- 101. [TowerTalk] Easy method of digging (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 15:53:19 -0400
- I hired a professional excavator to dig the hole and I'm glad I did. He did it in short order, and luckily there were only a few big rocks. I wasn't there when he dug the hole, and he went way too de
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00416.html (9,910 bytes)
- 102. [TowerTalk] 10M Antenna Notes (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 16:04:17 -0500
- So, what was the source of the noise? Was it man-made electrical stuff in the JA direction, and the extra height put you above it, or was it atmospheric noise coming from the direction at high angle
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00016.html (7,635 bytes)
- 103. [TowerTalk] Buried Hardline (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 03:43:37 -0500
- Carl and I live in the same state. My three 250' runs (4", 2.5" and 1") are made of the gray PVC used for buried electrical service and were installed by a professional crew. The trench is over 4 fe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00020.html (8,500 bytes)
- 104. [TowerTalk] Routing feed lines off the tower....thanks+follow-up ? (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:40:36 -0500
- I read your previous message and this one, and I'm a little confused about the topological alternatived you are proposing. Guessing a little bit about your layout, I think there are two ways to do th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00066.html (10,633 bytes)
- 105. [TowerTalk] Radial Fixing (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 08:57:09 -0400
- I used the largest vinyl-covered bobby pins I could find. Worked well. 73, Dick, WC1M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00074.html (8,614 bytes)
- 106. [TowerTalk] Re: (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:49:21 -0400
- Steve, I could be totally wrong, but I just took a look at Dunestar's web site and I didn't see anything that would lead me to believe that this product can be connected to an LPT port or is compati
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00090.html (10,437 bytes)
- 107. [TowerTalk] Second radio tri-band antenna options? (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 03:36:46 -0400
- fan I use a multiband vertical with my second radio and it works reasonably well for gathering multipliers. However, I lust for a second tribander, either rotating or fixed S or NE. Do yourself a fa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00137.html (9,453 bytes)
- 108. [TowerTalk] 0.025 Wavelength Tall Vertical--6 dB Gain! (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:45:15 -0400
- Ummmm... that was the March 31 issue, right? Highly suspicious date. 73, Dick, WC1M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative re
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00161.html (8,324 bytes)
- 109. [TowerTalk] Ground Rods (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:47:29 -0400
- Mark, How did you bond the pipes together and to the tower, etc.? 73, Dick, WC1M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative reque
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00240.html (9,271 bytes)
- 110. [TowerTalk] Concrete Base Experts (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:32:29 -0400
- Not an expert, but wouldn't a safer (maybe easier) alternative be to drill a hole for the pier pin and fix it with concrete epoxy? LXC has suggested doing that for base bolts, so I would think it wou
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00308.html (7,791 bytes)
- 111. [TowerTalk] Retuning TH-7DX (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:13:22 -0400
- There's a "DX" setting for the TH-7 that moves the resonant frequencies closer to the CW end of the band. It's intended to be a compromise for CW operators who still want to have reasonably flat SWR
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00309.html (9,260 bytes)
- 112. [TowerTalk] Lightning protection grounding (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:21:58 -0400
- Yes, but I'd be concerned that the sections are electrically bonded only via the contact area between the steel cables and pulleys. Wouldn't dirt/lubricant on the cable and in the pulley grooves ten
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00310.html (9,452 bytes)
- 113. [TowerTalk] re: pouring concrete, finally!- a question (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 22:28:51 -0400
- Yes. I believe the correct procedure is to fill the hole up to the desired level with gravel or crushed rock, not compacted soil. I hired a professional contractor to build the base for my U.S. Towe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00356.html (9,502 bytes)
- 114. [TowerTalk] shunt feeding towers (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:50:29 -0400
- Hmmm. Wouldn't the tower act like a Faraday cage and prevent any radiation at all? 73, Dick, WC1M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Adm
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00390.html (7,332 bytes)
- 115. [TowerTalk] Plumbing a 100' 45G (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 16:17:00 -0500
- tower look like it's way off level. 73, Dick, WC1M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contest
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00126.html (8,153 bytes)
- 116. [TowerTalk] Tower in center of 4square (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:29:18 -0500
- No personal experience, but the guy I got a used Colatchco 4-square phasing switch from said his 40M 4-square stopped working when he installed 100' of guyed Rohn 45 in the middle of the array (TH-7
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00190.html (9,588 bytes)
- 117. [TowerTalk] Tower in center of 4square (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:05:39 -0500
- What kind of things can you do to detune the tower? Would you have to rely on observing changes in gain and/or F/B on the 40square or is there some way to measure the tower's resonant frequency? 73,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00195.html (7,925 bytes)
- 118. [TowerTalk] PL-259 es SO-239 (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:43:30 -0500
- Go for Amphenol. Not just better internal construction, but a much better collar ring design. They don't pop off when you tighten snug with pliers. 73, Dick, WC1M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00324.html (8,489 bytes)
- 119. [TowerTalk] Subjective Analysis... was 15 & 40 interaction (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:06:34 -0500
- Gotta agree with Bill here. I'm always amused by stories from hams who replace one antenna with another and say, "Wow, that new antenna works much better!" If you don't leave the old antenna up, the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00325.html (9,348 bytes)
- 120. [TowerTalk] Ameritron RCS-8V Remote Coax Switch (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:07:56 -0500
- I used to control an RCS-8V with 250' of 8-conductor wire (two wires #18, six wires #22) with no problems. I used that cable because it was what I had. I tested the switch with 500 feet of #22 wire a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00348.html (10,132 bytes)
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