- 61. [TowerTalk] cold WX and antennas (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:14:48 +0000 (UTC)
- Me too, 15 months in Goose Bay, Labrador while in the USAF. It was an Article 15 offense if you were seen running when the wind chill factor reached -50 or so. We had two antennas at the MARS stat
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-12/msg00220.html (19,813 bytes)
- 62. [TowerTalk] Quads vs WX (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:09:00 +0000 (UTC)
- It just goes to show, YMMV. I spent two winters in Goose Bay, Labrador while in the Air Force. At our MARS station (VO2HA) we had a two element tri-band quad on one 40 foot tower and a three elemen
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00230.html (7,363 bytes)
- 63. [TowerTalk] Hancock antennas (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:30:47 +0000 (UTC)
- I had the rather dubious privilege of installing some 800MHz gear in the Sears Tower (or whatever they call it now). Did not get to the base of the antennas, but the view from the roof top was spec
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00211.html (7,226 bytes)
- 64. [TowerTalk] tower painting (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:50:22 +0000 (UTC)
- I have seen commercial tower painters at work: the ones I saw started at the top, had rather large buckets of paint and huge fleece-like mittens which they used as paint brushes. Just stuck both ha
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00379.html (6,812 bytes)
- 65. [TowerTalk] K8JI array? (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 19:42:35 +0000 (UTC)
- I have sent two emails to him in the last year asking the same question, no response to either. Any personal friends of his out there that know the story? I would love to see pics of that array
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00062.html (6,654 bytes)
- 66. [TowerTalk] Antenna Arcs to Gnd (score: 1)
- Author: PAULA FOX <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 18:21:02 -0500 (EST)
- I also saw a fire start by an antenna arcing to wood, but not a tree. While in the USAF stationed at Goose Bay, Labrador, I made friends with a VO2 who worked for the Canadian version of the FCC (DOT
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-02/msg00089.html (7,581 bytes)
- 67. [TowerTalk] Heath AM-2 (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:01:41 -0400 (EDT)
- Years ago (I mean >30) there was an article in one of the ham mags to add an antenna tuner to the Heath AM-2 SWR meter. IIRC, it consisted of a tapped coil and two variable caps. All parts to fit in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-03/msg00365.html (6,767 bytes)
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