- 1. [TowerTalk] QTH.COM ?? (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse)
- Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 11:44:07 -0500
- No - WWW.QTH.COM, no NET Works just fine on my system. Contact KA9FOX if you're having problems. --##-- PROBE ELECTRONICS 100 Higgins Road, Park Ridge IL 60068 USA Keith J. Morehouse / W9RM / Society
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00091.html (7,479 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Rohn 35 tower?? (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse)
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:06:00 -0500
- If I remember correctly, "Rohn 35" was one of the names commonly applied to a custom size tower section Rohn designed and build in large quantity for Motorola. --##-- PROBE ELECTRONICS 100 Higgins Ro
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00314.html (7,601 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse)
- Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 10:33:15 -0500
- Newer design N connectors no longer have this problem. There are two teflon rings that captivate the center conductor to the connector body. Yes - the original 1950's (1940's ??) UG-23 failed quickly
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00036.html (9,154 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] 204BA and big masts (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse)
- Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 15:17:23 -0500
- K4OJ forwarded info that the standard mast clamp on the "BA" series antennas from HyGain would accept a maximum mast size of 2.5". Anybody have any suggestions as to the best method of mounting a 204
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00096.html (7,461 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Andrews catalog? (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse)
- Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 11:56:22 -0500
- Andrew Corp also has their catalog available on CD-ROM, with Adobe Acrobat included on disk. Got one in the mail the other day. --##-- PROBE ELECTRONICS 100 Higgins Road, Park Ridge IL 60068 USA Keit
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00098.html (7,806 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] bleed-off lightning devices (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse)
- Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:12:00 -0500
- Sort of adds a big question mark to the argument that the "point, spiky things" dissipate the charge "...so your tower will never get hit..." ! --##-- PROBE ELECTRONICS 100 Higgins Road, Park Ridge I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00227.html (8,151 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Tower lightning query (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 11:17:59 -0500
- OK. Here's something I've always wondered about. Since a 502 insulator certainly isn't going to stand off the voltage from a strike, does this "path of least resistance" model assume that all the str
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00167.html (8,338 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] CATV Hardline connectors (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 10:12:15 -0500
- -- I disagree. It's true that these connectors are not designed for high power but I use several different sizes of CATV hardline with commercial connectors from Gilbert Engineering. I've been dumpin
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00818.html (9,455 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Testing guy terminations (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 15:36:34 -0500
- W0AIH once told me he had a commercial testing lab do pull tests on a variety of guy wire terminations. I believe he had them test to destruction NiCo-Press fittings, crosby clamped connections and P
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00229.html (9,216 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Preform Guy Grip Install (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 10:49:17 -0500
- I suggest you start by calling Preformed Line Products Company (PLP) in where-ever Michigan and request their catalog. It has a wealth of information concerning what amateurs commonly refer to as "pr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00252.html (8,369 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Cutting EHS? (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:29:50 -0500
- I cut 1/4" EHS with a cutting wheel on a pneumatic tool. It's one of those 20,000 RPM jobs. Cuts like butter and throws a nice shower of sparks to impress the natives. --##-- PROBE ELECTRONICS 100 Hi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00739.html (8,594 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Bolt trivia (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:53:07 +0000
- During my last 45G install, I decided to do it ALL "by the book", including orienting the bolts like they say in the "book". The first section joint had the bolts "out". After getting gouged several
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00198.html (8,294 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Amidon UNUNs (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:45:47 -0600
- I use Amidons BALUNS (1:1's), made from the Jerry Sevick designs, with good results, electrically, on my beams. I've run legal limit on 20 and 15 - no problem. I assume the materials are the same in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00242.html (9,582 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Connectors and the weatherproofing (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:41:13 -0600
- If you're going to use ScotchKote, apply ANOTHER wrap of tape over it, preferably while it's still tacky. The UV performance of ScotchKote is poor, to say the least. In my experience (I use it all th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00443.html (9,093 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Connectors and the weatherproofing (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:55:34 -0600
- Those who insist on "quick connections" on a tower, in a typical location (where the weather seriously sucks, many times a year..) are destined to have connection problems for the rest of their radio
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00445.html (10,037 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] pier pin basics (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:52:01 -0600
- A couple 'o little 502's on the guywire won't stop a lightning strike. It'll flash those puppies right over. Ground all your guy wires BEFORE the turnbuckles (yep - just like in the Rohn catalog) and
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00567.html (7,788 bytes)
- 17. Guy wires... (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM/p)
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 04:39:44 +0000
- As the old saying goes - "Never saddle a dead horse". In laymans terms, the "U-bolt part" goes over the "dead" end and the other part (the saddle) bears on the "live" end - a.k.a the end with tension
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00261.html (8,121 bytes)
- 18. Hardline Connectors (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 11:50:50 -0600
- I've bought LOTS of hardline connectors from Gilbert - got a catalog and everything. $100 minimum order - no worries, mate ! They CAN be very helpful and they can be a PAIN IN THE ARSE ! Depends who
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00327.html (7,728 bytes)
- 19. TIC ringrotor control box smoke (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 11:41:23 -0600
- After getting the control box hooked up again for my RingRotor, I had an interesting "failure" and am curious if anyone else has ever had this happen with a TIC controller. After plug in, AC power wa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00079.html (8,716 bytes)
- 20. TIC ringrotor control box smoke (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM)
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 13:43:58 -0600
- Yep. I have ZNR's on ALL my control lines BUT they are all OUTSIDE the house and INSIDE metal boxes. After seeing the effects of these little critters self destruction several times, I wouldn't want
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00083.html (7,833 bytes)
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