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221. Re: [TowerTalk] [Tower Talk] Was something else - Now Radian specsvs. Peoria specs ?? (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:46:59 -0700 (PDT)
Don't know about the base dimensions but the anchor dimensions look all wrong! 2 ft X 2 ft X 1 foot deep??? I'd be more worried about the anchors than the base. BTW, my 60 ft R25 base is 2 X 2 X 3.5
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00754.html (8,565 bytes)

222. Re: [TowerTalk] Sheet copper ground (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:51:48 -0700 (PDT)
According to one of the companys that sell lightning rods and associated hardware, a 2 X 2 ft copper plate buried 2 ft down is a substitute for a ground rod. http://www.lightningrod.com/catalog1_rods
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00812.html (10,028 bytes)

223. Re: [TowerTalk] Need Advice on Cherry Picker (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 11:55:24 -0700 (PDT)
I'll second the praise for the Genie man lifts. We had the occasion last year at work to rent one for about six months. We needed to get a couple of guys (me) up about 20 feet to attached a large exp
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00088.html (8,646 bytes)

224. [TowerTalk] 10M Beam Question (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:14:22 -0700 (PDT)
Thinking sunspots, I spent some time looking thru my aluminum pile and I have plenty of stuff to build a 10M yagi. I could build a 105CA as I have a bunch of Hygain clamshell clamps and swaged elemen
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00146.html (6,947 bytes)

225. [TowerTalk] Woodpeckers and Antennas (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
Ok guys, time for a new thread. This was a new one on me. I have a bit of woods on my property and throughout the years have seen and heard various woodpeckers pecking away at dead trees. It very com
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00473.html (8,310 bytes)

226. Re: [TowerTalk] Force 12 340N interaction with 15 meters? (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:43:49 -0700 (PDT)
We briefly had a 4 El 15 eight feet above a 2 El 40 (full size elements) at W3GM's some years ago. The 40 was uneffected but the 15 was a big dummy load and never worked well. We swapped the 15 out a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00475.html (8,721 bytes)

227. Re: [TowerTalk] Feedline Coil or Loop?? (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:18:51 -0700 (PDT)
I've done mine that way and it's been fine for the last 28 years! I have two RG8-type feedlines taped together with the lower antenna being two feet above the tower top plate. 73, Stew... ___________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00900.html (14,035 bytes)

228. Re: [TowerTalk] Details on shunt feeding tower for 160? (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 05:50:58 -0700 (PDT)
In his book, "DXing on the Edge", Jeff K1ZM shows a neat way to construct a three-wire shunt feed cage. Since I have a seperate 80/160 vertical, I haven't tried Jeff's method. If I ever shunt feed my
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00199.html (7,814 bytes)

229. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Plates (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:17:44 -0700 (PDT)
Actually, some of the lightning protection equipment suppliers show a plate as being an alternative to a driven ground rod. Check out: http://www.lightningrod.com/catalog1_rods.html Scroll about half
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00353.html (8,593 bytes)

230. Re: [TowerTalk] guy wire "ice sleeves" (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:04:29 -0700 (PDT)
I installed some guy wire cable clamps a foot or so above the upper end of the guy grips on my 3/16 EHS guys. I figured that if ice slid down the the guy, it would hit the clamp and stop or would bre
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00410.html (10,670 bytes)

231. Re: [TowerTalk] Porcupine (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:39:09 -0700 (PDT)
Gee, I already have a plastic owl facing north on the tower. Are you telling me I need a porcupine too? LOL, Stew... http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk ___________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00486.html (8,567 bytes)

232. Re: [TowerTalk] Topband: Keeping tuning boxes dry. (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:59:11 -0700 (PDT)
Put a moth ball or two in the box before you install the cover. No more ants or bugs of any kind. I've done it for years in all of my outside enclosures (RF relay box, 80/160 switched L network box,
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00536.html (9,060 bytes)

233. Re: [TowerTalk] Insulated Rohn 25 (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:22:27 -0700 (PDT)
WX0B has some really nice R25/45/55 tower insulators. http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/towerinsulators.htm These look good but are pretty pricey... 73, Stew... http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00809.html (8,558 bytes)

234. Re: [TowerTalk] Insulated Rohn 25 (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:57:08 -0700 (PDT)
I also came across these which are quite a bit cheaper. http://www.comteksystems.com/tower-insulators.html http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/towerinsulators.htm http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00810.html (10,237 bytes)

235. [TowerTalk] Another R25 Base Insulator (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:50:34 -0700 (PDT)
Jon, AA1K, has a few pix of his home made tower base insulators. go to: http://www.aa1k.us/ click the "towers" button on the left and scroll about half way down. 73, Stew... _________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00829.html (6,657 bytes)

236. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: re Wooden poles (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:57:02 -0700 (PDT)
You half right. There a bear to put up. I helped put up a 100 footer some years ago. However, they are REAL easy to get down. Can you say "chain saw"? 73, Stew... ____________________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-10/msg00101.html (7,588 bytes)

237. Re: [TowerTalk] Fold/Tilt over towers (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:23:31 -0700 (PDT)
The tilt-over method described was originally designed by Gerry, W3GM (SK). He had 7 towers at his M/M contest station done this way. I believe that this is known as the "falling derrick" method in t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-10/msg00320.html (9,862 bytes)

238. [TowerTalk] Big Portable Tower for the Contest Weekends (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:23:10 -0700 (PDT)
Check this out! A 135 foot high portable tower. Parked in your driveway, it's just the thing for contest weekends. 73, Stew K3ND http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Antenna-Tower-Ham-Cell-FM-AB1309-Military-Tr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-10/msg00873.html (7,447 bytes)

239. Re: [TowerTalk] Green Power Lightbulb QRN (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:06:23 -0700 (PDT)
I have a bunch of them installed also but haven't found any to be noisy (so far!). However, I DID find that my low voltage halogen under-cabinet lights in the kitchen do generate some low-level noise
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-10/msg00883.html (8,495 bytes)

240. Re: [TowerTalk] W6NL moxon (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 11:19:12 -0800 (PST)
Is there an article or description of what is required to change over to the Moxon? I recall seeing a picture of the modified antenna (somewhere) but nothing else. I have the older 40-2CD and the con
/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00123.html (7,062 bytes)


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