- 1. [TowerTalk] MA-550 Tubular Tower (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Wed Jul 30 13:04:32 2003
- I have just installed my second free-standing, crank-up tower made by U.S. Tower. Mine is the TX-455, a 55-foot model. I have been pleased with the quality and workmanship of their products. They hav
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-07/msg00514.html (10,818 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Pushup Pole Installation (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Mon Jun 2 08:08:00 2003
- Tim, I've had good experience putting a mast up against a two-story home with a bracket at the roof peak. At the bottom, I put the bottom of the mast in a bucket filled with mix-it-yourself concrete.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-06/msg00035.html (8,598 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Burying radials (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Fri Jun 6 15:52:08 2003
- Burying radials is a tedious, tiring job indeed. I did it once and vowed never again. Since then, I've had good results with laying the radials down on top of the grass in the fall after the grass cu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-06/msg00110.html (17,439 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Tower base concrete work (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Tue May 6 10:11:39 2003
- I am ready to install a new U.S. Tower TX-455 55-foot free-standing tower. I previously had one of their towers, the TX-438, but had help with the concrete work from the dad of my daughter's boyfrien
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00034.html (8,353 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Size of TX-455 hole? (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Fri May 9 21:22:13 2003
- The backhoe operator is coming here on Monday morning to dig the hole for my new U.S. Tower TX-455 55-foot free-standing crank-up. I initially told him to dig a hole 3-feet square by 6-feet deep beca
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00096.html (7,370 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Size of TX-455 hole (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Sun May 11 19:53:52 2003
- Thanks to all who responded to my question about the proper size of the hole for a U.S. Tower TX-455 55-foot free-standing tower. I spoke on Saturday morning (Yes, they work Saturdays on contact jobs
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00124.html (7,422 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] SteppIR updates? (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Tue Feb 18 20:43:25 2003
- Now that parts of the country have been socked recently with snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures, I am wondering if anyone with a SteppIR yagi has experienced any weather-related problems? 73, Dave,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00348.html (6,512 bytes)
- 8. [Towertalk] Negotiating (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 08:27:44 -0800 (PST)
- Sorry but I disagree that every negotiation is simply playing poker. Many don't have the poker mindset and a low ball offer may be insulting to some. 73, Dave, N4KZ __________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00744.html (6,726 bytes)
- 9. [Towertalk] Service drop danger (score: 1)
- Author: davidgreer73@yahoo.com (David Greer)
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 05:45:13 -0800 (PST)
- Every ounce of my safety-conscious brain tells me not to run one leg of a proposed 80-meter full-wave horizontal loop above the service drop coming to my residence from the power lines along the back
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00228.html (7,506 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Winch friction pads (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 07:42:20 -0700 (PDT)
- The TRX-80 raising fixture on my U.S. Tower TX-455 is 3-4 years old. When tilting the tower down to the horizontal, I'm getting a loud squeal from the raising fixture winch. I called Fulton, the winc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00092.html (7,129 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham etc. nostalgia (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:10:59 -0700 (PDT)
- Wasn't that Hy-Gain transceiver actually manufactured by Panasonic's parent firm in Japan? Their one and only entry into the U.S. amateur market? Dave, N4KZ __________________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00569.html (16,784 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TowerTalk] Log periodic vs beam (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:12:40 -0700 (PDT)
- I used a TennaDyne T6 log for a couple years. It worked very well and I was pleased. But after I moved, I decided to go with a bigger antenna on a new tower. After some consideration, I narrowed my c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-10/msg00296.html (10,630 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] U.S. Tower winch problem (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:08:55 -0800 (PST)
- The K1550 Fulton winch on my new U.S. Tower TX-455 won't crank down or up. This is a new tower -- up since July. No previous problems with the winch. Last night, we had high winds as I'm sure many of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-11/msg00387.html (8,903 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Crank-up won't crank (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:49:46 -0800 (PST)
- I went outside Wednesday evening to crank down my new U.S. Tower 55 ft. tower because of the high winds. It wouldn't crank down or up. Not an inch. I had previously lowered and raised it on several o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-11/msg00406.html (7,616 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Stuck tower (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:24:30 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks for all the constructive comments regarding the stuck crank up tower (this excludes one gentleman who keeps making sarcastic comments.) I will not climb the tower. I value all limbs and append
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-11/msg00448.html (7,757 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] F12 customer service (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:59:19 -0800 (PST)
- I've never owned a Force 12 beam but they seem to perform well on the air. I tried to be an owner but thanks to F12 it didn't work out. Four years ago, I placed an order for a C3SS yagi but the owner
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-12/msg00293.html (8,417 bytes)
- 17. Re: [TowerTalk] Re: SteppIR in Ice Storm (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:55:58 -0800 (PST)
- I got hit by the ice storm Sunday and it left my antenna mast frozen in place. Thank goodness I have a SteppIR beam. Since it was aimed toward the southwest, I have been able to work NE and SW just b
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-01/msg00469.html (9,638 bytes)
- 18. Re: [TowerTalk] Hand winch question (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:01:46 -0800 (PST)
- Steve, Is the tower stuck? I have a US Tower TX-455 that won't crank down. One way it ratchets up and the other way should engage the Fulton winch brake system and allow the tower to descend but it d
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00304.html (9,575 bytes)
- 19. Re: [TowerTalk] Steppir tuning noise (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 05:19:19 -0800 (PST)
- In the general coverage mode, the SteppIR tunes itself going from band to band or when tuning up and down a band. Mine produces an S9 hash which is not a low-level noise. Granted, I love my 3 el Step
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00404.html (10,909 bytes)
- 20. Re: [TowerTalk] Wooden tower (score: 1)
- Author: David Greer <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:25:00 -0800 (PST)
- I have that book, the Don Wallace biography, written by N6AW. Don's 140-foot high wooden masts for his rhombics were wooden utility poles. He would take two 70-foot poles and splice them together wit
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00551.html (13,948 bytes)
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