Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 19:16:23 -0500
Free to a good home One, 8' solid Aluminum dish. It has a polar mount, but it should be easily adaptable to an azimuth/elevation mount. It's located (on the ground) about 4 1/2 miles west of downtown
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:39:29 -0500
Looks like it's found a home. Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member) N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2) www.rogerhalstead.com _______________________________________________ See: http:/
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:22:57 -0500
What belts do people recommend? There seems to be a wide range of prices. I wear a Kline Full floaating "belt" with two "D-rings", plus a safety harness. It's the same belt I see the guys from Consum
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:32:31 -0500
Supposing that what is described as "wire rope" is actually "aircraft cable"? Does that support higher loads? Probably not. Aircraft cable is going to be Stainless Steel and made to a set of specific
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:05:50 -0500
WHAT?? The average individual is now 300 lbs? I think these numbers are somehow incorrect. This may be the first time in my life I am proud to be 'below average' Now you know why an old guy like me h
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:32:43 -0500
I ran QSK as a Novice many, many, many years ago. At that time I only hoped to make 13 WPM. Javier, QSK will allow you to hear received characters between your sent characters. That is useful when tr
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:40:07 -0500
Seems like I remember receiving a note last night that their system had been compromised and they were working on it. At least I think it was them. I can't find the darn thing now. (well it was nigh
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 13:01:27 -0500
I like the tried and true method of torque balancing. If the rotor and/or tower aren't being pushed to their limits, I like the "It looks good to me" approach. IE, unless it's a potential problem wit
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 01:33:12 -0500
I worry more about resonances in the mast and the antenna elements than torque. I have room to spare with the rotor, but I'm pushing the limits for height above the tower. With the wind loading even
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:17:29 -0500
I rented a "trencher" which is like an over size chain saw on a heavy frame and 4 wheels. It digs a 4 or 5 inch wide trench up to around 3 1/2 feet deep. It took about an hour to dig the 140 feet fro
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 01:26:48 -0500
A number of us have been asking this for months. All other lists to which I belong drop a user when mail starts bouncing. The bounce messages go all the way back to last Summer. Roger Halstead (K8RI,
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:09:29 -0500
This is drifting a wee bit off topic, but... It would be simpler to eliminate subscriptions from e-mail forwarding accounts (e.g. qsl.net, arrl.net, amsat.org, ieee.org, etc.). I administer several l
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:23:49 -0500
Where is it going to be located? Below ground? Above ground? on top of the tower? I need to weatherproof a relay box. Under test conditions it accumulated an inch of water in the bottom over a six mo
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:32:51 -0500
I replied to this but it never turned up on TT at least in my mail. sooo here it is again. I think I can field this one easy enough as I have an 11' C and Ku-band dish hooked to one receiver, a small
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:37:57 -0500
I think I can field this one easy enough as I have an 11' C and Ku-band dish hooked to one receiver, a small "Dish Network" system with two receivers, and two UHF antennas (each with its own remote m
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:22:32 -0500
I see a number of posters using basically the same subject line "TowerTalk Digest". These subject lines do not tie to any thread, or question through the subject line. Often they only contain a reply
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:27:06 -0500
Don't forget there are ROHN 45s and there are ROHN 45s, then there are 55s and there are 55s. IE, not all 45s or 55s are created equal. Both are, or at least were available in hollow and solid leg fo
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:02:06 -0500
It depends on the area in which you live. Here it is simply the total height of the structure *excluding* antennas. They didn't even count the top mast, although I did for safety. It may be the heigh
Author: "K8RI on Tower Talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:07:15 -0500
I grab a hand full of mothballs and throw them into the conduit where it comes into the basement every fall. I will be implementing this tip in all the places I will have that will be like this. My p