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1. Re: [TowerTalk] Close call with death (score: 1): Author: Ed K0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:11:21 -0600; I had the opportunity to build our retirement home. There was an existing building, supplied by overhead electrical service. I added feeders to the house and the future barn at the time the well was; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-01/msg00240.html (11,171 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] methods of using conduit in the ground for cables (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:42:42 -0500; I might suggest adding a marker underground when you close in the trench. When I ran conduit water lines from the well, and electric lines between the house and the barn and hamshack the trench was 5; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-04/msg00090.html (10,061 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Need help with a Mosley TA-33 JR (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:29:06 -0500; Mark; I once had a TA-33Jr, with a Classic 33 driven element. Worked fine for quite a few years, at full limit. I suspect the TA-33 element should work equally well. A Grid (FET) Dipper should tell y; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-04/msg00183.html (10,010 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: "F" CONNECTORS (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:26:33 -0500; Local TV installer parts supply company has "F" connectors made for outside, little grease in the part that catches the shield/ jacket. Rubber washer inside about 10 cents each in lots of 100. Radio; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-04/msg00219.html (8,680 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator mast mount (score: 1): Author: Ed K0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:21:13 -0500; I believe the windload when mast mounted is 7#. Not a good idea! ed K0KL _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTa; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-04/msg00516.html (11,093 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Splice 1/2 in Hardline? (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:06:03 -0500; I won't address the splice, be it a male and female "N" end, a regular splice, etc. But I would suggest getting a tube of caulk, slitting it, and placing the splice inside the tube of caulk. Cheap bu; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-07/msg00154.html (8,485 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Mosley CL-36 maintenance (score: 1): Author: Ed K0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:12:51 -0500; I believe the driven element uses 2 lengths of center and insulation from RG/8 inside the element to create a capacity coupling. (Been many years since I owned one). In any event check the connection; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-08/msg00236.html (8,093 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Painting Guy Wires? (score: 1): Author: Ed K0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:41:42 -0500; It seems to me unless you can get there easily, maybe I wouldn't want to try. We had a 1200' tower guys repainted using pressure impregnating paint equipment. Not for the faint hearted. Used zinc bas; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-08/msg00519.html (8,307 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: HDBX-48 figures for 90 mph zone (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:41:44 -0600; When computing windload, tubular surfaces are 66% of flat also a 30# tower is talking about 86 mph (as I recall, been a while since I did this) a 40# is 105 mph. Again, I am rusty on this stuff, but; /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00174.html (10,065 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] Great but long video on tall tower (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:41:00 -0500; http://tinyurl.com/WEAU-Tower-Reconstruction _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lis; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-04/msg00506.html (6,539 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Cell towers (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:49:45 -0500; You paid $80 per hour ... Probably because you get what you pay for, i.e. professionals. There was a great presentation at Dayton on this subject, particularly safety. The pix of the guy standing ato; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00280.html (7,899 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] First Tower (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:36:15 -0500; Larry: You are wise to plan on paper before trying anything... To that end, first find out what the wind speed is in your area. RS-222 is the standard for tower load and design. if I recall. Then pla; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-06/msg00235.html (7,985 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna analyzer (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:18:54 -0500; I use the miniVNA, which I like very much, the smaller, cheaper, older version. However, I am lusting after DG8SAQ version of VNWA. That one looks real slick. ed K0KL ________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-07/msg00193.html (8,576 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] Portland (score: 1): Author: Ed K0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:28:44 -0500; Have you asked i the company uses certified welders. That may satisfy that part of the question .... Best & 73! ed K0KL _______________________________________________ _______________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-08/msg00311.html (6,321 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] AN Wireless tower (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:02:43 -0500; Do NOT use cinder blocks or red brick to support iron for the pour Use concrete material, block pieces, curb stop etc. The purpose is to keep moisture away from the iron. Cinder and red brick pass th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-09/msg00291.html (7,450 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] AN Wireless grounding (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:41:59 -0600; Never, never, never drill into tower legs. The galvanizing is now compromised. No matter how small, long term it's not too healthy. The clamps for structural work just fine, 5 years later no indicati; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-03/msg00023.html (6,848 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] Anecdotal (score: 1): Author: Ed K0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:15:28 -0500; I have believed for some time Kurt N. Sterba is Peter Onigan of Jampro Antenna in Sacremento. I may be way off the mark but he's pretty astute, and a ham ... ed K0KL But really the mystique is what's; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-04/msg00076.html (7,079 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] concrete (score: 1): Author: Ed K0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:57:19 -0500; I waited a month before hanging my free standing tower. In the construction field where I worked many years ago, forms were stripped after a few days, but the reinforced concrete was still supported; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-11/msg00005.html (8,707 bytes)
19. [TowerTalk] Welding Rebar (score: 1): Author: Ed K0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:01:58 -0600; I can't stand it any longer ... Wire ties are fine to keep the rebar touching from bar to band (the smaller rod surrounding the verticals or horizontals as it were). It has been used for years on bui; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-01/msg00086.html (7,821 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] Welding Rebar (score: 1): Author: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>; Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:50:59 -0600; That's fine, but welding is only to hold in place. Like tie wire it contributes little to the actual cage strength. When confronted with large beams, or columns we would use the wire as "guys" interi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-01/msg00095.html (9,950 bytes)

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