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121. [TowerTalk] The Balun Blues (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:12:51 -0500 (EST)
The only thing not said this time around on baluns wound of coax is that previous posts said to wind them with the turns IN LINE, not bundled together-- i.e., like a coil. de K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: htt
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00076.html (7,717 bytes)

122. [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX Tower - Boom Length (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:31:48 -0500 (EST)
Here is what I have put on Rohn BX-style towers myself: 1-- Hornet/Swann four element trap tribander, I think at least 18 ft. boom. Installed on HDBX-48 directly out of the Rohn warehouse, by the boo
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00079.html (9,984 bytes)

123. [TowerTalk] Rohn BX/HBX/HDBX and Boom Length (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:38:52 -0500 (EST)
Climbing an HDBX-48 is like being on an oil derick-- very very solid and stable. Ps... this style tower can be enhanced with horiz. cross members bolted on at the eight foot joints-- u could use the
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00080.html (7,355 bytes)

124. [TowerTalk] Rohn HDBX Tower - Boom Length (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:43:45 -0500 (EST)
One more thing on the BX style towers-- In any config. this is a great tower for quads, especially the boomless spider type because there is low boom load (!) and no upper guy wires to get in the way
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00081.html (8,131 bytes)

125. [TowerTalk] The Balun Blues (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:28:38 -0500 (EST)
With all the reports of burned baluns, I now know why others win contests when I do not. I have run 1500 watts all day into my stuff at all kinds of bad swr's, and never burned out a balun. I now kno
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00088.html (7,761 bytes)

126. [TowerTalk] BX/HDBX type towers climbing (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 17:05:11 -0500 (EST)
The climb on the BX cross braces is a toughie, but my HDBX-48 has factory added horiz. cross pieces on one side of the top section for climbing and mainly for standing there. This was factory standar
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00098.html (7,974 bytes)

127. [TowerTalk] BX "safe" load (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 07:02:18 -0500 (EST)
In discussing BX-style towers, no information is useful unless it specifies which sections of BX is involved. That is, BX comes in eight different eight-foot sections, named BX-1 thru BX-8, with one
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00195.html (7,973 bytes)

128. [TowerTalk] burying cable (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:44:25 -0500 (EST)
On the hose encased coax, when you "zipped it out of its self-buried trench," did water also zip out? K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contestin
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00208.html (7,445 bytes)

129. [TowerTalk] Top Ten Devices (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 22:46:27 -0500 (EST)
I just purchased and have installed one six-way Remote Switch Box and six of the A/B Switch boxes. If thinking of doing same, here are my comments for what they are worth: 1. consider purchasing only
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00225.html (9,540 bytes)

130. [TowerTalk] Testing beams (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 21:53:45 -0500 (EST)
My experience, here comes my 2 cents-- is that operator skill accounts for 80 to 90 percent of achievement in contests. Look at the WRTC results in something like a test circumstance. About testing a
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00335.html (7,991 bytes)

131. [TowerTalk] Need pop rivet tool for Force 12 antenna info (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:39:03 -0500 (EST)
Urgent need for specs for purchase of pop rivet installer tool for Force 12 antennas-- the C-3 DXpedition version. Please respond direct to me with very specific info-- I am not too bright-- about mo
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00338.html (8,725 bytes)

132. [TowerTalk] riveter (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 09:33:57 -0500 (EST)
Thanks all for riveter info. Am on way to store now!!! K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUES
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00346.html (6,844 bytes)

133. [TowerTalk] fitting rotors into 25G and HDBX (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 23:04:47 -0500 (EST)
The T2X will go inside 25G at the rotor shelf factory placement point. Also, I turned my T2X every way but loose to get it inside the #3 top section of a HDBX and finally gave up. The next day, KU4HZ
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00022.html (8,473 bytes)

134. [TowerTalk] 80M Vert. ?????? (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 22:56:06 -0500 (EST)
I use the HyGain HyTower as an all band vertical. It is free standing. Tops out at about 50 feet. I just worked Bahraine (?) A9 , on it an hour ago-- was better than a 1/4 wave sloper and a full size
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00040.html (8,139 bytes)

135. [TowerTalk] erection (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 10:18:44 -0500 (EST)
On doing concrete bases, one serious note, one not: 1. why not use a length of twoXfour nailed to a ground stake and u-bolted to each leg (three pieces of wood, three stakes, etc.) the way constructi
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00077.html (8,618 bytes)

136. [TowerTalk] Tower Lubrication (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 21:02:27 -0500 (EST)
I agree on the many good effects of Vaseline. Works on baby's butt; will work on tower cables. Feels good to the touch. About mosture/water penetration: In my experience, water or water vapor which l
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00128.html (8,871 bytes)

137. [TowerTalk] HY-GAIN 18HT HyTower 18-HT (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 20:32:17 -0500 (EST)
Should I have a eight to ten turn --six inch diameter-- in line coil of coax at the base feed point of my HyTower all band vertical??? My coax is buried from window to base of tower- about 75 feet. B
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00164.html (7,655 bytes)

138. [TowerTalk] The Anger of Trees (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 23:27:50 -0500 (EST)
I had to cut down a smallish pine in order to put up my HyTower in my back yard. I appologized to it and to all the other trees in the area. However, I think they got mad: 1. Ant was up 6 mos and a p
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00188.html (8,517 bytes)

139. [TowerTalk] The Anger of Trees (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 09:24:16 -0500 (EST)
What a wonderful bunch of guys on this reflector! Best response to "anger of trees" was advice not to ski near them. BTW, if u want to know how to refurbish a HyTower when knocked down, tune in to me
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00197.html (8,371 bytes)

140. [TowerTalk] The Anger of Trees (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:37:42 -0500 (EST)
Hello everyone, Well, u can talk abt ur DXCC and ur 5BDXCC and ur WAZ etc etc etc, but I have reached the real pinnicle, the absolute zenith of my internet career-- the award of starting a thread whi
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00215.html (9,302 bytes)


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