- 1. [TowerTalk] TowerTalk FAQ, Still down... (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Michael Foerster)
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 21:45:53 -0500
- I've been trying to read the TowerTalk FAQ on Gin Poles, but it's been down for about 6 months. Does anyone know if it will be fixed? Mike List Sponsor: ChampionRadio.com - Trylon self-supporting tow
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00101.html (8,666 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Matching 75 ohm hardline for 3 bands (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Michael Foerster)
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 11:59:56 -0500
- Roger, I think that you're right. I must have read the table wrong, showing that I would have 6db of loss. After reading your mail, and rethinking this, adding the hard-line and the mismatch losses o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-04/msg00007.html (8,993 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Bent Mast (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Michael Foerster)
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:01:47 -0500
- Another thought just hit me. Perhaps it might be possible to straighten the mast back upright with less stress than previously talked about. Tie a rope about 3-4 feet ABOVE the bend. Make a pipe that
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-04/msg00506.html (9,984 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] power winch (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Mike Foerster)
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 09:05:51 -0600
- There's still another side to the power winch and safety. A neighbor has a crank up tower that got away from him, using the factory crank, and a broken hand was the result. A power winch would have e
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-03/msg00061.html (8,855 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Rope suggestions? (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Michael Foerster)
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:06:19 -0600
- Not sure about the rope, but it might be worthwhile considering a tension spring on one end to allow for temperature changes. Farm stores sell special compression springs for electric fences that are
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-03/msg00332.html (8,059 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Matching 75 ohm hardline for 3 bands (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Michael Foerster)
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:02:40 -0600
- Is there a solution for matching 75 ohm hard-line to a triband antenna? I have a 6 meter, 2 meter and 440 antenna on my tower with 100 ft of 9913 feeding it. At 440, it's probably about 6 dB loss. I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-03/msg00692.html (8,106 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Gamma Match Question (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Mike Foerster)
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 19:33:42 -0600
- I have the boom on my TH11DX loaded on 40 meters using a gamma match. I isolated the truss wires and fed one side through a capacitor. Problem is that the closest that I was able to get to resonance
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-02/msg00181.html (7,630 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] G5RV or Dipoles (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Mike Foerster)
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:38:00 -0600
- or a If you use a common feedpoint, keep some separation between the two dipoles. I tried running a 75/40 dipole with close spacing and had trouble with the 40 meter version, couldn't get the SWR do
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00000.html (8,137 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Re: Dipoles or G5RV (score: 1)
- Author: mike.foerster@home.com (Mike Foerster)
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:20:15 -0600
- With a metal roof, a vertical could be worth considering... Mike W0IH -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-R
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00001.html (7,377 bytes)
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