- 21. [TowerTalk] RE: XYL must approve antenna's... (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 16:25:52 -0500
- My wife has a piano....as an appeasement for a tower installation. Lee -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towert
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00057.html (8,771 bytes)
- 22. [TowerTalk] 160 inverted "L" (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:24:35 -0500
- Tom.... You need about 130 feet to make a good inverted L. Oh, you can place a coil in the horizontal leg and get by with that....or you can use a series capacitor at the bottom to tune it. But, I do
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00402.html (8,492 bytes)
- 23. [TowerTalk] Which Small Tribander for My Roof (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:45:45 -0500
- I have a TA-33 at 60 feet. The antenna performs well, but..... Lets just say (so I don't tick off a lot of people) that the TA-33 is very durable...well built....matches well across all the bands....
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00350.html (10,255 bytes)
- 24. [TowerTalk] Cage Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:36:25 -0500
- I have been looking for a project to work on this fall (when it cools off) and have been looking at a "cage" antenna for 80 meters. I think that is the appropriate name. If my understanding is correc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00867.html (8,359 bytes)
- 25. [TowerTalk] Cage Antenna Construction Hints? (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 13:59:21 -0500
- I've received tremendous positive feedback about the cage antenna. I have some ideas as to how I thought about building one, but I would be interested in those out there who have built them before. W
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00883.html (8,690 bytes)
- 26. [TowerTalk] Antenna Tuners (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 13:35:29 -0500
- Just interested in what all of you believe is a good antenna tuner on the market? The best antenna tuner? Why? A good antenna tuner? Why? Don't let this antenna tuner on your desk? Why? Lee Buller k0
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00256.html (6,924 bytes)
- 27. [TowerTalk] Antenna Tuners Part II (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 11:36:11 -0500
- Gee you are correct. I should have given some better information as to why I want to know. I always assume people can read my mind...after all...it isn't all that complicated. Anyway..... I have a ho
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00277.html (9,019 bytes)
- 28. [TowerTalk] contesting (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:37:59 -0500
- Tom... You might have opened a discussion that is long overdue. I've always contested from a very modest station. Antenna sthat range from inverted vees on the low bands, inverted Ls, TH7/6, TA33, 40
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00397.html (8,481 bytes)
- 29. [TowerTalk] Wow: 171K (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:04:40 -0500
- I think the correct term is moderated. But, I don't think Steve has enough time in the day to do that. Lee Buller -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@con
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00748.html (7,098 bytes)
- 30. [TowerTalk] TA-33 Feed Point (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:35:21 -0500
- I have been following this thread with interest. I have a TA-33 at 60 feet right now with a coil of RG-214. I wonder how many of the TA-33 users out there have dumped the pig-tail coaxial feed and mo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00805.html (7,435 bytes)
- 31. [TowerTalk] Comments on Lighting from a non-expert (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 08:35:10 -0500
- Isn't it the goal of a good installation NOT to get hit by a lighting bolt? That is my goal. Gee, for years farmers have had lighting rods on the barn. Why not towers? And...if you do get hit...somet
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00088.html (8,444 bytes)
- 32. [TowerTalk] Vertical? (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:41:54 -0500
- I like the Butternut verticles. yes, they work better with a ground plane, but I have used them with an 8 foot ground rod. Worked well. I've also used the copper pipe plumbing in the house as a groun
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00353.html (9,544 bytes)
- 33. [TowerTalk] Vertical? - Butternut (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:03:40 -0500
- Well, I've done it both ways and I still have my Butternut. I think that it depends on how sheltered it is from the wind. I had mine up in Oklahoma and in Kansas. I use plastic bailing twine (putred
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00399.html (10,149 bytes)
- 34. [TowerTalk] Tower questions ? (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:34:57 -0500
- The older I get, the less I want to climb...and I haven't been to excited about climbing anyway. In fact, I hate it. But, I don't like to climb. But, I don't like crankups, tilt overs, or hazers. Cli
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00409.html (8,781 bytes)
- 35. [TowerTalk] 80 meter yagi at K3LR (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 15:39:20 -0500
- Wow! What a antenna farm at K3LR. You would think with all this land out here in Kansas...we would have something similar. Sweet! Lee k0wa@southwind.net "Pass me the napkin, I have drool all over my
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00422.html (7,548 bytes)
- 36. [TowerTalk] Broadcast Tower Failure and Tornadoes (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 10:42:40 -0500
- Tornados and towers..... The tower is gonna loose. Tornados are intense funnels of air moving at over 300 MPH, depending on how big the tornado is. Although the wind causes a lot of damage initially,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00531.html (8,021 bytes)
- 37. [TowerTalk] Could not believe my eyes (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:46:17 -0500
- Ok...I am gonna tell on myself.... I have ignored maintenance on the tower for about six months. And, that just about got me into trouble last night. I've been pretty busy with work and family (and k
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00644.html (8,569 bytes)
- 38. [TowerTalk] Could not believe my eyes <--Part II (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:32:27 -0500
- turnbuckles?? If does or direction. The answer is yes and no. To be honest, I have saftey wires on the guy point in the front yard. (yes, I have a very loving wife) Actually, it is cable that loopes
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00672.html (9,339 bytes)
- 39. [TowerTalk] Aluminum plate (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:36:29 -0500
- Pete.... You might want to check your local phone book. In many areas there are aluminum recyclers who not only take cans...but scrap aluminum from manufacturers. I have found literally pounds of thi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00990.html (7,872 bytes)
- 40. [TowerTalk] Lightning rod on top <--Hmmmm (score: 1)
- Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
- Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 14:06:27
- A couple of years ago, our repeater antenna was getting struck by lighting several times a year. The antenna was a DB Products phase array for two meters on top of the 300 foot flour mill. In Newton,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00307.html (9,358 bytes)
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