- 1. [TowerTalk] Starting the tower tilting (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:24:58 +0100 (BST)
- Hi. I have seen some of the suggestions regarding this problem. I have three tilt-over towers here, one 40ft with a 20ft pole in the head unit and UHF/VHF verticals for data/FM on the top. Another is
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00183.html (8,830 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Gamma fixing (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:00:59 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi. This is the third time I have lost my gamma wire on my 110ft tower! I have an 18 inch spreader clamped to the tower and another two spaced down the tower. I fix an old piece of coax at the top an
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00014.html (7,799 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Thanks re gamma fixing (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:22:26 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi. Many thanks to all those who offered suggestions regarding fixing the gamma drop wire. There were several useful hints in there and I shall be employing some of those next time I climb the tower!
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00029.html (6,638 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Cushcraft 40-2CD skywalker (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:54:26 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi. I have just obtained a second hand one of these and I think I have missed out on some mails regarding this antenna. Are there any mods to do before putting it up? I am not sure what condition it
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00101.html (6,821 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] 40-2CD Info - Many thanks. (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 20:19:23 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi. Many thanks to all those that responded with help regarding my 40-2CD. I have printed a lot of information and kept several URL's for reference, and will be doing some modifications in the spring
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00126.html (6,998 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] 40m beam on 80ft tower (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:04:59 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi. Not sure if this is the right reflector for this, but I will ask anyway! I am planning to put up a Cushcraft 402CD on an 80ft fixed tower. I have two problems. The tower is one support structure
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-06/msg00605.html (8,314 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Running coax to tower (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 07:08:25 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi. My tower is about 80ft from the house. I have a catenary wire fixed on the tower at about 15ft with a D shackle and at the house end with a wall bolt fixed right through the wall of the house, a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-09/msg00112.html (7,472 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Feeding a long distance yagi (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:50:01 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi Y'all. Next Spring I intend putting up a 402CD 2-el 40m beam on an 80ft tower which is situated about 300ft from the shack. I have considered several choices of feed systems. 1. catenary supported
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-11/msg00435.html (7,583 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] You have been announced a winner (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:34:12 +0000 (GMT)
- Hey, I hope there is a right hand drive one! You guys in the USA all drive on the wrong side of the road! :-) Regards from Roger, G3LDI Swardeston, Norfolk. __________________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00180.html (10,224 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TowerTalk] Want info on tower standoffs for cables (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:29:00 +0000 (GMT)
- I tried this system of "hanging" the cables through stand-offs. I have a 120ft tower and the weight of all those cables is quite substantial. I suffered some damage at the top of the tower where the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-11/msg00370.html (9,682 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Stacking a 402CD over a Steppir (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:03:36 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi. Due to planning problems ( we have to live with those in the UK! ) I might try putting the 402CD above my 4-el Steppir. I have a tilt-plate and wondered if anybody has done this, had problems or
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00224.html (6,751 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Stacking a 402CD over a Steppir (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:45:17 +0000 (GMT)
- Thanks to those that replied to my message about doing this. Your ideas give me food for thought but it does look viable. The only concern I would have is mechanical, in that stacking at 10feet plus
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00327.html (7,384 bytes)
- 13. Re: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing? (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:33:16 +0000 (GMT)
- Hi Rex. You stop when you can no longer do it! I am 72 and still climb my 120ft tower with no problems. However, I have now had to promise my son and daughter that I won't climb without I arrange for
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00217.html (11,108 bytes)
- 14. Re: [TowerTalk] TailTwister overhaul (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:11:50 +0100 (BST)
- Hi. Just saw this and I am in the middle of renovating my old Tailtwister, with the help of your PDF I might add Jim. I need a brake wedge kit, but cannot source one in the UK and I am wondering if
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-04/msg00450.html (16,212 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Tailtwister mod kit (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:35:37 +0100 (BST)
- Hi to all that replied to me. Many thanks to you all for your help I have sent to MFJ, who actually does the complete kit. I was not sure of what parts I would need and Norm's rotor service just h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-04/msg00527.html (7,124 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Tailtwister Mod Kit 2 (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:31:52 +0100 (BST)
- Hi. I shall go to Norm's rotor spares I think and try to list what I need. MFJ charge $40 for the kit, which I was OK with, but then want over $50 to send it to me! And that's the cheaper option
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-04/msg00589.html (6,952 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] (no subject) (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:05:44 +0100 (BST)
- Hi. Well, I spent ages hunting for a parts list but none available, so it looks as though I am in between a rock and a hard place. If anybody knows of an alternative to MFJ at £90 + for a brake wedge
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-04/msg00591.html (7,044 bytes)
- 18. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 17:24:09 +0100 (BST)
- I have the Cushcraft 40-2CD which I am about to put up this summer. It has never been assembled, much less put on a tower. Has anybody modified one of these beams? Regards from Roger, G3LDI Swarde
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00310.html (14,134 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] 40m beams (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:23:58 +0100 (BST)
- Hi. I had numerous replies to my email regarding the 402CD beam. Too many to reply to individually but all of them had very useful information which I have retained. I am very grateful to you all f
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-07/msg00160.html (6,980 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Grease (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:37:25 +0100 (BST)
- Hi. Just wondered what type of grease others used for the tower ropes? I have used a black graphite grease made up for me by a friend several decades ago, and I am now running out! I did consider
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-08/msg00176.html (6,886 bytes)
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