- 41. [TowerTalk] North (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:14:00 -0600
- Plant an Oak tree. After a time moss will grow on the North side. True North is the spot between the edges of the moss ... simple (no applause ...) ed K0KL ___________________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00344.html (8,094 bytes)
- 42. Re: [TowerTalk] Test (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 19:57:41 -0600
- You past _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-01/msg00032.html (7,283 bytes)
- 43. [TowerTalk] Rotator vs Rotor (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 08:14:48 -0600
- This sounds like circular reasoning to me .... ed K0KL _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-01/msg00134.html (8,105 bytes)
- 44. Re: [TowerTalk] Now THIS is a tower climb! (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 22:26:24 -0600
- Actually, where I come from it's correctly called a "fits all" or "Fitsall" for good reason .... HNY ed K0KL Randy N1KWF Be the pits to get to the top and find you brought the wrong size wrench Tom W
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-01/msg00221.html (9,435 bytes)
- 45. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: Now THIS is a tower climb! (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:52:42 -0600
- Actually the bulbs are made for 140 volts (the side lights). Think about copper loss in the wire from the transmitter building to the socket. The big bulbs are 620 watts, one vertical base down, one
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-01/msg00250.html (13,624 bytes)
- 46. [TowerTalk] Awsome sun pix ... think spots! (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 22:19:44 -0600
- How we get HF propagation to work ... enjoy! ed K0KL http://www.chonday.com/Videos/sunlapsgo3 <http://www.chonday.com/Videos/sunlapsgo3> _______________________________________________ ______________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-02/msg00422.html (6,724 bytes)
- 47. [TowerTalk] Large Quad (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:37:09 -0500
- I have an AN Wireless 90 footer with 23 sq feet of Optibeam. Very stout setup. ProSistel Rotor. My tower is about 7 years old, I believe they make even taller towers now with gusto. I'm a pretty big
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-03/msg00214.html (6,648 bytes)
- 48. Re: [TowerTalk] Concrete curing time (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 15:04:21 -0500
- Kent We kept our foundation covered with burlap for about a week and then opened it up. The sprinkle treatment is generally for slab rather than a foundation. Part schedule, part overabundance of cau
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-05/msg00070.html (9,048 bytes)
- 49. [TowerTalk] AN Wireless (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:17:44 -0500
- I have a 90 ft AN Wireless, thrust bearing on top with an Optibeam 5 band antenna (big). I assembled the antenna on horses on the ground. Then raised the horses to 10 feet with 2x4s. I then installed
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-07/msg00247.html (7,525 bytes)
- 50. [TowerTalk] Medical Offices (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:13:02 -0500
- However, one can us RFI to your own advantage. Case in point, years ago I lived in a subdivision (pre CC&Rs). The teens across the street would have band practice in the garage, playing for anyone 1/
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00308.html (6,986 bytes)
- 51. Re: [TowerTalk] Has anyone every put up a V-beam? (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:02:17 -0500
- I have a V beam nominally aimed at Spain, no great planning, just worked out that way. It's about 325 feet each leg, over a lake. Sometimes as much as an "S" unit better than the inverted V at 85 fee
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-09/msg00212.html (8,769 bytes)
- 52. [TowerTalk] Cell phone on towers (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:37:01 -0500
- One of the things I had to do "in the country" is to agree that my tower would not be used for commercial purposes. The Planning & Zoning folks were positive about ham radio, but we have probably the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-10/msg00289.html (7,322 bytes)
- 53. Re: [TowerTalk] My first introduction to guy-wire dead end grips (score: 1)
- Author: edk0kl@centurytel.net
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 15:08:00 -0500 (EST)
- The grips interleave with the the guy wire twist or wind, in tensioning the line, the grip tightens or winds into the existing interleave ... Try this with a piece of flex antenna wire, unwind 3 wire
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-01/msg00118.html (10,893 bytes)
- 54. Re: [TowerTalk] where does one look for a "tower guy" where one lives? (score: 1)
- Author: edk0kl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:58:18 -0600
- You could call the local phone company, light company,cell company. There's gotta be some 2 way guys around ... Gulf luck Ed K0KL Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Here is a silly question.....
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-01/msg00139.html (7,954 bytes)
- 55. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower contractors (score: 1)
- Author: edk0kl@centurytel.net
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 06:49:13 -0500 (EST)
- I agree ... Don is reasonable price- wise. Easy to work with. Does a good, professional job. He did work here which was first class. ed K0KL Don Daso K4ZA is also in the tower business. I apologize f
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-01/msg00153.html (7,663 bytes)
- 56. [TowerTalk] Soil Conductivity (score: 1)
- Author: edk0kl@centurytel.net
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:41:15 -0500 (EST)
- I'm an OT and thus today's climate may have changed ... but you still have to light up a test transmitter at 500 watts and determine the antenna/ ground conductivity at one mile. That determines if y
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-02/msg00110.html (7,194 bytes)
- 57. [TowerTalk] ProSistel (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:55:44 -0500
- I have a ProSistel, been up for about 8 years turning a 22 el Optibeam (forget the number I'm on the road and don't have info. In any event the rotor like the old Timex commercial, takes a licking an
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-04/msg00479.html (6,998 bytes)
- 58. [TowerTalk] AN Wireless (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 06:23:39 -0500
- Been following this thread for what seems a long time ... I have a big Optibeam on top of a 90' AN Wireless tower. Been up for about 8 years. Lived through several ice storms, high winds, snow and ic
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-05/msg00229.html (8,560 bytes)
- 59. [TowerTalk] Aluminum Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 22:53:27 -0500
- Any chance it is from a stage lighting setup? Looks like R25, but not, with different interconnections (??) 73! ed K0KL _______________________________________________ _______________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-07/msg00479.html (6,449 bytes)
- 60. [TowerTalk] Pin or not (score: 1)
- Author: Ed Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 22:01:19 -0500
- I discovered the clamping system on the Pro.Sis.Tel left something to be desired: A, It is NOT sheet metal, it is hardened steel, which is curved to fit the mast. B. This "collar" is welded to horizo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-08/msg00344.html (7,947 bytes)
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