- 161. Bearing for Pointy-Top Towers (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:48:47 -0600
- Ladies and Gentlemen.... Has anyone developed a thrust bearing for a pointy-top tower that sits ontop the the throat of the point-top? It would seem to me that could work Lee k0wa@southwind.ent -- FA
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00305.html (6,874 bytes)
- 162. Summary/Cookbook-Raising Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 14:34:11 -0600
- Ladies and Gentlemen, I ask for a "cookbook" method raising large antennas several weeks ago. This is a summary of my cookbook with some notes, options, opinions and addendums. Credit is given where
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00372.html (26,046 bytes)
- 163. Cushcraft 40 mtr Beam Help (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:34:51 -0600
- Ladies and Gentlemen... I think I made another bargain on an antenna, but I am not sure. I have purchase a used Cushcraft two-element 40 meter beam for $150. But, Think there are some minor things mi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00438.html (6,804 bytes)
- 164. Cushcraft it ain't - Help (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:12:15 -0600 (CST)
- Ladies and Gentlemen.... Since I have never seen a Cushcraft 402CD and the guy didn't know what it was, I assumed that it was. Well, the beam I got is NOT a Cushcract 402CD. Tony - K1KP FAX me the ma
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00452.html (8,060 bytes)
- 165. Ok, What to use for a Mast? (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 14:18:07 -0600
- I've been trying to keep up with the information on Masts, but seem to be missing something here. I am going to re-do my mast on my 60 foot tower in the spring. I'm not even going to tell you what I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00048.html (7,910 bytes)
- 166. 7 Mhz Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:11:32 -0600
- Ladies and Gentlemen: I hope you have followed the thin thread on a 40 meter delta loop versus a rotatable dipole at 70 feet. One fellow pointed out the problem I have with the delta loop is that the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00323.html (7,434 bytes)
- 167. Cold Temps & Guys (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 08:35:21 -0600
- Ok...Here is another dumb questions I've always wondered about! How does cold temperatures affect guy wires? Do they shrink in cold and expand in hot? Now... I use to have 1/4 inch guys on the tower
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00419.html (8,246 bytes)
- 168. Rugged dipole center insulators (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 15:57:31 -0600 (CST)
- Pete.... I make them out of Lexan which is cannot be destroyed. Make them out of a strip of Lexan that is four inches long and two inches or three inches wide. Use a SO259, weather proofing, and som
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00474.html (7,100 bytes)
- 169. Quads vs. Yagis (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 09:41:34 -0600
- Not this again! In Kansas... Ice won't let you have a quad unless your ready to climb the tower in the cold and blow. Wind in Kansas will tear up a quad quickly, unless it is built with pole vaulting
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00503.html (7,425 bytes)
- 170. Grounding the Tower (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 14:34:51 -0600
- OK...here it goes.... Some of you brighter lads on the I-net can elludicate me on the issue of grounding the tower. I understand that a tower should have a good ground and that connecting the tower t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00034.html (8,904 bytes)
- 171. Rotor Repair (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 11:52:23 -0600 (CST)
- Ladies and Gentlmen.... Who is the best to repair a Hygain Ham III? Lee k0wa@southwind.net -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrat
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00234.html (6,582 bytes)
- 172. not da birds -- da wasps! (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 08:31:02 -0500
- Hey guys.... Wasp (anything that stings) scares me spitless. I hate the critters. What I do in the fall when I go up the tower to do maintenance for winter is to take some Black Flag wasp spray with
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00150.html (8,263 bytes)
- 173. Lanyard ropes for dipoles (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 13:23:53 -0500
- Just a point here to make. When you think something is strong, think again what nature can do. I recently put up a 160 meter L antenna and used bailing twine to hold the end of the L over a tree limb
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00183.html (7,532 bytes)
- 174. 160 meter antennas (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 13:53:43 -0500
- I am trying to get my 160 meter antenna in the air again and would like some opinions as we go toward the 160 meter season. I have a 60 foot tower (rohn 25G with insulated guys) in concrete. the towe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-09/msg00211.html (8,114 bytes)
- 175. "Moseley TA-33 Trap Troubles"& Rotor Grease? (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:37:09 -0500 (CDT)
- Roger, I had to do the same thing to my TA33 when it came down in an ice story and 75 mile per hour winds last winter. No problem here. My form was cracked where the wire attached to the outside tub
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-09/msg00237.html (8,950 bytes)
- 176. Stacked TH7's (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 08:36:52 -0500
- I would think that the effort and cost involved would not be worth the small amount of gain in one direction. (see what does a DB cost discussion) After looking at doing the same thing several years
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-08/msg00006.html (9,067 bytes)
- 177. Towers and ice. (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 13:36:01 -0500
- I am no PE, but common sense tells me the weight of the ice is going to account for something. If the ice is thick enough...and in Kansas we can get a coating of ice 1 to 3 inches thick...the weight
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-08/msg00188.html (8,753 bytes)
- 178. Trapless antennas/ICE (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 09:39:02 -0500 (CDT)
- Question guys.... What is the issue with ice loading on a linear loaded antenna, or a trapless antenna? Out here in Kansas, we can get up to 2 inches of ice loading the antenna and tower. A couple of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-07/msg00033.html (6,928 bytes)
- 179. 160 Meters (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 16:39:37 -0500
- Hello All.... I have a 60 foot Rohn tower, guyed at 35 and 55 feet with insulators, with a old TA-33 on top. I have 80 and 40 meter dipoles mounted at 45 feet. I have a gamma matching arm at 55 feet
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-06/msg00080.html (6,764 bytes)
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