- 1. [TowerTalk] Inspecting tower sections (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:23:06 -0600
- Interesting, looked up SS-30 and it reads : SS-30 Antisieze compound for stainless steel, contains pure metallic copper in a non - melting grease base. Uses: battery terminals and bus bar connections
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-12/msg00160.html (11,638 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] FS: HyGain 204BA(S) SS_Clamp Kit (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 16:20:30 -0600
- Tried calling and ordering parts yesterday, everything I wanted is out of stock.. common parts.. they said check back in a few weeks as some parts were being shipped in.. Anyone know where to get a r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-12/msg00512.html (7,372 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] T2X Brake circuit mod (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:45:26 -0600
- I think you may want the brake to release ahead of the motor trying to turn is the idea behind the brake first switch.. the brake wedge needs to pull out of the teeth before the motor trys to turn or
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-11/msg00162.html (8,584 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] T2X in 25G (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:40:50 -0500
- Jim, dont group all of us "engineers" in that group. Dont appreciate that at all. Unless you care to be grouped into the "shark" profession that brings a lot more comments than the engineering profes
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00247.html (10,026 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] To pin or not (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 19:08:05 -0500
- You guys have me worried mentioning how hard it is to drill 4130. Just put a 20 foot stick of 4130 1/4inch wall in my tower. I drilled 2 holes 3/8 diameter through it to pin it to a prop pitch to mas
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00155.html (13,984 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] To pin or not Rrilling 4130 (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 07:50:32 -0500
- Thanks Hank for the info, thought it was just me going senile, I use quality drill bits from a machine shop and they go through very easy. Speed is very important depending on drill size.. Maybe the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00168.html (8,352 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Lightning 'porcupines' & rods (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:47:48 -0500
- Cannot comment from experience, but noticed when on trips to China that al parts of the country use very large porcupines there, they have them on all towers, high rise buildings have huge ones and s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00322.html (11,245 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] computer niise (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 17:30:02 -0500
- Using a CTX 17" here sitting tight against the FT1000, no noise from the monitor, have some noise from the printer cable that runs behind the 1000, need to put some toroids on that cable.. Your milea
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00027.html (9,234 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Parallel conduits (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:10:17 -0500
- Not a problem here, have both parallel conduits and 110 ran in one with the coax, no problems on receive even with beverage antennas. Just use good shielded coax, decouple you receiving feedlines on
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00512.html (8,625 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Parallel conduits (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:10:17 -0500
- Dont have my copy of the NEC here so cant confirm, some of us still live in the free world of USA where inspections dont happen and you can use some common sense in home use. How many hams have anten
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00518.html (11,264 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] 40 meter cushcraft (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:36:21 -0500
- Seems I remeber someone mentioning that they had converted a cushcraft 2 el 40 to 3 el. Can someone point me in the right direction or has that info handy? Also looking for a cushcraft 2el 40 if some
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00300.html (6,853 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Lightning protection grounding (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:33:46 -0500
- 160M? Been feeding a US HDX72 for years in the N4KG method with no problems. It goes up and down 4 to 6 times a year for heavy wind, in the spring usually.. Thought about using large braid from top
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00318.html (9,715 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] WTB rohn flipover (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:21:23 -0500
- May be in the market for a Rohn 25 or 45 Flipover tower. Am making a trip from ILL to AZ in the next week so could pick up something along the way.. Needs to be reasonable price and good shape.. Any
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00321.html (6,833 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Prop Pitch Speed Up (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:47:15 -0600
- Real Primo way to junk a perfectly good rotator, what he did not know was how much torque reduction was lost doing this. If you use one proberly with the proper DC voltage to the motor they turn as f
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00262.html (10,640 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] LMR600 (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 20:02:20 -0500
- Does anyone know of a reasonable source for some fittings for LMR600 ? I need 4 fittings. Or if someone has some I have some new hardline fittings to swap.. OR does anyone have some 1/2 inch hardline
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00467.html (6,798 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Coax breakin? (fwd) (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:16:34 -0500
- You are exactly correct in assuming the technical knowledge of hams has sunk to a all time low. But the problem is not fixed by trying to dumb down the articles to match the dummies, how about bring
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00093.html (9,584 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] Anti-Lightning devices (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:23:45 -0500
- I think Steve is correct, lot of conjecture about the subject, just one comment, for anyone who has traveled to China and looked around at antenna's etc. All you can see is the spikey devices sticki
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00095.html (8,599 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Coax breakin? (fwd) (score: 1)
- Author: k9fd@htc.net (Merv Schweigert)
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 13:47:03 -0500
- education Ed let me clarify if I can, dont think I made any generalization as to all present day ops as dummies, as I said above dont dumb down the articles for the lower technical abilities of some
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00106.html (8,741 bytes)
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