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101. [TowerTalk] Antenna eating tree (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:56:41 -0400; Unlike Charlie Brown's kite eating tree, the antenna eating pinoak yielded to a 2 ton come-along. The windom remains are down. Validates my 'soft-technology' approach, using two small bowlines, tied; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00085.html (8,091 bytes)
102. Re: [TowerTalk] antenna eating tree (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:25:43 -0400; Martin, AA6E, expressed concern about the rope or wire being in the crotch of a branch, and that a screw-eye would be better. And better for the longevity of the tree. I agree, Martin....but the ante; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00097.html (7,963 bytes)
103. Re: [TowerTalk] putting line in trees (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:40:14 -0400; w2wg, speaking about EZhang slingshot launches: At 90' and above you are in the territory where you can't get the altitude with a heavier weight and the weight may not want to pull the line back down; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00166.html (8,593 bytes)
104. [TowerTalk] stainless steel wool (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:08:03 -0400; Last time I had to plug a cable-entry, I bought stainless steel wool scrubbing pads at ACE hardware. They were 3 or 4 bucks apiece. That was VT prices. Down here in NJ it's probably double that. N2EA; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00205.html (6,440 bytes)
105. [TowerTalk] black rope (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:38:14 -0400; He's too polite to post himself as a source for line, but consider: RADIOWARE AND RADIO BOOKSTORE PO BOX 209 RINDGE NH 03461 603 899 6957 WWW.RADIO-WARE.COM n2ea jimjarvis@ieee.org __________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00207.html (7,858 bytes)
106. Re: [TowerTalk] Comparison of SteppIR and Cushcraft Log (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:46:32 -0400; Having had a Cushcraft ASL20-10 log, and a Tennadyne T8 log, AND a 3 el SteppIR, AND a kt34A, I can say the following from personal experience: 1) The steppIR is the best of the bunch, by a significa; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00237.html (8,531 bytes)
107. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR v. Logs (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:53:18 -0400; A friend of mine has a MonsterIR. There was a problem with the antenna whereby it got locked in some random configuration (not tuned for any ham band). It took something like a month of troubleshooti; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00265.html (7,458 bytes)
108. [TowerTalk] Steppir v. Log Periodic (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:58:42 -0400; Answer is.... Omni is a standard pattern in the controller programming, Keith. No provision to diddle it, to degrade pattern to a 2 el variant, unless you want to program it yourself. They give you t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00267.html (7,131 bytes)
109. [TowerTalk] SteppIR 6m (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:09:37 -0400; Thanks, all for comments on this topic. I didn't buy the passive 6m element, because it constrained the 180 degree flip mode on that band, and because I felt the spacing was too far from optimal. Sti; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00268.html (7,506 bytes)
110. Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR 6m (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:18:54 -0400; Second recommendation...and I agree. I'm a big fan of the kt34a/xa, having owned many of each. Tnx, Clint! You can never go wrong with anything from M2. Thanks, all for comments on this topic. I didn; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00271.html (8,627 bytes)
111. [TowerTalk] Soil resistivity-- lightning protection ground (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:50:25 -0400; Beat Meier wrote: (heavily snipped for compression) Hi all I'm still a grounding dumy but I've just bought a GEO test and have done some soil resistivity test. I'm still in putting my new tower of 20; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00335.html (9,051 bytes)
112. [TowerTalk] 402CD boom (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:18:37 -0400; David asked: Ditto the boom-stays on a Cuscraft 40-2CD; can I substitute a single piece of 2" OD/0.125" wall 6061-T6 with a center sleeve of 10 ft of 2.125" -0- I bought N2TK's 40-2CD some years ago.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00355.html (6,927 bytes)
113. [TowerTalk] Nasty RF problem.... (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:00:05 -0400; Off reflector, I sent him back to Airstream. They own the problem. It may be a shielding/grounding problem. There is no way, in the near field, that he's going to find a sweet spot to null out the rf; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00366.html (7,085 bytes)
114. [TowerTalk] 90mph windloading (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:15:53 -0400; Does anyone have a feel for the regulatory implications of going with a building code which requires 90 mph windload ratings? Is this simply a strategy by the league of municipalities to price amateu; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00466.html (6,882 bytes)
115. Re: [TowerTalk] 90mph windloading (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:40:37 -0400; Jim's thoughts are interesting...responding... The tendency to want to limit the profusion of Cell towers, and micro-cells, should they evolve, is clearly on the radar screen of the National Associat; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00472.html (10,291 bytes)
116. [TowerTalk] 90mph (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:56:23 -0400; Thanks, all, for the comments. Mine are bottom posted Steve commented.....MA towers are too light for the job.... KR7X observed.... Is this fastest mile? or 3-sec gust? <snip> won't repeat prior post; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00480.html (7,784 bytes)
117. [TowerTalk] R7000--vendor support (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:26:46 -0400; An antenna issue--hardly at the bleeding edge of performance-- but highly relevant to vendor support. I've had an R7, an R7000, and an R8 vertical...still owning the latter two, as utility antennas,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00481.html (8,144 bytes)
118. [TowerTalk] ma550 question (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:22:09 -0400; The argument for the MA550 is completely aesthetic, in my mind. The real question is whether, if motorized, one could convince zoning to rate safety based on a retracted tower. It would be easy to ha; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00509.html (7,635 bytes)
119. Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendation for mast on bottom mount (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:59:09 -0400; W3GM used bottom mount rotors on all of his 100' 25g towers. The actual mast and the 'torque tube' were of different material. He used thin-wall irrigation tubing, 100' of which weighed maybe 20 lbs.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00623.html (7,509 bytes)
120. Re: [TowerTalk] Bazooka for topband (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:19:18 -0400; Hello everyone: I am in a space limited environment and already have a double bazooka tuned for 80 meters that works fine on 80 meters. I also have a MFJ-949B Tuner and a manual antenna switch. Rig i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00624.html (7,390 bytes)

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