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221. Re: [TowerTalk] free climbing a 1700`tower (score: 1)
Author: Doug Renwick <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:07:51 -0600
Please back up your statement with references. I live in Canada. Can you point me to a Canadian regulation that says it is an illegal act to free climb in a commercial and a non commercial situation.
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00491.html (8,766 bytes)

222. Re: [TowerTalk] Free climbing a 1700' tower (score: 1)
Author: Doug Renwick <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:58:06 -0600
You are receiving this privately because it will not be posted to towertalk. It's so silly that it is sad. List moderator, list owner, despot, dictator, Steve, K7LXC, likes to play god from time to t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00493.html (15,393 bytes)

223. Re: [TowerTalk] free climbing, etc. (score: 1)
Author: Doug Renwick <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:48:11 -0600
Jim, thank you for this. When I was still working long before retirement I took a safety course which stressed that safety and production were equal. If safety was first then there would be little pr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00514.html (10,582 bytes)

224. Re: [TowerTalk] ladders (score: 1)
Author: Doug Renwick <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:24:01 -0600
Thank you for your common sense view. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- my point is that a fixation on height having a correlation to risk is wrong. Th
/archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00515.html (9,832 bytes)

225. Re: [TowerTalk] HDR-300A info (score: 1)
Author: Doug <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:25:12 -0600
IMO the over rotation system (limit switches, etc.) on this rotor has little benefit with the stock controller. I remove it from my HDR-300s. One benefit in removing the over rotation is that the ran
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-01/msg00464.html (10,489 bytes)

226. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 100, Issue 37 (score: 1)
Author: Doug Renwick <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:57:05 -0600
This article will explain the Ufer ground and the causes of concrete cracking (i.e. poor implementation) http://www.comm-omni.com/polyweb/ufertower.htm Doug __________________________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-04/msg00281.html (8,197 bytes)

227. [TowerTalk] Electrocables RG-213 (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:51:43 -0600
Anyone have experience with RG-213 sold by Electrocables in Trenton, Ontario? Doug _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing li
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00031.html (6,400 bytes)

228. [TowerTalk] re; STUF Weather Proofing compound... (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 07:44:24 -0600
Coax seal is good to seal the air out of any cartridge tip. Better than anything you can buy. Just take a hunk and mold it over the tip. Can be reused over and over. Doug ____________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00084.html (7,117 bytes)

229. Re: [TowerTalk] snakes and owls vs pigeons (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:28:10 -0600
So Roger how did you catch them? I used to wait until dark and then climb to their roosting in the barn and grab them by their legs. Doug I'll run the race and I will never be the same again. _______
/archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00338.html (8,487 bytes)

230. Re: [TowerTalk] WHICH ROTOR TO USE? (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 19:51:35 -0600
My observations of this rotor: 1. That's a pretty small mast clamp. You would need a different mast clamp for every different OD mast. 2. How is the flange attached to the out put shaft? That could b
/archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00062.html (9,221 bytes)

231. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotor Loop (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:06:16 -0600
You can catch the loop by installing an X made out of dowel or some other material directly underneath the top plate and extending say 1 foot beyond the top plate and secured with cable ties or other
/archives//html/Towertalk/2012-10/msg00124.html (9,191 bytes)

232. Re: [TowerTalk] NEW Tail Twister Rotator (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 14:08:24 -0600
The first thing you do with a HDR-300 is remove the stops. If it rotates past the stops, things break. By pass or remove the stops. The HDR-300 does not have a wedge break like the Ham or Tailtwister
/archives//html/Towertalk/2012-11/msg00026.html (9,959 bytes)

233. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower, rotator and antenna maintenance (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 22:16:02 -0600
My friend your facts of life seem to apply to someone who is over weight and out of shape. This summer I rebuilt three towers from the ground up and reinstalled eight antennas. I must have climbed th
/archives//html/Towertalk/2012-11/msg00072.html (10,952 bytes)

234. [TowerTalk] Bye Bye Deer (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:00:15 -0600
Any suggestions on how to keep deer out of the yard and away from the antennas? Pesky animals are always snagging my top loading lines and bending the vertical. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hu
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-01/msg00082.html (9,661 bytes)

235. Re: [TowerTalk] Hose Clamps (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:27:47 -0600
Spray the gear part with WD-40 or Liquid Wrench before tightening. Align the gear part over the slot. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- I'm putting tog
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-01/msg00303.html (9,816 bytes)

236. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:56:25 -0600
Dave, My experience agrees with yours in that grounding a tower through the concrete base is a non issue. All my 5 towers are grounded below the 4 ft cube concrete base for over 35 years with no visi
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00388.html (14,979 bytes)

237. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Grounding... (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:44:06 -0600
I don't think he is joking, but real experience proves otherwise. Grounding a tower through the concrete base is a non issue. All my 5 towers are grounded below the 4 ft cube concrete base for over 3
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00390.html (10,052 bytes)

238. Re: [TowerTalk] Which Balun with the TH7DXX (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:49:41 -0600
A M2 balun secured to the boom with two gear clamps works perfectly. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing." --Original Message-- BA-4000 someday in the dead of winter hi hi... w
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00446.html (10,207 bytes)

239. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower and antenna decisions (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:56:52 -0600
Yes I have seem frequent times when my 50 ft high 10m yagi outperforms my 110 ft yagi. Usually the higher yagi is the best, but there are times when the signal is barley audible on the higher yagi, t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-10/msg00439.html (9,154 bytes)

240. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Guy Anchors (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 14:02:17 -0600
I 'dig' all my screw anchors in. Dig a hole to the proper depth, slit the tower side of the hole for the shaft, and place the 'screw' against undisturbed soil, backfill. Doug "Think of all the ways y
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-11/msg00158.html (8,712 bytes)


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