delayed or
Author: hygain@compuserve.com (Roger A. Cox WB0DGF)
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 09:26:38 -0400
Polycarbonate resins, such as GE LEXAN and others, are extremely susceptable to solvents such as WD-40. The GE book lists these chemicals to avoid: Amines, Aromatic Hydrocarbons, strong alkaline dete
Hi Jeff, Thought I'd put my two cents in here too. I have a South River 9-ft tripod peak roof mounted tower on my home. It appears to be a heavy duty TV type and a fraction of the cost of the GM towe
Could anyone tell me what you are supposed to get from the BA to CA change? 73 Roger,ko4o -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrati
I am contemplating the purchase of a Rohn 25g tower, to be equipped with a Hazer "elevator". Is there anyone on the reflector currently using this array? My questions are; 1) although probably obviou
This sounds like a good way to go anyone know the Address or Phone number. I have 2 that needs repair. 73 Roger,KO4O -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk
Hi Charlie, I just bought a bunch of them as spares from: C.A.T.S. "The Rotor Doctor" 7368 State Route 105 Pemberville, Ohio 43450 Tel. 419 352-4465 Saw him at Dayton and although we've done some sma
Hi Steve, NW9G Pardon my taking some liberty here with your question but.... using flat or even bundled round rotor control cable for a dipole may cause you more problems than it's worth. First off,
Hello Dale, We had a like problem with the same antenna. Dale check for continuety from one end of the white element to the other, on all elements if you have continuety on each, chances are that th
Author: hygain@compuserve.com (Roger A. Cox WB0DGF)
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 13:06:57 -0400
Hygain 204BA Hygain 155BA Hygain 105BA Hygain DB-1217 (dual bander for 12/17 meters) Bill, First of all, what 40 meter antenna will you be using? Some 40 meter loaded beams have a resonance on 17 me
Hello David, Just for the sake of discussion, what if you took a 12 foot piece of 4" pipe, buried it 4 foot in Cement and then guyed to the top of the pipe, you would still have basically the same an
Hi Towertalkians, Not long ago there appeared here some posts questioning if there was anything that could be done about the build-up of rain static or wind static on antennas. At the time I believe
Hi Guys, Perhaps I'm missing something here. By the quantity of recent posts on the subject of "did it / didn't it fall in a 70 or 700-ft radius"....I remain puzzled as to why these numbers are so al
Hi Gang, The response on the debris field thread has been terrific and tremendously enlightening. So many interesting points of view! Not long ago I had a question regarding the determination of guy