- 41. [TowerTalk] TA-33 feed (score: 1)
- Author: Mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Mark Lowell)
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:02:37 -0400
- Absolutely! I have two friends with TA-33's. This is a balanced antenna with a simple dipole feed driven element. The coax line is unbalanced. You need a simple but effective choke balun as Tom alre
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00689.html (10,184 bytes)
- 42. [TowerTalk] Switching Controls to Multiple rotors (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Mark Lowell, N1LO)
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:47:56 -0400
- OK, favor me while I brainstorm 'out loud'... I like Chad's idea of using relays. Run a single, master rotor control wire from the control in the shack to pass by all of the rotors in a daisy chain f
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00973.html (9,270 bytes)
- 43. [TowerTalk] Understanding Lightning Abatement (?) (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Thu, 4 Jun 98 15:58:14 -0400
- I have been following the threads about lightning with great interest, starting from way back in the past archives of this reflector. There are some really great comments in the archives from people
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00147.html (14,041 bytes)
- 44. [TowerTalk] Elevated Foldover Grounding (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 98 09:57:57 -0400
- Ed, I am replying to your questions on the reflector so that all subscribers can share in the discussion and further contribute. Mark The consensus seems to be to connect ground straps to each of the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00222.html (11,590 bytes)
- 45. [TowerTalk] Rigging Coax for Rotation (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 98 08:24:16 -0400
- Greetings from Gloucester, VA I have been looking through the archives and haven't seen any guidelines about rigging the loops in coax when transitioning from the tower to the mast. I have two friend
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00558.html (8,469 bytes)
- 46. [TowerTalk] Rigging Coax for Rotation (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 98 08:22:43 -0400
- (I am posting some of the helpful replies I received - Mark) Mark, Had same problem. I just bolted a piece of pipe on one tower leg to the extent above the tower about 18". (OBVIOUSLY one can't do th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00602.html (8,264 bytes)
- 47. [TowerTalk] Conductivity of Cold Galvanizing (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 98 09:39:50 -0400
- <I am sending Sam my collection of 25 previous posts on this subject, <dating back up to two years ago. Fred, that was a really great, useful post about cold galvanizing. There is a tower company nea
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00673.html (7,155 bytes)
- 48. [TowerTalk] Method for Taping cables to your tower (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 98 09:27:07 -0400
- Greetings; I recently posted a question about attaching cables to the tower. Thank you to thise who responded. For those of us readers (including myself) who are looking for good basic how-to informa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00888.html (8,854 bytes)
- 49. [TowerTalk] FORMING COAX ROTATION LOOPS - Summary (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 98 09:40:48 -0400
- Thank you again, to all those that responded directly, with very helpful comments on forming said loops. Copying the reflector in your replies would put out the info for all in one stroke. I have par
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00890.html (9,076 bytes)
- 50. [TowerTalk] Managing Information (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 98 15:22:44 -0400
- <How do you cope with this giant flood of (often) valuable information?> Hubert, Greetings from Gloucester, Virginia. You're right! These messages, and the archives containing them, are a GOLD MINE!
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg01045.html (10,228 bytes)
- 51. [TowerTalk] [Fwd: Protected Land Area] (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 98 15:57:25 -0400
- Ed, I will take a stab at a direct answer for this one. One popular guideline is that a lighting rod provides a 'cone of protection' for objects below it. The rod must be connected to a 'good' ground
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg01048.html (9,150 bytes)
- 52. [TowerTalk] Lightning rod on top (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Mon, 4 May 98 12:38:16 -0400
- Greetings from Gloucester, VA. I am new to tower talk and have not yet seen this thread as I digest the immense archives. I can't imagine a better place to learn about erecting towers! I am planning
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00132.html (8,658 bytes)
- 53. [TowerTalk] Lightning rod on top (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Mon, 4 May 98 14:53:06 -0400
- I just read through the Precipitation Static thread in this month's archive (still catching up), and now it seems that a combination approach may be better. The static dissipators are apparently good
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00142.html (8,013 bytes)
- 54. [TowerTalk] concrete base type (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Tue, 5 May 98 14:34:45 -0400
- Which is more acceptable/desirable as a base for 110' of guyed R25G? 1) Short tower base section submerged in concrete. 2) Separate concrete base with anchor bolt/pin and a base plate adaptor. Does m
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00190.html (8,110 bytes)
- 55. [TowerTalk] Launching dipoles (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Tue, 19 May 98 09:31:31 -0400
- << Anyone have any safe and fairly effective ideas on launching dipoles into trees? <snip> 73, David Jones, KK7GW >> David, This method is a heckuvalot cheaper and a lot more fun. SETTING LINES IN TR
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00483.html (13,715 bytes)
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