- 1. [TowerTalk] Tower Lubrication (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 13:42:39 -0500
- Hi Ken Have a look on a WD40 can. You will not find the word "lubricant" anywhere. It is more of a cleaning agent. Mike and pulleys. == Mike Walker VA3MW Corbeil Contest Club -- FAQ on WWW: http://ww
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00085.html (8,585 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Tower Lubrication (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 16:50:16 -0500
- Hi Ed Not sure why Nasa did it (nor was I aware), but it does dry and it is used more as a cleaning agent. For cables and such, where you need the "grease" on the cable, this would not surfice. I'm s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00092.html (10,325 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Tower failures due to ice (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:52:34 -0500
- Hi All A friend of mine just got back from Kingston Ontario (one of the very hard hit Ice storm areas) and saw 1 600 ft tower that just collapsed due to the 4" of ice on it. He said all the guys wher
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-01/msg00246.html (8,771 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] 110 Vac up a tower (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 10:32:00 -0500
- As a thought, why not convert the 110ac to 24ac...run it up the tower and then convert it back to 110 ac if you really require this voltage for the relays? This way, you also limit the amount of curr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00030.html (12,675 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] EZNEC question (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 15:52:22 -0500
- Dave We modelled this with AO and put it into play for CQWW SSB 97. Worked great. Ken VA3SK, did some of the work on this, and he will likely respond to this as well. Here is a quote we just sent to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00204.html (10,338 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Climbing Belt with Leg straps?? (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 10:23:39 -0500
- Hi All I would highly recommed the climbing harness by DBI-Sala. I've seen it advertised in a couple of ham magazines (I just quickly looked in the Dec CQ and it wasn't there, so it might have been Q
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00398.html (9,474 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Re: T2X starting problem (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 14:12:59 -0500
- Have you considered that the lockup might be somewhere else and not with the rotator? If your thrust bearings are actually using bearings, you might have a spot when it locks up. In 20 years, I've ne
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00402.html (11,020 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Linear Loaded 160M (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 08:59:10 -0500
- Hi All I just built one of these and installed in on my 50ft tower with the linear loading section about 11 feet off the ground. We also modelled it under AO (I have the file if anyone wants it). It
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00544.html (8,986 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Keeping Beverages Straight? (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:57:23 -0500
- Bill I have to agree. We run our 1000ft beverage (measured with a GPS so, plus and minus SA) through the woods, and terminated at each end. This one of those things where you don't need to measure it
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00277.html (10,051 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] RE: BN-86 High Power (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 08:57:36 -0500
- I would not use a BN-86 at anything over 100w. Having worked in a ham store for a number of years, we used to see them all the time. Came back looking like someone had them in an oven. Even when peop
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00517.html (7,877 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] 80M lazy sloper (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 11:01:41 -0400
- At VA3SK, we will be installing a switchable "lazy sloper" for CQWW this weekend (if the snow stops). This design has a middle feedpoint in each dipole with the ends of the dipole at the top and appr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00606.html (8,694 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Tower Accident (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 11:44:29 -0500
- Does anyone have any of the details on the tower accident in Alabama?? We where getting ready for CQWW and just heard about it over the air on 20m. Manythanks...mike VA3MW -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00742.html (7,215 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] MODS for TS570D ??? (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 17:00:03 -0400
- Hi Marc The TS-570D is different in its internal diode matix then the ones sent to North America. You might want to check with the dealer and he will be able to obtain information from Kenwood that w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00048.html (8,608 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] MODS for TS570D ??? (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 16:55:52 -0400
- -- Michael K. Walker Legato Systems (Canada) Inc. Escalation Managment 3390 South Service Road (905) 637-4738 Burlington, ON http://www.legato.com L7N 3J5 pager: 1480111@pagemart.net -- FAQ on WWW: h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00049.html (8,786 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] KT-34XA Balun (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 10:22:32 -0400
- Hi John We (Corbeil Contest Club-VA3SK) regularly use radio works current baluns, and I just installed one the TH6 I just rebuilt and hauled up the tower on Sunday. I'd recommend it. Mike VA3MW -- Mi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00227.html (7,905 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] mobile antenna (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:10:28 -0400
- Jim I own a High Sierra antenna and I would recommend it highly. I have used it for over a year with great success. I've looked at several, and this one is one of the best quality ones I've seen. It
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00249.html (9,612 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] T2X meter plate needed. (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.Legato.COM (Mike Walker)
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:41:31 -0400
- Steve Give Hy-Gain a call and ask for Linda. She might even send you a new one for free. They aren't very expensive (if you have to buy it) and you'll have a new one in a couple of days. I order from
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00301.html (8,268 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] DX4Win (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.legato.com (Mike Walker)
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 13:58:34 -0400
- I have been using Dx4win v1.08 (which works fine with my IC-756), but with v1.10, I can't get it to communicate. Can anyone who has a IC-756 (or Icom of recent erra, like IC-706, 775) see if they can
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00767.html (8,255 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] Mobile Antenna Mount (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.Legato.COM (Mike Walker)
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 11:34:24 -0400
- Hi Although it is a little large, I would highly recommend any of the screwdriver designs. (High Sierra being my favourite) I've used hustler, and the rest of the whips, but the tunable High Sierra i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00394.html (8,961 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Trap Resonance (score: 1)
- Author: mwalker@geronimo.Legato.COM (Mike Walker)
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 08:47:39 -0400
- Hi Peter I'm just going through the same thing. 10M traps 27.6Mhz 15M traps 20.6Mhz (the above information is from Hygains web page) You should use a grid dip meter to do the testing, but I could use
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00411.html (9,751 bytes)
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