- 301. [Towertalk] questions... (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:35:12 -0400
- center to center on the legs is same same, I have even mixed the two (not deliberatley) without realizing it in the past - easiest way to spot difference is to count the number of horizontal rungs...
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00262.html (8,407 bytes)
- 302. [Towertalk] RE: true north?, true north? (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:15:44 -0400
- just look out for wasps while your doing the polishing... To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00324.html (9,427 bytes)
- 303. [Towertalk] Guy Grip Question (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:04:10 -0400
- Caution, there is also a downside.... On your upper guy grips - that attach to the tower leg... If you constrain moisture at the end of those wraps it can corrode the guy wire leading to guy failure.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00339.html (10,494 bytes)
- 304. [Towertalk] Any glaring discrepancies? (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:22:51 -0400
- Why not bring all your coaxes to the ground....and install the coax switch there... Why? In case of failure of the switch it is a piece of cake to diagnose and fix it.... Initially this is a bigger c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00430.html (12,322 bytes)
- 305. [Towertalk] Non-stretch rope? (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:38:05 -0400
- if we get lucky, K4XS - a major KLM user might chime in and tell us about what he uses to replace those 5 hole blocks KLM used to provide.... K4OJ n9en@voyager.net Textiles
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00464.html (9,998 bytes)
- 306. [Towertalk] HDR-300 (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:28:12 -0400
- I think a friend has two fo those rotors if someone is looking for replacements for theirs...I will blind copy him and he can post to Towertalk on their availability. 73, Jim, K4OJ lucky. 15
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00467.html (8,005 bytes)
- 307. [Towertalk] Rivets, Clamps, Screws etc (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:24:40 -0400
- another guy here in Floirda REALLY blew me away...paud him a visit and he was putting up a stack of 15 meter yagis...he welcomed me and told me it was heat shrink day... He had obtained some heat shr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00503.html (8,587 bytes)
- 308. [Towertalk] Re: Hy-Tower (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:35:02 -0400
- we used to have one of those....it never struck nme as being anything special other than somewhat more rugged than a tubular aluminum vertical. Watch for rust - our really rusted bad at the base! Gla
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00504.html (7,910 bytes)
- 309. [Towertalk] Re: Any glaring discrepancies? -- Summary (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:13:59 -0400
- this bri gs up an interesting question.... how close to the top plate should one put the bottom antenna in a stack... mechanically placing it as low as possible mean a smaller "moment" affecting the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00556.html (9,022 bytes)
- 310. [Towertalk] anti-seize ? (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:46:19 -0400
- I believe you will see that No-Alox is indeed formulated for aluminum...yes there are other compunds out there but my experience it is the least expensive (even is in Home Depot). I have been using i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00609.html (8,311 bytes)
- 311. [Towertalk] Mixing EHS and Phillystran (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:05:55 -0400
- Years ago at the beginning of the "relector" revolution where we shared our experiences I seem to remember K3LR informing the group to beware of those short lengths of "real" guy wire near the tower.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00611.html (9,848 bytes)
- 312. [Towertalk] Coper Paste (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:13:25 -0400
- I haven't seen it at Graybar....perhaps one of the other wholesale houses that supplies the utilities has it... sri...hope you get yours in time for the Florida QSO Party! 73, Jim, K4OJ to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00624.html (7,930 bytes)
- 313. [Towertalk] Cable purchase source info requested (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:21:33 -0400
- If you can make the underground run of the conduit such that the low spot is at each end of the run - and it is at the hgihest altitude in the middle any large amounts of conensation will tend to mov
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00625.html (13,399 bytes)
- 314. [Towertalk] driving ground rods (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:45:54 -0400
- Takwe it easier on your back OM.... Rent a construction demolition hammer (like a Bosch) and get the attachment which slides over the end that will surround the ground rod - looks kind of like a deep
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00673.html (10,298 bytes)
- 315. [Towertalk] Another Heavy Duty rotator... (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:50:25 -0400
- I wanna hear more about this rotor, too....it looks great on the website....alsodon't forget that the Rotor Doctor now has his own Rotator which works with a Ham-# control box and has more ummph than
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00725.html (11,053 bytes)
- 316. [Towertalk] Sourcing Products (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:59:51 -0400
- Steve, Being realistic it ain't that they, the ham dealers, are uninformed - they make money selling what they sell - not what they don't...in a nutshell this is the beauty of discussion groups like
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00727.html (11,793 bytes)
- 317. [Towertalk] Prosistel Rotors (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:12:09 -0400
- I believe we are witnessing the advantage of a well designed gear train doing the job of pointing an antenna... At the heart of the Big Boys and a few others like the Creates is a drive train using a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00728.html (10,518 bytes)
- 318. [Towertalk] T2X Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:18:19 -0400
- Look at the inside of the upper housing, there is a "spot" for the end of the spring loaded arm to mate into - it is critical that you get the "tip" into that recess on the top...as the top casting s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00729.html (8,813 bytes)
- 319. [Towertalk] OAKUM (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 01:33:46 -0400
- Mark - I think they thought it was some sort of by-product form country western singer Dwight! K4OJ -- Original Message -- From: "Mark" <AA6DX@pacbell.net> To: "SF_ARES" <SF_ARES@yahoogroups.com>; "W
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00742.html (8,310 bytes)
- 320. [Towertalk] OAKUM (score: 1)
- Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 01:47:06 -0400
- in addition to plumbers using oakum I do believe it was used in the building of tall ships, etc. - as filler in between boards...seem to remember seeing a tool for coercing it into the crack which yo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-04/msg00743.html (10,498 bytes)
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