- 241. [TowerTalk] LIGHTNING STRIKE (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 23:20:39 -0400 (EDT)
- Watch out mounting coax patch panel made out of stuff that will burn, especially if it is attached to ur house. I had a fire in my window sill from a lightning strike (at ant attachment/disconnect po
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00497.html (7,328 bytes)
- 242. [TowerTalk] Small Yagi Ideas (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 23:30:51 -0400 (EDT)
- Tell me, honestly, man to man, now: does the C3 or C4 defy physical laws or is it bullpuckie to say that a short boom, two/three element beam can be that good???? Albert E. did say that space is curv
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00498.html (8,457 bytes)
- 243. [TowerTalk] KA1CLX tower update (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 23:57:20 -0400 (EDT)
- If one builds a rebar cage for the concrete base insertion, one must realize that the cage must be lifted very high above the hole in the ground in order to get the cage down into the hole. This item
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00499.html (8,322 bytes)
- 244. [TowerTalk] QST contest listing error (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 10:53:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Could u help me in posting this message on the contest forums: The October 1997 QST listings of results of the 1997 ARRL DX Contest Phone is in error by listing K4VUD as multi-multi. KF4EJU and I ope
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00515.html (8,422 bytes)
- 245. [TowerTalk] Re: Are "Ufer" grounding BEFORE pouring base cement? (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:00:24 -0400 (EDT)
- I would feel better about all the PolyPhazer advice if I saw that they cited any actual experiences with lightning. If they do, please let me know, but all I have seen so far is, technical speculatio
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00638.html (9,354 bytes)
- 246. [TowerTalk] trees as guy anchors (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:05:05 -0400 (EDT)
- I just thought of this-- K1TTY would be a great call for cat lovers. K4VUD (and teletype lovers...) -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Ad
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00639.html (8,545 bytes)
- 247. [TowerTalk] Are "Ufer" grounding BEFORE pouring base cement? (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:06:38 -0400 (EDT)
- HyGain HD-70 crank up rebar cage is ALL tied together and ALL tied to the tower, as per HyGain specs. K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contestin
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00640.html (7,644 bytes)
- 248. [TowerTalk] Anti-Lightning devices (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 19:27:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Just saw the Wireman's talk at hamfest Jacksonville about using spikey devices to dissapate lightning before it happens. Very convincing. I intend to install some on my towers asap. de K4VUD -- FAQ o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00058.html (7,676 bytes)
- 249. [TowerTalk] Anti-Lightning devices (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 07:07:38 -0400 (EDT)
- About bleed-off lightning spikey devices: I say, what can they hurt and why not try them. I live in lightning capital--Fla. BTW, it works with a Van DeGraff generator. Real life, who knows! Gud luck
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00152.html (7,757 bytes)
- 250. [TowerTalk] Towertalk RE: Anti Lightning Device (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 07:31:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Press--I loved your Jacksonville lightning demo. I gonna try these things. What can it hurt? de K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00155.html (7,116 bytes)
- 251. [TowerTalk] Anti-Lightning devices (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 07:37:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Introduce me to the person who knows everything about lightning--now living--'cause Jesus and Buddha are not here just nnoow. de K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00156.html (7,621 bytes)
- 252. [TowerTalk] Remote head HF power meters (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 12:22:45 -0400 (EDT)
- Nye is still in business. I talked to Mr. Nye himself, interrupting him as he constructed some morse keys. Got the number from AES catalog rear page, or was it some othe catalog??? de K4VUD -- FAQ on
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00230.html (7,108 bytes)
- 253. [TowerTalk] WTB Rohn BX Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:10:53 -0400 (EDT)
- I got the best bolt selection locally (Orlando) at Home Depot. They SS and grade 5 etc. Gud luck. K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.co
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00259.html (6,965 bytes)
- 254. [TowerTalk] Cuba QSL's (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 09:52:15 -0400 (EDT)
- Exposure to 9N1 and Tibet conditions for hams tells me now not to judge foreign hams and their QSL habits too harshly. One must see condx in the third world to really have the magnitude of their basi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00309.html (7,954 bytes)
- 255. [TowerTalk] New (?) idea for protecting underground feedlines (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:01:39 -0400 (EDT)
- I think a close fitting hose covering for buried coax is a bad idea because --since there is a little space there for water and no real space for it to easily escape, there will be water there tween
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00310.html (8,015 bytes)
- 256. [TowerTalk] Where to buy antenna parts (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 11:10:48 -0400 (EDT)
- All major ham mfgs. sell their antennas by the piece as well as a complete kit!!! I have purchased from most of them from the factory phone number: HyGain has the friendliest lady on the phone, best
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00338.html (7,962 bytes)
- 257. [TowerTalk] Stack spacing? (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 22:45:39 -0400 (EDT)
- Again, what's best stacking distance for three TH-7 s via Dunestar on a tower either 100 ft or 110 ft or 120 ft ??? Is additional ten or twenty feet worth it? Especially up to 120 from 110ft.' cause
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00408.html (7,136 bytes)
- 258. [TowerTalk] Whistling trap holes (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 13:27:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Advice for whistling trap holes: get a loud bird that sings all the time, and place him/her near tower and offending antenna. de K4VUD antenna -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.ht
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00422.html (8,621 bytes)
- 259. [TowerTalk] stacking distance results (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 13:30:35 -0400 (EDT)
- five replies to stacking three TH7s: at 100 ft: 40/70/100 or 40/60/97 at 120ft: 40/80/120 twice other response was hard to understand. Three of five said "go on to 120 ft., skip 110ft" Thanks to all
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00423.html (8,503 bytes)
- 260. [TowerTalk] scotch Coat? (score: 1)
- Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 15:06:00 -0400 (EDT)
- I have some Scotch Coat ed fittings that are now over 10 years old. Results: significant cracking of Coat. Could be due to shrinkage of underlying elect. tape, but still lots of cracks. S. Coat seems
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00440.html (7,212 bytes)
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