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261. [TowerTalk] Antenna/mast height above tower? (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:24:43 +0000; Having just spent the weekend up and down all three of my towers (and I hate climbing mast steps also), each tower has only one antenna up top. One antenna is a KT36XA and all are 1 foot above the to; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00882.html (7,991 bytes)
262. Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna/mast height above tower? (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:32:05 +0000; Two of my towers use TailTwister rotators which have a mast clamp that allows the mast to be moved sideways a bit from the rotator in order to free up the rotator. Actually what I do is to place a sm; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00906.html (9,564 bytes)
263. Re: [TowerTalk] Grounding System (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:40:14 +0000; I'll chime in please. "Seems to me that a tower located 200' from the house is a different animal than one attached to the house." I would agree but it wouldn't hurt to connect the tower ground to th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00356.html (9,191 bytes)
264. [TowerTalk] 45G Info (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:14:29 +0000; The online Rohn catalog is at: http://www.radiancorp.com/ROHNNET/rohnnet2004/html2004/index.html Click on On-Line Catalog Then GT Series Then 45G Now you have to pick your wind loading. Let's assume; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00397.html (7,395 bytes)
265. [TowerTalk] 45G Tower (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:21:02 +0000; I also have a 120 ft. 45 up using the same tapered base. Some piks found at: http://www.qsl.net/nidxa/kb9cry/kb9cry_40meterAnt.htm I'll be happy to share my experiences. Phil KB9CRY _________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00398.html (6,886 bytes)
266. [TowerTalk] Ice Sleeves (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:26:46 +0000; I use two large black UV resistant cable ties. I wouldn't use tape since that could tend to trap moisture. I inspect the cable ties during every annual inspection. Phil KB9CRY _______________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-08/msg00400.html (6,427 bytes)
267. [TowerTalk] Lightning Arrestors (score: 1): Author: Phil Camera <kb9cry@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:16:32 -0500; I would like to get some real world knowledge about the use of gas tube First, it's lightning, not lightening (that's bleach). Some of the names out here are Polyphaser, Alpha And don't forget ICE (I; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00092.html (7,982 bytes)
268. [TowerTalk] Safety (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:48:55 +0000; but frankly if everything we did required OSHA approval (or TowerTalk approval for that matter) much less would get accomplished in the world. As a trained Health & Safety engineer, I totally disagre; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00214.html (6,792 bytes)
269. [TowerTalk] 45G Fdn (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:41:59 +0000; 1. Do I really use rebar for my CB2 hole? Yes, really. You need Qty=4, No. 4 bars vertical and None horizontal (but won't hurt to install them to hold the verticals in place during the pour). If so,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00233.html (7,906 bytes)
270. [TowerTalk] Blets vs. Full Body Harness (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:16:55 +0000; "Seems the classic Lineman's belt, used for decades in various forms in tower climbing, pole climbing and tree climbing, has been superseded by the modern design full body harness, with continuous, a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00299.html (8,049 bytes)
271. [TowerTalk] Lightning Advice (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:25:20 +0000; Ed here's my input, for what its worth. "Still using disconnects to everything on my desk. Does that sound like a good plan?" No, that sounds like a bad plan. Merely disconnecting cables inside of yo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00315.html (8,195 bytes)
272. Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Advice/Ground Potentials (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:32:08 +0000; I'll attempt a more non-technical explanation for why you need all your grounds (Tower, SPG, Shack, Electrical, Arrestors) to be bonded together. Say that you have all of the above bonded together ex; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00326.html (8,627 bytes)
273. [TowerTalk] SPG & Service Entrance Grounds. (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:25:27 +0000; A couple of points to clarify from recent posts: "Now I am confused Gary. I thought the tower ground was tied in with everything else. Unless, like a friend of mine who's tower is 300 ft from his hou; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00368.html (8,288 bytes)
274. [TowerTalk] SPG=1 or More Rods? (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:29:05 +0000; You mention a ground right at the tower and another grounded bulkhead at the house entrance. That sounds like two grounds to me. Why do you call one of them a Single Point Ground when there are clear; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00369.html (7,539 bytes)
275. [TowerTalk] It can be Done! (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:42:53 +0000; "Simple, but wrong." Nope simple and it works. The arrestor manufacturers have done lot of testing and calculations and real world testing of their products. The proof? Do any of the commercial radio; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00371.html (10,421 bytes)
276. [TowerTalk] Lightning in the Earth (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:05:04 +0000; lightning strike could easily travel through 50 yards of earth looking to equalize the earth/air voltage difference even further, and your equipment unfortunately, was in the way. I'm not saying it w; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00382.html (7,392 bytes)
277. [TowerTalk] Yes it really can be done. (score: 1): Author: Phil Camera <kb9cry@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:35:34 -0500; Lightning can and will get you, if it decides you are worth getting! I can't say with 100% certainty that I will survive the mother of all strikes. But, I do know that 99% will be properly directed i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00430.html (7,319 bytes)
278. [TowerTalk] No ground? (score: 1): Author: Phil Camera <kb9cry@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:39:40 -0500; Sort of the "lightning does not see me" idea. While I have argued this issue with him I was looking for technical documentation why his reasoning is false. Any information to disclaim the no ground a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00469.html (6,884 bytes)
279. [TowerTalk] Ground wire (score: 1): Author: Phil Camera <kb9cry@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:08:38 -0500; Nope, per NEC, #6 or larger. I use #4 bare solid. Don't go cheap now; do it right. -- Phil Camera, KB9CRY Lockport, IL http://nidxa.org/memberWWW/kb9cry_home.htm _____________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00579.html (6,854 bytes)
280. [TowerTalk] Strike Post Analysis (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net (Phil Camera); Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:32:41 +0000; The bottom line is that if there's a way inside, lightning will find Virtually all analyses done after a strike has done damage will show some element of a properly designed and installed grounding s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00618.html (7,534 bytes)

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