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1. [TowerTalk] Help, I thought I was out of the woods (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Mon Jul 28 21:14:18 2003

If you played by all the town's rules, tell the neighbor to pound sand where the sun don't shine. I have learned that lesson the same way. My neighbor hates my antenna, the interference that he refus

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-07/msg00458.html (10,610 bytes)

2. [TowerTalk] Lightning Bolt Quad (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Tue May 6 23:24:45 2003

Daniel, I just finished a quad installation. 3 elements on 20M and 15M, and 4 elements on 10M (dedicated spreader assembly for the driven 10M loop). You may want to consider a "dual polarity driven e

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00049.html (9,506 bytes)

3. [TowerTalk] Erecting a 40' Universal tilt base tower (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Thu May 15 22:00:39 2003

It sounds like the tower is close to the house. When I did my tower, I used a very heavy duty pully set up on a heavy duty fixture on the peak of the roof. Pulling on the rope on the other side of th

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00164.html (11,210 bytes)

4. [TowerTalk] Tower ready! (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Mon May 19 20:40:58 2003

building stacking the halves 1 already Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00246.html (10,770 bytes)

5. [TowerTalk] grounding (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Wed May 21 18:02:18 2003

Guys: I do both. Massive protection with an entrance panel, grounds, straps... and I STILL DISCONNECT all the cables off the inside entrance panel and unplug the AC. Even the rotor cable is bulhead c

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00293.html (15,014 bytes)

6. [TowerTalk] CB operator charged under new city law (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Wed May 21 18:09:41 2003

The statement: "includes all private, two-way, short-distance voice communications service for personal or business activities of the general public." obviously excludes LONG DISTANCE FEDERALLY LISCE

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00294.html (13,980 bytes)

7. [TowerTalk] Quad square foot wind loading help! (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Sun Feb 9 11:14:23 2003

Gentlemen: Can Someone verify my wind loading calculations for my quad? I think I must be doing something wrong. 3 elements on 15M and 20M with 4 elements on 10M. Boom is 3 inch at 18 ft long. Calcul

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00156.html (8,304 bytes)

8. [TowerTalk] Digging the hole (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Sun Feb 23 02:44:56 2003

Gentlemen, I installed a W51 last fall. Doug a hole 4X4X6 feet. First foot in clay, then 3 feet of sand. Took 3 days at 3/4 hours per day (I'm 46 with back issues). I used plywood in "channels" to pr

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00429.html (9,529 bytes)

9. [TowerTalk] SWR question (score: 1)

Author: ab2kc@optonline.net (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Fri Feb 28 23:14:56 2003

I would actually PREFER TO MEASURE THE INPUT DC POWER since I prefer operate a vintage home brew "1KW input" Class C AM transmitter. If I get 75% efficiency, I get 750 watts forward power. On positiv

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00587.html (8,006 bytes)

10. [Towertalk] Ham M slippage? (score: 1)

Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 01:19:03 -0500

Thanks to all who responded. The rotor is pinned to the mast pipe, so the mast cannot slip in the U-bolts. When the rotor "slipped", the control indicator always matched the slippage, so I know that

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00002.html (7,936 bytes)

11. [Towertalk] Ham-M slippage (score: 1)

Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 17:49:07 -0500

Oooops...I just realized that I mis-stated my rotor model: It's a HAM-IV, not HAM-M. My Ham-M has the wedge of course. If the wedge just happens to release on the high side of the casing bump, maybe

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00030.html (7,477 bytes)

12. [Towertalk] Ham-M RF in the shack (score: 1)

Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 18:03:34 -0500

I noticed distortion in my audio when I set the quad for vertical or circular polarization... horizontal was no problem. I discovered that the rotor cable (running vertically) was picking up RF and b

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00032.html (7,453 bytes)

13. [Towertalk] towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com> (score: 1)

Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 20:28:07 -0500

Short Story: I have a nice older gent that lives at the next plot, back = of my yard. He asked my next door neighbor "JIM", if would be so kind to = repair the fence that the old man could see fallin

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00133.html (8,822 bytes)

14. [Towertalk] Rohn rotator plate for 25G (score: 1)

Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:03:38 -0500

Gentlemen, I'm surprised that nobody has designed a "two piece" Rotor plate assembly that can be assembled inside the lower section of the 25G tower to mount a rotor. I'm sure it can be done... Two t

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00274.html (8,602 bytes)

15. [Towertalk] Ham M slippage? (score: 1)

Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net> (GEORGE PRITCHARD)

Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:13:01 -0500

My tower mounted rotator swings a 4 element quad. In a wind storm last week, it was slipping during 45 mph gusts of wind. The next day it seemed "normal" and doesn't turn while the brake is on. Can t

/archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00805.html (7,055 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] Horizontal + Vertical Polarization Question (score: 1)

Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net>

Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 18:59:06 -0500

Gentlemen, I am using circular polarization on TEN meters, using a 4 element quad. Loops acting as parisitic elements "don't care" about polarity, with NO polarization attenuation. That's another rea

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-11/msg00545.html (10,310 bytes)

17. Fw: [TowerTalk] Horizontal + Vertical Polarization Question (score: 1)

Author: GEORGE PRITCHARD <ab2kc@optonline.net>

Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:21:44 -0500

Gentlemen, Thanks for your interest and comments. Sometimes it improves the received signal on the other side... sometimes no difference. Most say the QSB fades are less severe, never eliminated of c

/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-11/msg00549.html (16,750 bytes)

18. Re: [TowerTalk] Teflon Coated Wire for Quad Elements? (score: 1)

Author: "George P." <ab2kc@optonline.net>

Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:53:25 -0700

I built a large quad with #12 copperweld...I wonder what the weight difference is between the teflon coated stranded / solid, and #12 copperwed (copper coated steel). I fugure the tefoln should offer

/archives//html/Towertalk/2005-08/msg00523.html (8,980 bytes)

19. Re: [TowerTalk] Crank Up towers (score: 1)

Author: "George P." <ab2kc@optonline.net>

Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:39:12 -0500

I bought a used triex-51 50 foot crank-up. It is slightly "overloaded" with a 3 element quad for 10-20 meters. Up for three years with no trouble. It goes up and down about twice a week. I keep it do

/archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00358.html (9,134 bytes)

20. Re: [TowerTalk] 10 Meter Beams - Any IDEAS (score: 1)

Author: "George P." <ab2kc@optonline.net>

Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 19:45:47 -0500

Michael, Quads rule. 4 elements minimum and you'll be on top. Set driven element up for both vertical AND horizontal. Use same feedline length for each polarity, and you can play with circular polari

/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00179.html (8,930 bytes)