- 1. [TowerTalk] Old Coax Connectors (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Fri Aug 1 14:49:42 2003
- They should be like fine wine Steve!
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-08/msg00018.html (6,290 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Old Coax connectors (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Sun Aug 3 10:53:42 2003
- Silver plated will look like tarnished silver, nickel will be bright almost chrome looking unless corroded then looks much less pretty than tarnished silver. Previous post was correct in the fact tha
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-08/msg00051.html (6,635 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] 80' oaks! (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Mon Aug 4 08:42:10 2003
- Jim, In ON4UN's Low Band Dxing I found interesting the phased vertical section. Since you have oak trees that tall and spaced that far apart you might consider phasing a couple of verticals depending
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-08/msg00067.html (7,565 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] 80' Oak (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Tue Aug 5 12:13:01 2003
- Hello George et al, Excellent questions. I did not consider the tree in my installation as absorption or degradation of signal. Since I was utilizing 3.5 MHz I figured the tree was transparent to my
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-08/msg00133.html (10,603 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Suburb Home & Conservative Tower (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Thu Aug 14 12:55:59 2003
- After reading all these posts I count my lucky stars! I recently got re-married and we looked for a home for about 3 months. During the search our realtor friend of the family was made aware of my in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-08/msg00514.html (8,243 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] A4S 30/40 add on (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Tue Jul 1 00:53:33 2003
- I recently purchased used, from a pile of aluminum antenna parts, a Cushcraft A4S I believe it to be as it has the extra 10 meter element. This antenna also has the 30/40 meter add on with the heavy
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-07/msg00000.html (7,942 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Van Gordon 1:1 (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Mon Jul 14 09:40:02 2003
- The only balun locally available was a Van Gordon 1:1 that I placed on the feed to my Cushcraft A3S beam. Seems to be working fine even with 500 watts for PSK/RTTY. Anyone have any specifications on
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-07/msg00201.html (6,786 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Van Gordon 1:1 (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Tue Jul 15 08:43:39 2003
- Well the balun checks out as a voltage type and I have been believing it was a current type. I did the ohm meter check on the coax and it showed a dc short across the coax. I suppose given the symmet
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-07/msg00213.html (7,164 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Coaxial balanced line (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Tue Jul 29 09:11:52 2003
- Several years ago I put up a full size loop for 5 MHz and fed it with a pair of rg59u coaxes using the center of each coax to either leg of the loop. The shields were tied together out at the antenna
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-07/msg00483.html (6,880 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Aluma tower t-150 (score: 1)
- Author: jbigham2@kc.rr.com (Gene Bigham)
- Date: Wed May 14 12:46:05 2003
- Picked up used aluma tower, couple of small defects. The brake mechanism appears to be partially dismantled. Anyone have a detail drawing. Also a couple of broken welds near top where mast pipe clamp
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00152.html (6,462 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Dead Bird? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:41:14 -0500
- In all my years of ham radio hobby, owning several towers, albeit small ones 50 to 70 footers, I have never found a dead bird at the tower base. Rather, I enjoy watching the birds that come in to my
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-08/msg00737.html (6,880 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] A3S Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:29:40 -0500
- I finally installed earlier this spring on a light aluma tower T-150 a Cushcraft A3S triband beam I have owned and had up in several configurations over the past 6 years. I measured all parameters pr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00009.html (10,536 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] C3SS (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 00:58:30 -0500
- I am about to give up on my trapped tribander of the past 10 years, started giving problems. What do you think of the C3SS, it appeals to me, has no traps, weighs less than the A3S and about the same
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00172.html (7,110 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] A3S Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 02:20:57 -0500
- I recently posted a problem with my A3S following a heavy 8 inch rainfall in our area, and again posted asking about the Force 12 antenna that has a small footprint, the C3SS. I am reconsidering at t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00174.html (10,639 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] A3S (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:33:51 -0500
- Taking a 10 year old A3S traps apart here is what I found. I recently took the traps apart on my A3S suspecting them to be wet or fouled with spider, or insect debris, see previous posts. When inside
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00190.html (7,243 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Kansas City Tower climber (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 10:03:54 -0500
- Anyone know of a tower climber in Kansas City area? I have bad hip and need my balun changed on the feedpoint of my antenna, have a new one here but can't climb to put it on. (?) ____________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00192.html (7,056 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] C3SS & A3S, Tower climb (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 11:33:58 -0500
- Thanks to one and all for replies. It appears that the antenna is fine, the balun is bad, intermittent. So I have a kind volunteer from this group who is going to replace my balun with the Centaur on
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00236.html (7,544 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] A3S Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:47:31 -0500
- Anyone have experience with the Cushcraft A3S and to what extent a director or reflector getting out of tune might have on the SWR of the driven element? _____________________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00506.html (7,069 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] A3S Continuing saga (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 08:16:58 -0500
- Chuck Kraly went up and took the Van Gordon voltage balun off my A3S yesterday. When it hit the ground I saw some droplets of water come off of it. Upon examination both eye bolts on the sides showed
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00530.html (7,683 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Amateur Transmitting and BPL (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Bigham" <jbigham2@kc.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 04:51:34 -0500
- I have heard it implied but nothing definite, what will happen when an amateur station transmits near BPL? _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Sup
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-09/msg00591.html (6,622 bytes)
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