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81. [TowerTalk] MA series crank-ups (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 17:34:31 -0400
Ed, I have had an MA-770MDP with rotating base supporting my TH-7 for just about two years now and have been generally very pleased with it. Some observations: 1. If you can afford it, get the taller
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00531.html (14,549 bytes)

82. [TowerTalk] RE: 80 meter 4 square array notes from N0AH (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 00:34:40 -0400
Paul, Thanks for reporting your results in detail. They will be invaluable to anyone putting up a 4-square, especially on 80M. Just a few questions/comments: 35 I had some trouble visualizing this. A
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00545.html (15,667 bytes)

83. [TowerTalk] Small Tribander Recommendations (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 01:20:37 -0400
I'm looking for some recommendations on a small tribander for use with a second radio in a SO2R contest station. Up to now, I've been using a TH-7 at 70' on one radio and a GAP Titan multiband vertic
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00015.html (8,378 bytes)

84. [TowerTalk] Summary: Small Tribanders (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 19:03:55 -0400
Thanks to everyone who responded to my query. Those who responded were overwhelmingly in favor of the C3. Of the 16 responses I received, 9 favored the C3, 3 favored the KT-34A, 1 favored the A-3 (no
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00062.html (8,064 bytes)

85. [TowerTalk] Small tribander & AB-577 (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:28:14 -0400
Barry, I'm glad Ben has a lot of masts -- I just put a check in the mail for one today! I'm sure others will tell you that these aren't exactly "small" beams, especially the TH5Mk2. The TH5Mk2 has a
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00094.html (10,331 bytes)

86. [TowerTalk] ...and the answer is.... Re: Hanging dipole on rotating tower? (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:18:33 -0400
Run the feedline up the tower with the beam's coax and and use a large U-shaped loop where it attaches to the dipole -- just like the kind of loop you would use between a rotor and beam. 73, Dick WC
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00108.html (7,747 bytes)

87. [TowerTalk] Microbursts and flying branches (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 00:46:32 -0400
Wow. We had quite a little thunderstorm here yesterday afternoon. It didn't look like all that big a storm as I watched it come over the Connecticut River from Vermont -- just some gray clouds and so
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00128.html (13,540 bytes)

88. [TowerTalk] Tubing suggestions (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:43:43 -0400
Hopefully the engineers will comment on this, but my opinion is that even if you can put the PVC through the concrete slab, there is no advantage in doing so. Here's how I did it: I have three PVC co
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00141.html (10,412 bytes)

89. [TowerTalk] Portable Towers (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 07:43:17 -0400
U.S. Tower makes trailer-mounted towers and Tri-Ex used to. I think Force 12 bought the Tri-Ex line. Our club fabricated a trailer-mounted tower using a U.S. Tower MA-40 with tiltover fixture. We bou
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00210.html (9,052 bytes)

90. [TowerTalk] Clarify T2X capacitor at tower (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:38:13 -0400
That's right. It goes across the entire motor winding. I have my starting cap set up in a weatherproof utility box at the base of the tower, where all the cables are connected to lightning suppresso
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00240.html (8,090 bytes)

91. [TowerTalk] HyGain considerations (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 01:21:01 -0400
The archives probably have a lot of info from when I asked for help on this. Try searching in the December 1997 - February 1998 range. My personal experience and surveys on the reflector indicate th
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00348.html (13,160 bytes)

92. [TowerTalk] HD-73 rotator (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 16:41:30 -0400
Reading from the schematic in the manual: 1 - Motor winding end 2 - Position potentiometer wiper 3 - Motor winding center tap 4 - Positioning potentiometer 5 - Positioning potentiometer 6 - Motor win
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00055.html (8,496 bytes)

93. [TowerTalk] 80-meter vertical question (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:48:11 -0400
found Paul, If you do it that way, you'll need some sort of strong guyed frame to support the upper sections as you add new sections below. You also may need some sort of jack to push the upper sect
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00140.html (11,793 bytes)

94. [TowerTalk] US Tower HDX-572MDL (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 20:29:04 -0400
Hmmm. The catalog isn't clear on whether the 72' tower comes with the MDP-750 or the MDP-1000. It does say that the 72' TX version comes with the MDP-750 and the 89' TX version comes with the MDP-10
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00194.html (9,645 bytes)

95. [TowerTalk] Wire Antennas (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 22:11:25 -0400
I had a low Windom once -- maybe 30 feet up at one end, sloping upwards to maybe 40 feet up at the other end. Not very impressive. An 80M dipole at the same height beat the heck out of it. 73, Dick,
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00104.html (7,098 bytes)

96. [TowerTalk] Rust in Tower Electrical Parts (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 22:52:45 -0400
This may not apply to your case, but I heard that on the older models of this tower the manufacturer did not put weep holes in the capacitor housing. It would fill up with water from condensation an
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00154.html (7,744 bytes)

97. [TowerTalk] Hy-Gain dropping amateur line (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:28:54 -0400
it came out that they were just informed today that the entire amateur line is being sold. This includes rotors. Who is buying the company, and why do you believe that this will degrade service? 73,
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00228.html (7,499 bytes)

98. [TowerTalk] MFj/hygain thread (fwd) (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:15:22 -0400
available that Maybe they can finally fix the design flaw that causes the Tailtwister to not start on cold days... 73, Dick, WC1M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissio
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00270.html (8,422 bytes)

99. [TowerTalk] Tailtwister (was MFj/hygain thread) (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 02:00:54 -0400
days The symptom is that the Tailtwister won't start on the first attempt on a cold day. On the manual controller, you release the brake, hit the directional control, and nothing happens. Rocking th
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00281.html (14,054 bytes)

100. [TowerTalk] Mast Extentions (score: 1)
Author: Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 04:02:37 -0400
Jim, First off, I would call U.S. Tower and/or your dealer and ask their opinion. If they won't comment, I'd have a PE study the question. This will cost some money, but so would replacing a collaps
/archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00406.html (8,619 bytes)


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