- 1. [TowerTalk] tower ID (score: 1)
- Author: k4za@juno.com (Don Daso)
- Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 22:43:29 -0400
- I need help identifying a recent acquistion. I have what I believe is a VESTO tower, (I'm saying this based on appearance. It looks like the ads in QST, circa 1960s). This 70-foot, four-legged tower
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00112.html (7,396 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Vesto tower (score: 1)
- Author: k4za@juno.com (Don Daso)
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:45:07 -0500
- I have what I believe is a VESTO tower, recently given to me. (I'm saying this based on appearance. It looks like the ads in QST, circa 1960s.) This 70-foot, four-legged tower is quite robust & I int
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00102.html (7,276 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] 402CD info (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:03:48 -0400
- Acquired 402CD but without the LCA (loading coils). Obviously wound on something 1-inch diameter (phenolic or fiberglas, I would guess), but what about the number of turns, the wire size/spacing? Any
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-10/msg00342.html (6,988 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] epoxy with concrete (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:02:22 -0500
- Yes, it's truly amazing stuff. I first became impressed w/its wonderful properties way back in the early 80s, filming the story of the Linn Cove Viaduct--the final piece in the Blue Ridge Parkway roa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-02/msg00053.html (7,023 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] 45/55 Star Guy (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:45:21 -0500
- Once upon a time, I acquired a Star Guy for 25G that was not one-piece, & therefore could be retro-fitted to the tower at any point. I need to do that again, although this time with 45 & 55G. Looking
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00186.html (6,964 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] potting heads? (score: 1)
- Author: "k4za@juno.com" <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:43:49 GMT
- hi Gang: Anyone by chance have some of the old Phillystran potting heads, #9902??? I need a batch (yes I have some New Unused old style Phillystran). I need at least 24....any/all help appreciated!!
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-01/msg00113.html (7,207 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Any tower installers that live around Raleigh(NC) area? (score: 1)
- Author: "k4za@juno.com" <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:11:11 GMT
- I can probably help you. Check the reviews on eham.net for example. Am up in MD on E Shore at moment (lousy Internet/cell coverage) but home in few days, then local NCSC jobs, then back up hr, then t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-06/msg00475.html (7,903 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Served cable ends (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:41:49 -0400
- Earlier this year (a few weeks before he became a SK), I did some maintainence work for N4UH. Three of his six towers had served ends on some of the Crosby-clipped EHS guy wires. ALL of those cables
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-07/msg00336.html (7,217 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] NBC's Tower Dogs (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:22:42 -0400
- As a video production guy, & as a guy who's now paying his bills doing tower work, I watched the program with several preconceptions. I'll guess the NATE folks won't be too happy, but as hams--guys w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-07/msg00585.html (8,828 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Best way of getting a line over a tree (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:49:30 -0500
- Like many, I began my ham radio antenna adventures with wires... Like many, I simply threw or tossed a line over a tree, or a branch, anyway.. Like many, I soon graduated to something slightly more s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00616.html (9,413 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] TELREX Big Bertha (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 09:40:35 -0400
- In need of schematic for original Telrex Big Bertha (the original small, 105-ft pole) rotator. Any help, links, PDFs, et cetera, most appreciated. And will gladly pay postage, of course, if you wish
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-05/msg00406.html (6,944 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] XM-240 question (score: 1)
- Author: k4za <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:25:11 -0400
- Anyone able to "sweep" their XM-240 & tell me what the secondary or second resonance point is? TU & vy 73 de Don K4ZA ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00278.html (6,871 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] C3i still in business? (score: 1)
- Author: k4za <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:20:57 -0400
- In a word, no... C3i Antennas closed in 2007, when the business was purchased by Ariane Arrays. Then, early in 2008, Ariane Arrays closed down. Antenna inventory, machinery and test equipment sold at
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-06/msg00089.html (7,093 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] soldering radials (or any outdoor connection) (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:38:56 -0400
- The preferred method is to use Silver Solder. Typical rosin-core connections will deteriorate over time through exposure and/or contact with minerals in the soil, acid rain, & temperature cycles. Usu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00302.html (7,209 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] rotating towers, et al (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:29:25 -0400
- There's obviously some confusion rampant here...W9GE's tower installation using K0XG hardware rotates, I believe K1TTT's tower uses the K0XG orbital ring rotator, which is a simple "apples & oranges"
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-08/msg00229.html (7,261 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss? (score: 1)
- Author: don daso <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:42:06 -0500
- I seem to recall K2TNO doing a little presentation on this at Dayton many, many years ago. Lab grade test gear measurements w/an enormous string of connectors & adapters. The measured loss (real worl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-01/msg00258.html (8,768 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] 25G & masts... (score: 1)
- Author: <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 05:51:48 -0400
- Guys, all this analysis is good, but the simple fact remains that w/25G & the Rohn AS25G, there are only two places where the rotator can actually be mounted! Either at the top "opening" or at the lo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-04/msg00124.html (7,386 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] FALL PROTECTION (score: 1)
- Author: <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:10:45 -0500
- In a word, NO! It's the 21st century, & if you're going to be climbing a tower (your own or anyone's), then you need to be wearin\g/using proper gear, which today means a Fall Arrest System. A system
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2017-12/msg00107.html (7,320 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] old literature?? (score: 1)
- Author: <k4za@juno.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:23:57 -0500
- Any chance someone on this list might have a copy of the advertising brochure Advanced Radio Devices put out detailing their "ahead of its time" rotator? I'd like to either borrow it, or get some hig
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-02/msg00338.html (6,751 bytes)
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