- 41. [TowerTalk] Elevated Verticals (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:29:46 -0400
- This does not exactly address the original question about mounting a vertical with sloping radials on tower sections. Making and adjusting radial sets for several bands, based on previous experience,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-06/msg00288.html (10,455 bytes)
- 42. [TowerTalk] Copper pipe for ground rods (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:40:00 -0400
- I use a 1/2" diameter hex head bolt and a large hammer. Prior to driving the pipe, I scoop out a cavity about 6" deep. When the pipe is just above ground level, I flatten it with a bench vise or 2 ha
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-06/msg00294.html (7,975 bytes)
- 43. [TowerTalk] B&W Folded Dipoles (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 09:27:44 -0400
- The B&W antenna appears to be related to the T2FD (Tilted Folded Dipole) antenna. The T2FD antenna was first described in QST for June, 1949. It was also written about in CQ magazine sometime in the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-09/msg00123.html (9,432 bytes)
- 44. [TowerTalk] Critter Chronicles (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:13:37 -0400
- Moth balls work pretty good for insects and small rodents. I put them in a small, straight sided jar with cover off. INK N4OO _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscompute
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-09/msg00177.html (7,008 bytes)
- 45. [TowerTalk] Moth Balls Revisited (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:54:37 -0400
- I opened up my relay box yesterday to replace a coax cable. The box is 18" X 14" X 6" deep and contains a single RCS-10 relay box. Down in the right hand corner were a cluster of wasps. I beat a hast
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-09/msg00597.html (7,437 bytes)
- 46. [TowerTalk] Combination 40-30M Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:10:53 -0500
- I am looking for a combination 40-30M, 2 element rotary beam. So far I have found Optibeam, Force 12 and M Squared. The Force 12, 2 el X 2 el, linear loaded appears to be the least expensive and the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00357.html (6,766 bytes)
- 47. [TowerTalk] Question of Efficiency (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:24:50 -0400
- ARRL Compendium 7 had an article that might be useful for your application. The article, Untangling the Folded Unipole, by N7OP, shows how to configure a folded unipole for use on several bands. Fold
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-07/msg00658.html (7,057 bytes)
- 48. [TowerTalk] Birds on Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:06:50 -0400
- == I hope no one takes this seriously. Modern shotgun shells are difficult to open. Removing the shot, shot container and wads, then filling the cavity with rock salt and resealing the top is folly.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-07/msg00800.html (8,470 bytes)
- 49. [TowerTalk] Mosley PRO 57 (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:57:26 -0400
- == Readers of the HF Tribander Performance by N0AX and K7LXC saw that the PRO 57 showed very poor performance by comparison to other tribanders. I owned one and can attest that a 5 band, 2 element qu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00024.html (8,463 bytes)
- 50. [TowerTalk] T2FD Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:41:37 -0400
- == The article I remember was in the mid 50s, published in CQ Magazine. I think the author was G L Countryman (do not remember his call). It was a tilted, terminated (T2) folded dipole that was termi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00840.html (8,190 bytes)
- 51. [TowerTalk] Ladder Ratings (score: 1)
- Author: ABowen <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:56:47 +0100
- The September 2006 issue of Consumer Reports lists 8 multi use ladders that they evaluated. You can probably find a copy at your local library or the library at work if one exists. 12-15 ft ladders w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00171.html (7,094 bytes)
- 52. [TowerTalk] Adaptor F to PL259 (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:40:27 -0500
- I foolishly deleted the sources for F to PL259 adaptors when they were posted several days ago. While looking for something else, I discoverd a treasure trove of RG6 in my wire and tool shed. Now I c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00618.html (7,149 bytes)
- 53. [TowerTalk] WWV Location (was sweet spot) (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:00:29 -0700
- Original question: Does anyone on the list know what factors were involved in selecting the Tower field location in Fort Collins CO? TIA, Ken W7TS == I checked with my friend Gary, W0CGR, who lives s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg01101.html (8,188 bytes)
- 54. [TowerTalk] Hygain/MFJ Aluminum Mast for 80m Vertical? (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:24:53 -0700
- In the article, he commented that .058 wall, aluminum tubing, telescoped, using conventional overlaps, did not withstand the rigors of winter in the northeast. His final design used 1 1/2" OD, 1/8" w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00567.html (9,480 bytes)
- 55. [TowerTalk] Analyzer Power (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:39:42 -0400
- _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-06/msg00076.html (7,636 bytes)
- 56. [TowerTalk] Skirt wires/Folded Unipole (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:51:57 -0400
- K5AQ said: Page 36 of The ARRL Antenna Compendium, Volume 2, has an article describing this type of antenna. It uses three drop wires and skirts. == In addition to Don's reference, ARRL Compendium 7,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-09/msg00530.html (7,514 bytes)
- 57. [TowerTalk] K7LXC-N0AX Beam Report/PRO 57B (score: 1)
- Author: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:08:12 -0400
- I owned a PRO 67 B for about 3 years prior to the time that the Beam Antenna Report was published After digesting the report, I knew why I was less than competitive at 70' with the PRO 57B. There wer
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-06/msg00087.html (7,776 bytes)
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