- 1. [TowerTalk] Identifying aluminum alloy (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Grant" <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:41:19 +0000
- I have been looking for a source of thick-wall (1/8") aluminum tubing, and recently found one...surplus stuff, of course. The owner/seller does not know what alloy it is, so I can't determine if it i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-06/msg00121.html (6,924 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] W2GD (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Grant" <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:28:40 -0400
- John has asked for some privacy for the time being, so please do not call, send cards, spread rumors, whatever. Let's give him some space. TU, gents. Doug K1DG _______________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-06/msg00368.html (6,831 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Update on W2GD (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Grant" <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:20:09 +0000
- Spent most of today with John (and his son, and K8PO). Good progress, but still a long ways to go. I told John that quite a few people are interested in his status, so with his permission, I have set
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-06/msg00399.html (7,231 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] update on John Crovelli, W2GD (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Grant" <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:09:25 +0000
- Please QRX on this until he is out of ICU...probably middle of next week. He has been in four different rooms in the past three days... If you want to send him a note, please use the COMMENTS section
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-06/msg00416.html (7,576 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 71, Issue 87 (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Grant" <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:33:22 +0000
- What about the shadow of a 43-foot vertical (and associated remote tuner)? And what if it's cloudy outside? 73, Doug K1DG in rainy NH... _______________________________________________ ______________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-11/msg00713.html (7,185 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] Knot tying (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Grant" <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:00:34 +0000
- Sad but true. Most of the time, a bowline and a couple of end-to-end rope-splicing knots will go a long way for most ham antenna work. Good knots are easy to tie, stay tied when you want them to, and
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00730.html (10,428 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] Power Pole (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Grant <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:50:42 +0000
- I can fill in some of the blanks. W1EVT's antenna system consists of stacked dipoles for each band on a total of 18 towers (there is a 19th, but I don't think it has anything on it. I seem to recall
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-06/msg00155.html (10,212 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TowerTalk] TIC and TH-7 (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Grant <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:27:58 +0000
- K1WHS had a problem with his tower (and possibly the rings) degrading the performance of his 6M TIC-ring-mounted beams. He came up with an ingenious out-of-the-box solution, suspending the beams belo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-08/msg00415.html (7,950 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] Phillystran damaged? (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Grant <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:48:21 +0000
- Here's what I did: The boom truss cable clamps that were loose were out at the element end. When they loosened up enough, the Phillystran slipped out, around the thimble, and ended up dangling from t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-10/msg00481.html (9,511 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] XM240 and Delta 240 beam models (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Grant <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:19:37 +0000
- Does anyone have working EZNEC models for the Cushcraft XM240 and/or Force 12 Delta 240 shorty-forty beams that they would be willing to share? Reply off-list, please. Thanks & 73, Doug K1DG ________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-11/msg00141.html (6,877 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TowerTalk] Preferred Come Along or Puller? (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Grant <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:31:31 +0000
- I've gone through several big-box-store $20-30 come-alongs (some made by Maasdam), and always thought they looked kind of cheaply made. Some parts of them have rusted, one had the bolt that holds the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-08/msg00354.html (7,341 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TowerTalk] How to support a large loop? (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Grant <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:05:05 +0000
- I used #12 insulated Flex-weave for 80M inverted-Ls in a 4-square a few years ago. Each wire went up 40-50 feet, then through a rope-supported pulley, then over to another branch. I left some slack
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-09/msg00567.html (12,671 bytes)
- 13. Re: [TowerTalk] Maasdam "Powr Pull" (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Grant <dougk1dg@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:43:58 -0400
- manufactured by Lug-All. After owning several big-box-store come-alongs which eventually needed replacement for one reason or another, I saw K4ZA's Lug-All. This is a quality solidly-built piece of p
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-09/msg00327.html (9,066 bytes)
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