- 41. Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:02:35 -0700 (PDT)
- Harbor Freight seems to just carry chisels and pointed drill bits for the 1" drill driver. Never seen one that will fit grounds. Even looked at the Hitachi drill drivers (a lot more $$$) at Lowe's an
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-10/msg00329.html (10,570 bytes)
- 42. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: CO-3 for WT-51 (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:14:29 -0700 (PDT)
- Fellow Tower Talk members: The following e-mail below was sent to Tashjian Towers today after months, dating back to before the Visalia DX Convention in April, trying to get Tashjian Towers to correc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-10/msg00514.html (20,769 bytes)
- 43. [TowerTalk] Coax standoffs (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:43:38 -0800 (PST)
- Fellow Tower Talkians: Does anyone know if the coax standoffs of different crank up tower manufacturers will work on other brand towers? I bought a set of C0-3 standoffs from Tashjian Towers a while
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-11/msg00462.html (7,945 bytes)
- 44. Re: [TowerTalk] Phillistran (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:41:43 -0800 (PST)
- In a related matter, if you have to use the "dacron rope", etc. supplied with many triband beams, such as the Mosley Classic 33 WARC with the TA40KR 40 meter add-on kit, I used Phillistran HPTG2100 r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-11/msg00782.html (9,415 bytes)
- 45. Re: [TowerTalk] Palmdale CA: The rest of the story (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:32:27 -0800 (PST)
- Also, don't forget when the last Space Shuttle disintrgrated while deorbiting to land at Cape Kennedy, because of foam insulation on the fuel tank coming off and knocking off several of the heat resi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00560.html (15,306 bytes)
- 46. Re: [TowerTalk] Anti climbing device (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:29:44 -0800 (PST)
- Hans: For mine I got some 5 foot heavy screen wire, or "hardware cloth" with small 1/2 or 1/4" openings and made two loops one on top of the other around my crank up tower 1st section. It ended up be
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-01/msg00494.html (9,029 bytes)
- 47. [TowerTalk] Window feed throughs (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:05:52 -0700 (PDT)
- Fellow Tower Talk members: My XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I had the windows upgraded at our QTH and as part of the process the window company ripped out our old window feed through (a "Lambda Vector" model
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-04/msg00233.html (8,341 bytes)
- 48. Re: [TowerTalk] Advice pse : Log Periodic versus small Steppir (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 11:07:16 -0700 (PDT)
- I have a T10 and wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm not flaming Steppir's, but I've had several friends who have them and they have reported numerous problems, the problems get fixed, but the proble
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-05/msg00164.html (11,528 bytes)
- 49. Re: [TowerTalk] Advice pse : Log Periodic versus small Steppir (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 11:07:41 -0700 (PDT)
- I have a T10 and wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm not flaming Steppir's, but I've had several friends who have them and they have reported numerous problems, the problems get fixed, but the proble
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-05/msg00165.html (11,323 bytes)
- 50. Re: [TowerTalk] Self-support Tower on Rock? - Nixed (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:17:25 -0700 (PDT)
- Eric: I know how you and your wife must feel. You find a location and a house you fall in love with and boom something happens to sour the deal, been there done that. Back in the 1970s my XYL Cheryl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-07/msg00106.html (13,557 bytes)
- 51. Re: [TowerTalk] Pea Gravel (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:32:59 -0700 (PDT)
- Jeff: My previous tower was 40 ft of Rohn 25. When digging the base I used "river rock" in the bottom for drainage rather than pea gravel per se. The river rock, which was available in 50 pound bags
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-08/msg00290.html (10,433 bytes)
- 52. Re: [TowerTalk] Mosley Antennas on eBay (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:02:48 -0700 (PDT)
- Gary: The 40m kit can also be used on the Mosley Classic 33WARC if they buy it separately. I had one on a Classic 33WARC (it has to be the WARC Classic 33 with the extra WARC element.) for years and
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-08/msg00454.html (9,692 bytes)
- 53. [TowerTalk] OT Hamstick mobile antenna (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:30:39 -0700 (PDT)
- Forty lashes of a pieces of RG-8 and I know this is off topic but I was wondering if anyone knew the size of the set screw that holds the "whip" of a Hamstick mobile antenna into the "base section"?
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00156.html (7,031 bytes)
- 54. [TowerTalk] Hustler 6BTV (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:02:38 -0700 (PDT)
- Fellow Tower Talkians: I was recently given a Newtronics Hustler 6BTV in excellent comdition (thanks to W5BOS). Anyone on Tower Talk currently using this antenna and have any suggestions on using,ins
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-10/msg00018.html (7,081 bytes)
- 55. Re: [TowerTalk] Hustler 6BTV (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:27:09 -0700 (PDT)
- Red: Tnx for the input. Sounds like yours is definitely doing a good job. Tom, WW5L _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing l
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-10/msg00032.html (7,802 bytes)
- 56. Re: [TowerTalk] Hustler 6BTV (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:31:15 -0700 (PDT)
- Tom: I was planning maybe 20 or so radials, if the antenna will work satisfactorily with that number. I know one time at a Boy Scout function near Fort Worth a ground of us used a 4BTV with a TS130S
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-10/msg00033.html (10,523 bytes)
- 57. Re: [TowerTalk] Can anyone identify this tower? (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:40:47 -0700 (PDT)
- Dave: I helped on a tower job a couple years ago and had a very similar tower to take down. Then even the fellow hams helping me didn't know what kind of tower it was. We never did figuire it out. To
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-10/msg00137.html (7,494 bytes)
- 58. [TowerTalk] Beam in a Bag (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 12:38:41 -0700 (PDT)
- Anyone ever use the "beam in a Bag" beam that is sold at Dayton and usually has an ad in QST or CQ? I currently have a Buddipole which is excellent, but was wondering if the beam would be a good addi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-05/msg00705.html (7,350 bytes)
- 59. Re: [TowerTalk] Shack ground (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:27:25 -0700 (PDT)
- Most grounding books and articles suggest tying the station ground to the power company ground, but what do you do if the power company ground is on the opposite side of the house from the shack? In
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-06/msg00158.html (9,752 bytes)
- 60. Re: [TowerTalk] Shack ground (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Anderson <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:52:49 -0700 (PDT)
- Trouble is "nothing" is near the AC power common ground. Its on the other side of the house from the shack. I'd have to figuree out a way to either dig through a concrete patio and a concrete drivewa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-06/msg00169.html (15,006 bytes)
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