- 141. Re: [TowerTalk] WX Sensor Placement (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 23:37:51 -0600
- A good topic. The NWS recommendations are found here: https://www.weather.gov/media/epz/mesonet/CWOP-Siting.pdf Kim N5OP -- Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP SEL
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00068.html (8,884 bytes)
- 142. Re: [TowerTalk] Another off-topic request (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:05:44 -0500
- DXAtlas can show the gray line in an azimuthal projection from any random point. Pretty cool. Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Pau
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00338.html (9,621 bytes)
- 143. Re: [TowerTalk] Liquid Electrical Tape? (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:04:50 -0400
- Does flooded heat shrink tubing not coax connections well? Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith _______________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-04/msg00195.html (10,869 bytes)
- 144. Re: [TowerTalk] Archives (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:43:26 -0400
- It turns out that this arrogant commenter does have a call of which he is apparently dismissive: W9CR. One must wonder, given the high regard he gives so many of us, why he bothered. Nevertheless, no
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00152.html (10,341 bytes)
- 145. Re: [TowerTalk] test (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 08:56:40 -0500
- I have Up the Tower, and it is a marvelous resource! Very well written and chock full of valuable information! Even though the praise may be late, well done! I live in a city (and county) that doesnt
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00164.html (9,604 bytes)
- 146. [TowerTalk] BX Towers (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:08:35 -0500
- I have an HDBX 48 with a KT34A and a 40-2CD plus a DW3. When I bought and installed it, generic BX manual states that the HDBX 48 was good for 18 sq ft of antennas, but with a max boom length is 10 f
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00167.html (7,289 bytes)
- 147. [TowerTalk] HDBX Version History... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 17:47:31 -0500
- I recently asked a question about HDBX 48 torque loading. Another towertalkian told me his failed in about 80 MPH winds. He sent me a picture of his failed HDBX 48 (more heavily loaded than mine by a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00007.html (7,583 bytes)
- 148. Re: [TowerTalk] HDBX Version History... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 21:02:19 -0500
- Maybe... He said it was an HDBX48, though. Have these things bee cranked out by different companies since the beginning? I always assumed that in the beginning, they were exclusively Rohn. Of course,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00012.html (10,457 bytes)
- 149. Re: [TowerTalk] HDBX Version History... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 22:10:14 -0500
- Ah, yes! I now recall that I used to know this. Maybe what he had was a Spaulding version? But it definitely had the swaged, stepped-in taper, instead of a continuous taper like Delhi. Maybe it was a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00017.html (10,322 bytes)
- 150. Re: [TowerTalk] HDBX Version History... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 22:20:22 -0500
- Well. What I'm learning is that not all HDBX48s are the same, so unless I'm told the lineage of what the picture showed, I have no idea. It was a long time ago, and mine has certainly weathered some
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00018.html (14,583 bytes)
- 151. Re: [TowerTalk] HDBX Version History... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 15:22:22 -0500
- Ah! OK I began to wonder if I was losing my marbles. Well... I obviously lost em long ago, but still... Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music last
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00036.html (9,232 bytes)
- 152. Re: [TowerTalk] HDBX Version History... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 14:24:16 -0500
- Yes, from what I understand now, you are correct. According to some info in found in some archives, Rohn redesigned the AX, creating the BX (B-model using X bracing, I guess). Not only did they add a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00059.html (12,533 bytes)
- 153. Re: [TowerTalk] HDBX Version History... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 18:12:55 -0500
- I think we're referring to the difference between the AX (Spaulding) and BX (Rohn's redesign of the AX) tower sections. The difference between the BX, HBX, and HDBX is in the sections used. The talle
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00060.html (15,502 bytes)
- 154. Re: [TowerTalk] Have you had success with .... (score: 1)
- Author: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:13:59 -0500
- This is exactly what I did: I used Al window screen over the ends held on with small hose clamps. This would work just as well if I stuffed some in the ends of the tubing and allows water that enters
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00260.html (9,648 bytes)
- 155. Re: [TowerTalk] "experts" on loading towers on low bands (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:49:39 -0500
- Concerning shunt fed verticals, I shunt feed my (very) short 48 ft HDBX for 260 m. Its all I had and modeling showed that the shut would have to go to the top of the tower; I couldnt figure out how t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-09/msg00295.html (19,282 bytes)
- 156. Re: [TowerTalk] Shack Heater (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 09:50:50 -0500
- I think you fellers need more radios and amps in you shacks Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith ______________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-10/msg00058.html (8,346 bytes)
- 157. [TowerTalk] Wasps in the Fall? (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 21:04:19 -0500
- A couple of years ago, around this time, I chose a beautiful fall day to do some tower work. But as I got up there, the area was swarming with red wasps. They didnt seem aggressive, but I beat a hast
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-10/msg00104.html (6,984 bytes)
- 158. Re: [TowerTalk] VSWR Changes with Power (score: 1)
- Author: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:54:41 +0000 (UTC)
- Congratulations on chasing this down. I struggled with something vaguely similar for the better part of a year. It was also a 90 deg connector, and was NOT an Amphenol. It got progressively worse unt
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-10/msg00185.html (12,420 bytes)
- 159. Re: [TowerTalk] Remote switch (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:24:51 -0500
- The Ameritron switch uses your transmission line to supply power through a bias-T. Two polarities of DC plus AC and no voltage yield a 4 position switch. It's delightfully simple: mine is an ancient
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-10/msg00189.html (8,824 bytes)
- 160. Re: [TowerTalk] Remote switch (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 22:32:00 -0500
- Im a bit puzzled by the need for lots of isolation in such a switch. I understand why its needed between different transceivers, but how much is truly needed between antennas to the *same* transceive
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-10/msg00193.html (8,656 bytes)
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