- 141. [TowerTalk] Earth Auger Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:28:37 -0400
- Thats some heavy hardware youre talking about! Why not just use a short loop of guywire on the low end of each turnbuckle and let the tripleye work as designed? A few clamps and no special hardware.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00291.html (7,270 bytes)
- 142. [TowerTalk] rotary or demo hammer for ground rods (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:52:18 -0400
- Some guys here went together to buy the big Harbor Freight demo hammer. Ive chipped off some granite with it, but it was slow. One of the guys made a female socket for driving rods and its fabulous,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00231.html (8,024 bytes)
- 143. [TowerTalk] TowerTalk] freight cost of tower part (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:07:49 -0400
- Thats a crazy freight rate! 25 is always available used most everywhere. Look around, watch for estates, watch Craigslist, tell your pals. I have helped sell at least f towers in the last couple of y
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00287.html (7,234 bytes)
- 144. [TowerTalk] MFJ Repairs (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 10:40:43 -0400
- Herbs experience duplicates mine. The repair dept is lightly staffed, or they have monumental failure rates, who knows. My 259 took about three months, with several calls and obfuscation along the wa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00570.html (7,100 bytes)
- 145. [TowerTalk] Climbing (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:45:55 -0400
- Isnt this topic about done? But a new question: Ive never climbed much and never used a harness at all, but I have one now and will use it. But isnt the dorsal attachment of the fall arrest lanyard a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00374.html (7,819 bytes)
- 146. Re: [TowerTalk] Need help with tower id and price (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 12:38:39 -0400
- I dont see any tie to the house, so it seems to be self supporting and in concrete. Hardest part will be the hacksawing...take Sawzall! Looks to me like three guys could easily lower it. We manhandle
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00063.html (7,527 bytes)
- 147. [TowerTalk] Anchor Bolt Material (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:01:23 -0400
- New holes?? WL Send TowerTalk mailing list submissions to towertalk@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk or,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00104.html (11,655 bytes)
- 148. [TowerTalk] Anchor Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:52:47 -0400
- You will be mortified by the cost of 2.25" bolts and all that machining. Then you'd have to trim off the hex head. It would be a lot cheaper to buy barstock and drill and tap it for his existing bolt
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00160.html (10,714 bytes)
- 149. [TowerTalk] Anchor Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 13:16:30 -0400
- Allthread is likely cheaper than bolts. http://www.instockfasteners.com/MyFA/mydescriptxhtmlpartid=115650 $83 for 3 of 1 1/8 allthread. Stack washers and nuts to get lockin. http://www.fastenal.com/w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00161.html (7,797 bytes)
- 150. [TowerTalk] What Balun for KLM KT-34XA (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:03:59 -0400
- Paul, with all the uncertainty, why not just measure the Z at the feedpoint and go from there? Theres no guarantee it needs either particular balun! May be in between and need some sort of rework of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00217.html (8,003 bytes)
- 151. [TowerTalk] Solar Array Noise (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:23:26 -0400
- A little speculation: I don't know, but doubt there are many actual 60Hz inverters out there and they would be horrendously costly at multiKW levels, not to mention inefficient. Switch rates are tens
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00388.html (13,965 bytes)
- 152. [TowerTalk] Soldering torch (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:56:02 -0500
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5wugFGRL1o Small, but nice, WL _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contest
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00376.html (6,637 bytes)
- 153. [TowerTalk] Is There a Good Balun... (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:48:54 -0500
- I have asked my resident experts (U know who u r.) and added my own unschooled opinion. For the three band range (20-10) its really trivial. Going on down to 30 and 40 is only slightly more tricky. T
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00515.html (8,157 bytes)
- 154. [TowerTalk] Best Balun (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:50:13 -0500
- Some of my points may not have been obvious and there were a couple of comments. 1. The question was about 1:1 baluns. Transformers for other impedances are obviously great. 2. My remarks about loss
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-11/msg00525.html (8,743 bytes)
- 155. [TowerTalk] CQ Books (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 13:21:51 -0500
- Never seen them, but the SAI looks good. If you get the CD, it can be passed around. WL _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk maili
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00058.html (6,682 bytes)
- 156. [TowerTalk] Trap Identification Hepl Please (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 20:18:01 -0500
- I have five nice traps, who knows where they came from or what happened to the sixth. They are labeled Director, Reflector, and Radiator. I never saw anything called radiator, so its likely an ID hel
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00084.html (7,124 bytes)
- 157. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 144, Issue 15 (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:36:37 -0500
- Did they make a tribander with only six traps? Seems unlikely. WL Send TowerTalk mailing list submissions to towertalk@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00087.html (24,143 bytes)
- 158. [TowerTalk] Trap ID (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 22:43:27 -0500
- Someone suggested Mosley, which seems correct. Their trap design: http://www.mosley-electronics.com/pdf/trapdesigns.pdf A tribander with only six traps: http://www.mosley-electronics.com/pdf/amateur/
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00088.html (7,102 bytes)
- 159. [TowerTalk] Trap ID (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:08:22 -0500
- Thanks everyone for responses. Yep, Mosley, but one must send them the turns count of the coils to ID the beam they were made for. They will be available when I get the usage nailed down. 73, WL ____
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00106.html (7,264 bytes)
- 160. [TowerTalk] Tuner SWR Drift (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 12:19:50 -0500
- Make a short cliplead to go from cap frame to shaft. Set SWR and leave power on. When SWR drifts, connect the cliplead, first on one cap, then the other. If it helps, you may be able to retension the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-01/msg00040.html (7,114 bytes)
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