- 101. Re: [TowerTalk] Thrust bearings (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:41:45 -0500
- Hello Roger The scrap aluminium tube I used has a wall thickness of about 0.75 inches, the object being try and find bearings/materials that I could fairly easily fit together in order to fabricate t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-02/msg00407.html (12,447 bytes)
- 102. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Thrust bearings (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:06:14 -0500
- Hans, I believe that sort of adaptation, together with hand rotation of the antenna by means of a chain drive and an old car steering wheel above the operating position, the antenna aloft, on an old
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-03/msg00001.html (14,643 bytes)
- 103. [TowerTalk] Erico chemical ground electrode (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:18:25 -0500
- Gentlemen, Has anyone had experience of using the Erico chemical ground electrode? The Erico claim is that one chemical ground electrode can be as effective as multiple ordinary ground rods. I am not
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-03/msg00017.html (8,213 bytes)
- 104. Re: [TowerTalk] Erico chemical ground electrode (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:29:24 -0500
- Hello David, Thank you for your response. Looking for a source on "Bentonite" it appears that there are several types of "clay deposit" materials covered by the name Bentonite, or Fullers Earth as it
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-03/msg00020.html (11,761 bytes)
- 105. Re: [TowerTalk] Erico chemical ground electrode] (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:08:13 -0500
- Hello Patrick, <As I recall there are some Army tech manuals that cover grounding systems for radio installations and if memory serves some of the schemes involved chemical enhancement of soil conduc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-03/msg00032.html (16,357 bytes)
- 106. [TowerTalk] Erico chemical ground (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:58:56 -0500
- Good afternoon gentlemen Further to my posting re: Erico chemical ground rod. I have now found more detail in a very interesting publication by Erico, called "Practical Guide to Electrical Grounding"
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-03/msg00230.html (7,386 bytes)
- 107. [TowerTalk] Erico publications (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:12:57 -0500
- To avoid Toms problem, go to the Erico site, www.erico.com. choose Library and then enter ground as the subject......all the Erico documentation on the subject will appear.... John. G3JVC/GM3JVC. ___
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-03/msg00237.html (6,590 bytes)
- 108. [TowerTalk] Bulkhead adaptors (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:02:20 +0100
- Good afternoon, I am in process of planning cable runs from the tower to the shack, with the cable screens bonded to a ground plate at the tower base and again at an external grounded copper plate mo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-04/msg00016.html (7,728 bytes)
- 109. [TowerTalk] SO-259 bulkhead adapters (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:48:29 +0100
- Thank you all for your very prompt response. I have found that Farnell in the UK, stock Amphenol RF 83-IF(UG-363/U) bulkhead adapters, the two nut variety, but what a price, 35.58 GBP each, including
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-04/msg00017.html (6,875 bytes)
- 110. [TowerTalk] SO-239 bulkhead adapter (score: 1)
- Author: "John E. Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:23:49 +0100
- If I recall correctly, the example of the SO-239 bulkhead adapter I described was manufactured by Greenpar Engineering, in Harlow, UK. Greenpar Engineering also manufactured a very easy to install PL
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-04/msg00018.html (7,981 bytes)
- 111. Re: [TowerTalk] UV resistant wire ties (score: 1)
- Author: "John E Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 16:28:34 +0100
- In the UK Thomas & Betts market UV resistant black Ty-Raps The weathering data on plastic pipes can be found at this link. http://plasticpipe.org/pdf/tr-18_weatherability_thermo_pipe_systems.pdf 73,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00002.html (8,665 bytes)
- 112. [TowerTalk] 100ft mobile on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: "John E Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 07:37:18 -0500
- Good morning, I have a 100ft galvanised mobile mast by Radio Structures in the UK, the mast has not been used for quite a while and its potential is being wasted. I am considering its use as a "parke
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00415.html (7,013 bytes)
- 113. [TowerTalk] 100 ft mobile on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: "John E Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 07:19:44 -0500
- Good morning, I would like to thank Bob, Jim, Stan and Djordan for their suggestions. Because the mobile mast unit has electric winches, the idea of parking the trailer in a suitable location on the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00443.html (9,048 bytes)
- 114. [TowerTalk] 100ft mobile on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: "John E Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:30:54 -0500
- Thank you David WA3GIN & Joe W4TV for further suggestions and advice. The site where my mobile unit is located is on a peninsula which gets gale force winds from both the Irish Sea and the Atlantic,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00006.html (8,225 bytes)
- 115. Re: [TowerTalk] GE Transient Voltage Suppression Manual (score: 1)
- Author: "John E Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:58:40 +0100
- Thank you Bill, much appreciated. Sincerely, John. G3JVC / GM3JVC. Here is the actual GE Transient Voltage Suppression Manual: http://www.introni.it/pdf/GE%20Transient%20Voltage%20Suppression%20Manua
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-08/msg00493.html (12,186 bytes)
- 116. Re: [TowerTalk] Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "John E Cleeve" <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:22:40 +0100
- Sheave bearings. Hello, My 60ft crank up tower is by Strumech and was erected in 1979. I resolved the problem of worn centre bearing holes in the sheaves, by "chucking" them in the lathe and boring o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2016-08/msg00409.html (12,310 bytes)
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