- 261. Concord Tower Saga Update -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 17:54:53 EST
- On Fri, 10 Jan 1997 16:14:48 -0500 Patrick Barkey <pbarkey@wp.bsu.edu> writes: K1VR: Hey, Pat, what was the outcome? Did you get the permit or not? If you got the permit, the reason they wouldn't per
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00252.html (8,899 bytes)
- 262. C4XL &C3...stackable? (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 13:23:55 EST
- The stacking space you pick will be a compromise, as you are trying to accomodate 20-10. Fortunately the performance curves are very gentle. For my stack of a TH6/TH6/TH7, the top spacing is 36', and
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00374.html (7,627 bytes)
- 263. C4XL &C3...stackable? (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:21:30 EST
- The stacking space you pick will be a compromise, as you are trying to accomodate 20-10. Fortunately the performance curves are very gentle. For my stack of a TH6/TH6/TH7, the top spacing is 36', and
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00437.html (7,636 bytes)
- 264. Fwd: TIC ring rotors (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:59:14 EST
- Big antennas, high in the sky, are better than small ones, low. Simple: 1/800-TIC- RING Fred K1VR -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Admi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00442.html (7,362 bytes)
- 265. Towers and Building Permits (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:46:59 EST
- Big antennas, high in the sky, are better than small ones, low. On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:44:23 -0500 jleikhim@nettally.com (Leikhim, Joe) writes: K1VR: In my experience (I've been involved in over fift
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00543.html (9,952 bytes)
- 266. Water Pipe (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 10:59:11 EST
- Big antennas, high in the sky, are better than small ones, low. K1VR opines: Rod's words should be included in the towertalk FAQ (big hint to K7LXC). In my youth, I tried to operate the W1AF station.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00039.html (9,358 bytes)
- 267. Rohn HDBX-48 (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 10:55:23 EST
- K1VR opines: When I've worked on X brace towers, I've always worn steel shank hiking boots with a Vibram (tm) sole. Helps immensely. But they are still painful to work on. -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00075.html (7,919 bytes)
- 268. Rohn 25 bolts (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 23:10:03 EST
- Fred Hopengarten, K1VR Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105 * 617/259-0088 e-mail: k1vr@juno.com Big antennas, high in the sky, are better than small ones, low. K1VR opines: I used stainless st
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00258.html (8,329 bytes)
- 269. W6QHS Book on Mods etc. (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 07:59:39 EST
- Craig Clark's (ex-NX1G, now W1JCC) Ham Radio Bookstore has an 800 #, takes credit cards and ships with the very next UPS truck. I buy several books a year from him. Especially nice when you want to s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00263.html (7,625 bytes)
- 270. Rohn bolts (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 10:19:58 EST
- K1VR: I think this is a worthy thread. A tip on acquiring "Never Seize": It is sold by John Deere dealers throughout the U.S. and Canada, and perhaps around the world, in a small can with screw top a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00270.html (8,885 bytes)
- 271. Rohn bolts (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 17:47:22 EST
- On Tue, 17 Dec 1996 21:41:08 +0000 "n4si" <n4si@mail.techinter.com> writes: Rod: I've always been able to torque a bolt tight enough to break it. Fred K1VR -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00287.html (7,820 bytes)
- 272. Plymouth 85 CW (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:08:59 EST
- Gene -- And others who asked: Plymouth Rubber Co., Inc., Canton, MA, makes a product they call Premium 85 CW, catalog Number 4240. It is 3/4 inch x .0085 in. x 66 feet (19 mm x ,216 mm x 20 m) and th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00302.html (7,972 bytes)
- 273. Radial wire plows (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 16:47:28 EST
- K1VR relates: That's my method. I use a four foot and thin ground rod, which I slightly curved (so that it would come back up out of the ground). Drill a hole at one end and sharpen the other end. Re
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00430.html (9,860 bytes)
- 274. Feeding Stacked TH-6s (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 21:32:54 EST
- Jeff: I have a three stack of TH6/TH6/TH7 (a TH19!). I put five Chomeric beads (the ones that just barely fit over RG-213) on the coax, secured them in place with a tie wrap (so they wouldn't slide b
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00229.html (8,600 bytes)
- 275. Feeding Stacked TH-6s (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 12:45:49 EST
- AMEN! When I stacked a TH6 over a TH7, I discovered that physically mounting the BN-86 baluns the same way put the baluns "out of phase" due to the TH7 dual driven element. That cost me sorely two ye
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00235.html (7,886 bytes)
- 276. Cable Clips (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:11:48 EST
- I have some cable clips (u-bolt and saddle) on which the galvanizing is apparently a little thin. After only four years, they have begun to rust. I just bought a box of 100 5/16" SS nuts, but is ther
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00244.html (6,706 bytes)
- 277. Open in coax (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 01:37:38 EDT
- K1VR: Curious. I discovered the same problem last winter here. When things got REALLY cold last February, my 40 meter beam stopped working. The problem turned out to be that an N connector splice in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00168.html (9,467 bytes)
- 278. US Tower MA40 Plan Part II (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 01:52:45 EDT
- Joe: No attorney (and I am one) will ever advise you to act illegally. But I think you need some more sophisticated lawyering. I don't know CA law, but this is just another structure. In the U.S., if
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00221.html (13,589 bytes)
- 279. K1XX Nonsynchronous Balun (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 11:07:55 EDT
- Several people queried me as to what I meant by a K1XX Nonsynchronous balun -- to transition between the use of 75 ohm hardline and my Cusuhcraft 40-2CD. It is described in the now defunct magazine H
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00271.html (7,255 bytes)
- 280. Building Code (score: 1)
- Author: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
- Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 17:34:20 EDT
- Last week, someone in CA sent me a note suggesting an addition to my guidelines on documents you may need to apply for a tower permit. Instead of saving early and often, I let it go and then lost it
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00283.html (6,709 bytes)
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