- 121. No subject (score: 1)
- Author: dick.green@valley.net (dick.green@valley.net)
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:55:12 -0500
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- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00366.html (7,102 bytes)
- 122. [TowerTalk] Rplacement stud bolt (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 03:03:39 -0500
- Jan, I'm a little puzzled by your question. Have you determined why the third bolt doesn't line up with the matching hole in the base? I've had the experience of a base bolt being off by between 1/16
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00412.html (9,893 bytes)
- 123. [TowerTalk] US Towers MA-550 Tubular Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 03:48:15 -0500
- Dave, I would advise you not to erect a tower in a place where they are expressly forbidden by ordinance or covenant. Even if no one can see it from the street or neighboring houses, all it takes is
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00413.html (11,095 bytes)
- 124. [TowerTalk] T2XD woes (too long - sorry) (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:22:48 -0500
- Brian, I think the first thing to do is either verify that your meter is working or get one that does. Then remeasure the voltages and resistances per the manual. Second, call Hy-Gain. They have good
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00418.html (10,213 bytes)
- 125. [TowerTalk] Rplacement stud bolt (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:00:57 -0500
- I think the general reflector population ought to know that U.S. Tower redesigned the hole position in the 555 base several years ago, which is why the new base won't fit on the bolts (so Jan informs
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00439.html (8,855 bytes)
- 126. Re[CQ Contest}RE: [TowerTalk] 22VAC to 2 110VAC circuits (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:38:32 -0500
- This discussion brings up a related issue: what's the best choice for a 220VAC outlet for an amplifier and how should it be wired? Locally, I've been able to find two surface-mount NEMA outlet boxes
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00462.html (9,825 bytes)
- 127. [TowerTalk] Double Trouble (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:51:18 -0500
- Jim, Sorry to hear of your trouble. I have nightmares about that happening with my MA-770MDP. Hopefully remote control will reduce the chances of being under it if the cable snaps -- you were lucky n
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00471.html (8,825 bytes)
- 128. [TowerTalk] Tuning coax stubs w/ shack test equipment (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 01:32:26 -0500
- I'm glad Steve brought this up. It's been interesting reading about the different methods for tuning stubs. I recently built two identical sets of automatically switched bandpass stubs for two-radio
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00562.html (13,972 bytes)
- 129. [TowerTalk] TWO VERTICALS One Fed 90degrees Behind The Other (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:54:53 -0500
- Tom, could you elaborate on this? What's incorrect about it? Are systems based on hybrid couplers like Comtek's "incorrect"? They certainly exhibit mutual coupling between the elements, requiring th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00012.html (8,363 bytes)
- 130. [TowerTalk] Corroded connectors ! (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:38:52 -0500
- There certainly is a big difference in the quality of construction between Amphenol and "brand X" UHF adapters. I recently used some tee, right-angle and M-M adapters for my two-radio antenna switchi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00013.html (8,798 bytes)
- 131. [TowerTalk] Large Antenna Up the Tower? (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:07:47 -0500
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- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00014.html (7,028 bytes)
- 132. No subject (score: 1)
- Author: dick.green@valley.net (dick.green@valley.net)
- Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 13:15:38 -0500
- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_007E_01BE4DE5.1545D460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Having spent the last 2
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00015.html (17,705 bytes)
- 133. [TowerTalk] US Tower "MA" Series Tubular Towers (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:31:10 -0500
- I'll add a vote of confidence for the MA series, but it really depends on the average/maximum wind speeds at your QTH and how you use the tower. We don't get high winds here very often (70 MPH distri
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00059.html (9,787 bytes)
- 134. [TowerTalk] Antenna Tuner design (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:39:55 -0500
- In-out switch? My 2060 doesn't have one. It just has a three position swith -- bypass, coax 1 and coax 2. Bypass goes directly to a dedicated SO-239 on the back. The manual says that jack is for con
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00083.html (8,537 bytes)
- 135. [TowerTalk] Ant switching (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:26:13 -0500
- Tom, I just finished my two-radio antenna switching system and would be happy to share all the details with you. What you described is the best way to do it: one two-way switch on each antenna feedli
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00106.html (10,605 bytes)
- 136. [TowerTalk] Telescoping Tower Coax Routing (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:55:01 -0500
- Me too. I found that this is the only method that works on the U.S. Tower tubular series if you want to be able to raise and lower the tower remotely. At the moment, I'm using cable ties and tape, v
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00355.html (12,075 bytes)
- 137. [TowerTalk] Telescoping Tower Coax Routing (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 10:08:17 -0500
- locking coax and Actually, I just use cable ties to fix the coax to the top standoff, so the ties don't travel through the standoff rings. I tape the coax along the boom from the balun to the top st
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00366.html (10,774 bytes)
- 138. [TowerTalk] Schematic Drawing Program (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:05:55 -0500
- Hi folks. I'm homebrewing a fairly complex antenna switch control interface and wonder if anyone has come across a good schematic drawing program for Windows that can export to common graphics format
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00189.html (7,701 bytes)
- 139. [TowerTalk] Schematic Drawing Program - Results (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:54:46 -0500
- Thanks for the suggestions, folks. Got quite a few suggestions and tried most of 'em (I've downloaded many megs so far.) Good CAD programs with electronic symbol libraries are expensive and are not o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00227.html (9,545 bytes)
- 140. [TowerTalk] Connector and switch losses (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 12:43:20 -0500
- Can anyone tell me the approximate loss for a PL-259 connector at 28 MHz? Also, does anyone know the approximate loss at 28 MHz for antenna switching relays like the ones used in the Ameritron RCV-8?
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00285.html (9,841 bytes)
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