- 41. [TowerTalk] Twr installations (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 22:43:36 -0700
- I'm adding a question to the previous query (I hope the lack of response wasn't because the question was too dumb <g>). Q1). Is it possible/advisable to construct a tower footing in such a way that s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00261.html (8,219 bytes)
- 42. [TowerTalk] Req for twr inst bid(s) (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 04:54:59 -0700
- To tower installers: I would like to receive (direct e-mail) estimates from those on this list who install towers in the Los Angeles - San Diego area. I've decided to go ahead and buy the LM470 new f
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00264.html (7,605 bytes)
- 43. [TowerTalk] Soliciting Yagi comments (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 11:25:53 -0700
- Friends: In my search for an antenna for the new QTH, I've put QUADS aside while I study what's available in the YAGI world. From what I've heard on the air, the only manufacturers I'm considering ar
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00355.html (8,521 bytes)
- 44. [TowerTalk] yagi comments (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 00:28:42 -0700
- Dear subscribers, I appreciate all the reponses to my yagi opinion survey. The results boiled down to Force 12 and M2 as the "winning" candidates for the 20m monobander. There seems to be sharp disag
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00366.html (8,915 bytes)
- 45. [TowerTalk] yagi comments (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:23:15 -0700
- So -- Maybe Mike at M2 wasn't so wrong when he said that a 4 element on a gain-optimized boom had about as much gain as one could realistically obtain in practice? .2 and .25 spacing of a 20m 4 eleme
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00410.html (10,413 bytes)
- 46. [TowerTalk] serious dxers (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:57:19 -0700
- I just heard a very loud SSB stn - EA3JE (S4 to S7 on my little 12 foot aluminum Spider dipole up 36 feet). I listened for a while to see what he was using for an antenna - turns out he has THREE SIX
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00413.html (7,374 bytes)
- 47. [TowerTalk] LM470 tower (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 21:13:31 -0700
- Friends, I visited the KF6OG QTH in Orange CA this afternoon to look at his stacked arrays. When I told him I had settled on the LM470 tower, he asked if I had considered the US Tower HDX472 equivale
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00469.html (8,396 bytes)
- 48. [TowerTalk] LM470 tower (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 01:33:54 -0700
- My thanks to Jim Rhodes KC0XU for the Texas Towers web URL: Jim, et al, Now that I've had a look at the TT Web Site, I don't feel that their version of a 72' motorized crank up is any better than the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00471.html (8,262 bytes)
- 49. [TowerTalk] LM470 tower (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 08:47:04 -0700
- Jeff, Thanks for the comments. Regarding the dead load comparison, it would be nice if the Texas Tower site listed the max dead load weight for the HDX572MDPL, but they don't. K5GW of Texas Towers dr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00476.html (9,885 bytes)
- 50. [TowerTalk] Re:LM470 (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 20:39:50 -0700
- Chuck, Thanks for the important info. Could you give any numbers? Like, what diameter cable were you first supplied with and what diameter did you replace it with (and any other identifying specs abo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00488.html (8,478 bytes)
- 51. [TowerTalk] yagi comments (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 00:27:29 -0700
- Regarding the Force 12 antennas: I like everything I've heard, but it's hard to see why their antennas are so costly. It's seems as though they are disregarding competitive pricing in some determined
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00493.html (9,574 bytes)
- 52. [TowerTalk] yagi comments (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 01:46:29 -0700
- Regarding my earlier queries about the cost effectiveness of Force 12: Chris R. Burger privately disagreed with my doubts that the degrees of weight and wind load savings achieved by Force 12 in the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00494.html (9,348 bytes)
- 53. [TowerTalk] yagi comments (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 09:31:42 -0700
- John, I'm learning a lot from the responses to my "price complaint" - thanks for contributing. I won't go into the points I covered in my followup on the fact that Force 12 is more and more of a barg
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00511.html (12,134 bytes)
- 54. [TowerTalk] extending tower masts (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:19:36 -0700
- A lot of the planning that myself and others are doing with antenna systems on a tower involve stacking low and high band yagis. Now that I realize this system (new) is going to be a lot closer to $1
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00515.html (8,021 bytes)
- 55. [TowerTalk] Re: extending tower masts (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:59:13 -0700
- I just called US Tower again (209)733-2438 and the lady verified the figures. I passed on your comments and she said she would have the owner (Bruce) call me this afternoon within two hours. Again, t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00519.html (8,508 bytes)
- 56. [TowerTalk] yagi comments (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:52:52 -0700
- Dennis, Thanks for taking the time to respond. Please note that in my original post I explained why I was asking the questions in a public forum - to stimulate debate over the various antenna values.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00526.html (9,611 bytes)
- 57. [TowerTalk] Re: extending tower masts (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 15:29:42 -0700
- Bruce at US Towers called and verified the load and weight limits I had previously posted. His company does not give any information on what to expect when varying from their published specifications
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00530.html (7,760 bytes)
- 58. [TowerTalk] LM470+extended mast users? (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 18:05:46 -0700
- I would sure like to hear from anyone out there using a LM470 with an extended mast and stacked antennas - what are your thoughts about how stable and safe it is in 'normal' winds? 73, Frank - W0ECS
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00539.html (6,842 bytes)
- 59. [TowerTalk] more questions (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 06:29:35 -0700
- Still agonizing over a way to afford to get the antenna in the air when we move to our new QTH. Since it is going to take many months (if not years) for me to save money for ham purposes now that I'm
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00555.html (7,935 bytes)
- 60. [TowerTalk] twr selection update (score: 1)
- Author: ftbrady@cosmoslink.net (Frank T. Brady)
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 10:51:42 -0700
- Friends, Just thought I'd share my latest thoughts about how I can afford a tower AND have enough money left to put antenna(s) on it. I'm very close to buying a Tryon Titan T400 or T500 series self s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00560.html (8,814 bytes)
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