- 1. [TowerTalk] 80 meter antenna (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:07:27 -0400
- "I'll go along with Mark, and add a warning. If you hang an 80M Inverted Veee dipole or sloper from the tower it'll screw up the gamma feed you have for sure. " Two things: I make coax assemblies eve
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-10/msg00832.html (8,225 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] STOP PLEASE (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:31:54 -0500
- STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP THIS THREAD PLEASE! TOWERTALK IS NOT THE PLACE TO HAVE THIS DEBATE!!!!!!!!!!! Craig K1QX _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-11/msg00173.html (7,227 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] off topic (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:20:45 -0500
- With all due respect to John, W0UN, Ham Radio survived for 10 more years after Jim died in April 1980 (just before Dayton.) Marty Hanft, Rich Rosen, K2RR and Terry Littlefield, KA1STC were all capab
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-11/msg00426.html (8,784 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] shunt feed (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:03:43 -0500
- How high is the tower? Do you have guy wires? Are they insulated from ground? If not, stop here and develop a plan B. Put lots of radials down. Run a wire or wire cage (6" - 12" on a side) to the to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-11/msg00529.html (8,110 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] shunt feeding @ N4ZR (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:22:31 -0500
- Hi Pete, Did you ever try an L network? First iteration of my shunt feed was C at the base in series. Tuned for minimum SWR and then cut top loading to get SWR down further. Then, I had an "ah-ha" mo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-11/msg00535.html (7,057 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] antenna choice (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:46:16 -0500
- Cushcraft X7 IMHO When I rebuilt my station, I considered all options. With all due respect to an excellent antenna, against the Stepp-IR due to it's mechanical complexity, control wires and the fea
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-11/msg00760.html (7,016 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] ao (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:36:01 -0500
- Copyright laws say nothing. He can sell to whoever he wants. Craig, K1QX _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weathe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00192.html (7,382 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] three things (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:53:52 -0500
- in a high tree. I tied a monofilament line to a fiberglass ram rod, used a very light load of FFFF powder. Now for all of you geographically challenged, this was done in the mountains of Western PA
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00318.html (7,332 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] SHUNT FEEDING A TOWER (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:22:29 -0500
- EASY TO DO: I favor a wire cage 12" on a side. Use 2x4's as standoff insulators. Run the cage to the top of the tower. 2 or 3 standoffs will be fine. I use 2' spacing from the tower. This keeps the c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-12/msg00639.html (7,855 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] lightning protection (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:11:12 -0500
- IMO you are better off installing the lightning protection as the coax enters the house than at the antenna switch. The coax that runs from the switch to the house could pick-up an induced spike the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00047.html (7,671 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] HAMFESTS (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:35:17 -0500
- Most of you who go to Dayton are long gone before I leave HARA Sunday afternoon. The number of divers swarming the dumpsters has always amazed me as I drive off the property. As for giving away prop
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00093.html (6,951 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] 30-30 antenna (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:48:19 -0500
- Hey Tom, This is the OLD 30-30 antenna and it pbly has not been in the Antenna Book in 30 plus years! Sure was nice with those old tank circuits that could tune an antenna like this. John Haerle WB5
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00250.html (8,014 bytes)
- 13. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 37, Issue 44 (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:56:23 -0500
- Pete Frost heave? 73, Craig Clark, K1QX PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS JCCLARK@WILDBLUE.NET RADIOWARE AND RADIO BOOKSTORE PO BOX 209 RINDGE NH 03461 603 899 6957 WWW.RADIO-WARE.COM __________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00331.html (6,682 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Gotham (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:25:51 -0500
- Lee There were two brothers in NYC who wanted a "retirement business" so they started Gotham. The designs were simple and unsophisticated. One of their "bread and butter" antennas was a base loaded
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-01/msg00517.html (8,192 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] FWIW (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 08:20:27 -0500
- FWIW, I guess it depends what you read. Just after Christmas, my wife was reading a press release in the NH Market Bulletin (I think) that stated logging is still the most dangerous job in the count
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-02/msg00002.html (7,364 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] rope (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:31:51 -0500
- Wear is a function of abrasion and if you have something that is hostile to the rope, it is going to break! All too often poor quality or undersized pulleys are used: I know because I have made this
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-02/msg00314.html (7,674 bytes)
- 17. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 40, Issue 24 (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:02:50 -0400
- KD9SV wrote an article in Ham Radio Magazine covering this subject. I used one for years and it worked well for me. ... Rotatable trap dipole for 12 and 17 meters, KD9SV, 22, May 90, sigh....next to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-04/msg00178.html (6,960 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] COLD GALVANIZE (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 08:25:49 -0400
- Cold Galvanize is a zinc rich paint made by LPS; p/n 00516. The can says "Forms a zinc rich heat resistant galvanize coating to prevent rust and corrosion for 3 years." 73, Craig Clark, K1QX PLEASE N
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-05/msg00064.html (6,617 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] ideas (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:46:52 -0400
- thought I would put out a call for ideas before giving it another go today... Try: a can of Coca Cola heat used judiciously point due North at the fake owl and pray............couldn't resist 73, Cr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-06/msg00745.html (6,701 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] 4 awg copper wire and Amp locks (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:08:24 -0400
- Copper wire has gone through the roof! I was selling 25' of #4 AWG 7 strand stranded copper wire for $12.50. New price for 25' is $37.25 Amp's Cloks are very good for clamping a #4 wire to a ground r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-07/msg00306.html (6,848 bytes)
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