- 41. [TowerTalk] TA-53-M (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Wed Jan 29 20:19:19 2003
- Mike: Others here have suggested Oxgard as an alternative to Penetrox. Either one will work on Al-Al connections. But be sure you properly clean the surfaces before applying the goop. TowerTalk folk
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00558.html (8,368 bytes)
- 42. [Towertalk] Force 12 vs. Cushcraft who wins? (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 20:39:14 -0500
- Mike: Also consider the Bencher Skyhawk - 3 elements on 20 and 15 and 4 on 10. Boom is 24 feet long. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: Howard Klein <howk2@hotmail.com> To: mike@hatzakis
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00031.html (11,547 bytes)
- 43. [Towertalk] 80M sloper on Trylon tower (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 21:26:59 -0500
- TT: This afternoon I hung a sloper wire off the side of my 64-foot Trylon tower with pretty respectable results. If you will recall (TT archives Jan-Mar 2002), I had shunt fed the tower on 80M with a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00033.html (9,147 bytes)
- 44. [Towertalk] Force 12 vs. Cushcraft who wins? (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 21:29:44 -0500
- TT: The book is worth the money. I bought the first and second editions. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F HREF="http://www.championradio.com/">www.championradio.com
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00034.html (10,665 bytes)
- 45. [Towertalk] Failing Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:05:10 -0500
- TT: FWIW - The Bencher Skyhawk I installed last year required no such prework prior to assembly. The element tubing slipped together without catching on burrs and the rivets dropped into their pre-dr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00203.html (9,971 bytes)
- 46. [Towertalk] New Rotator In Place; Mast Now Binds (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 18:09:32 -0500
- TT: To avoid (or minimize the likelihood of) binding with a thrust bearing, you might want to look at a self-centering flange mount bearing assembly instead. Last year I purchased one of these monste
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00213.html (13,464 bytes)
- 47. [Towertalk] Ground Rod Pounding (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 11:24:04 -0500
- TT: I used a four-inch piece of 3/4 inch threaded iron pipe and a pipe cap as my pounder for my twelve ground rods here. After pounding in four or five rods, I had to change the cap (it got pretty ma
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00285.html (9,223 bytes)
- 48. [Towertalk] Ground the coax braid on LPDA or not? (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:27:55 -0500
- Lou: Just a guess on my part, but maybe you could consider using a reactive component (inductor?) whose impedance is let's say ten times the coax feed (500 Ohms) at the lowest freq of the LP. Many fo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00294.html (10,469 bytes)
- 49. [Towertalk] Double protection - climbing (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:45:00 -0500
- TT: I learned this practice on this reflector a few years ago: "Look, listen and feel." LOOK at what you're clipping your lanyard onto (a tool vs the real D-ring); LISTEN to the snap closure of the h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00458.html (9,630 bytes)
- 50. [Towertalk] Coax (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:29:28 -0500
- Tom: I'm willing to bet I won't be the only one sending you this. Check out W3LPL's coax selection posting found on N3RR's web page at: http://users.erols.com/n3rr/Cable/coax_attenuation.txt . Lot's
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00480.html (8,779 bytes)
- 51. [Towertalk] split end on coax for Yagi connection? (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:16:53 -0500
- Doug: Here's what I did for my coax balun (not my idea - just stole shamelessly from the Antenna Handbook or similar.) o Strip jacket about four inches. o Remove braid down to about half inch from en
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00566.html (9,395 bytes)
- 52. [Towertalk] Double protection - climbing (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:22:24 -0500
- Tom: Here ya go: http://www.buckinghammfg.com/arborist/rwl.html . Lineman's belt and positioning strap are from Buckingham. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: n4kg@juno.com <n4kg@juno.co
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00568.html (12,058 bytes)
- 53. [Towertalk] Pouring base of tower (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 20:30:05 -0500
- Wes: From your description it sounds like you're installing a pier and pad type of foundation. That is, the base is a flat, thick concrete slab ( your 9' X 9' X 18" pad), and the tower actually gets
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00002.html (8,998 bytes)
- 54. [Towertalk] LPDAs... (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:16:29 -0500
- TT: It seems to me that the main advantage of the SteppIR concept is that the operator gets a warm-and-fuzzy feeling about SWR everywhere he decides to operate. Other than that, it seems like it's a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00308.html (11,342 bytes)
- 55. [Towertalk] Loop Gain (was LPA designs) (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:41:56 -0500
- TT: FWIW: Back in the late 80's I was involved with designing a relay station for VOA in the Negev Desert in Israel. The intended application was to receive satellite-borne audio from Washington DC s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00406.html (11,539 bytes)
- 56. [Towertalk] Trylon one year inspection (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:54:38 -0500
- TT: Thursday afternoon I spent about an hour on my year-old T-500-64 tower doing maintenance inspections. The overall finish of the Trylon steel is still excellent. I found no noticeable signs of cor
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00426.html (7,687 bytes)
- 57. [Towertalk] (no subject) (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:20:56 -0500
- And the sting antidotes! 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: k4oj <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com> To: Richard M. Gillingham <rmoodyg@bellsouth.net> Cc: Stu Greene <wa2moe@firstinter.net>; Jim Tull
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00458.html (10,174 bytes)
- 58. [Towertalk] Antenna Wind Area Calculation (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:04:15 -0500
- Roger: I have a GP-15 on top of my mast. I couldn't find area figures either so I calculated it myself. The fiberglass covering is about seven feet tall and 3/4 inch diamter. "Shadow area", therefore
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00597.html (10,091 bytes)
- 59. [Towertalk] Antenna Wire (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:07:32 -0500
- Dan: I had a coperweld-based horizontal loop at my QTH for a couple of years. After that time, the copper cladding corroded off. I replaced the clad wire with, I guess, #14 stranded bare copper. The
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00598.html (8,674 bytes)
- 60. [Towertalk] Antenna Wire (score: 1)
- Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:48:35 -0500
- Chris: I posted this back in July: http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/2002-July/049245.html ..At least one other TT'ian told me he thought enough of this idea to duplicate it for his own installa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00632.html (10,301 bytes)
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