- 1. [TowerTalk] Tower Stories (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 13:41:15 -0500
- Well since you guys asked for these in a earlier post, here's mine: Here at the station, before the major fall contests, I plan to put up 2 additional homemade verticals to feed in phase with my exis
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00113.html (7,337 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] More on Bobtails (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 09:44:19 -0500
- For our FD efforts, I used a Bobtail for 20CW. We had another antenna, a Double Extended Zepp, and I wasn't too pleased with it. It seems as though sigs were louder on the Bobtail than on the DEZ...
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00975.html (8,697 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Appropriate? (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 22:22:02 -0500
- <html><div>With all due respect sir:</div> <div>Bees are a real danger to tower climbers just as much as a falling tower. On this reflector, they will discuss how to stop your tower from falling, so
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00660.html (10,204 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] ICE Beverage (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:33:59 +0000
- Hello allDoes anyone know if ICE has a website regarding their Beverage matching box? Thanks, Cedrick-N9YXA == Cedrick W. Johnson- N9YXA, Z2/N9YXA Computer Software Spec., Merchants Bank 10X:67368, S
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00047.html (6,956 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] ICE Website (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 06:33:50 +0000
- Well, with many sources, I came up with the following sites: www.cablexperts.com/iceproducts.html www.iceltd.com /* Not online yet */ And, yielded what I needed. Thanks for the help, Cedrick- N9YXA =
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00061.html (7,025 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] balloon FD antenna (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 17:03:00 +0000
- If you have old issues of National Contest Journal, look on page 19 of the March/April 1996 issue. It talks about balooning a 160M vertical, but you can easily use it for verticals and the like at F.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00103.html (10,895 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Butternut Verticals (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (C.W. Johnson-N9YXA)
- Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:09:02 -0600
- I use the HF-9V for 80-10, and LOVE it! Worked about 160 countries on it since it's installation in February. Just recently added radials, and it performs like a champ. I'd recommend this vertical, a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00493.html (7,192 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Butternut Verticals (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (C.W. Johnson-N9YXA)
- Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:18:24 -0600
- (www.bencher.com), it looks like the HF9-V will operate on 160 with an optional kit. This antenna is again, a phenomenal performer! Just lay the radials down, and it performs like a champ. Hope this
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00494.html (7,126 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Launching dipoles (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (C.W. Johnson-N9YXA)
- Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:23:07 -0600
- What we used for Field Day, and what I use for permanent installations here, is I get some weatherproof/UV resistant nylon rope, tie it on to the end insulator, and tie the open end to a wrench (MAKE
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00495.html (9,264 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Silicon vs. Liquid Tape (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 17:28:07 +0000
- HiI recently bought two "sealants" for my antenna installation. One of these is the DAP aim and shoot silicon sealant stuff (no caulk gun needed). The question is: can I use this stuff on my Butternu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00113.html (7,657 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Oxidized R7-what to do? (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 22:57:26 +0000
- I would use Liquid Electrical Tape to cover antenna connections. I currently use it on my vertical, and recently had to remove it. Very easy to remove the bulk of it, but sometimes a little thin laye
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00549.html (9,531 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Wire for Radials (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:12:23 +0000
- I used solid copper 14 gauge electrical housewire, but I just put them in the ground a couple of weeks ago. It would be interesting to see what will come of these wires in the next year. 73, Cedrick
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00987.html (9,543 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Ice on Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:02:49 +0000
- I am in Chicago (very bad place to be now), and I have a Butternut HF-9VX. Is it normal when ice is on the antenna for the SWR and resonant frequency points to change? I really can't get to the anten
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00140.html (7,335 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Thanks for help (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 08:28:37 +0000
- Thanks to all who replied to my question, it relieved my fears of the antenna broken. We just got it unburied on Tuesday morning, and let the ice and stuff melt. Thanks again, Cedrick == Cedrick John
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00194.html (7,296 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Thanks for help (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (Cedrick Johnson-N9YXA)
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:14:24 +0000
- How about something that the pig farmers use, oh lets say about 15 kW for starters? hi hi de n9yxa -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Adm
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00207.html (6,868 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Butternut problems (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 19:55:09 +0000
- It seems like I get one problem solved, and another one pops back up! On my Butternut vertical, the center conductor of the matching coax is attached directly to the antenna via a screw terminal. My
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00290.html (7,799 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] Thanks Re: Butternut Help (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 09:52:05 +0000
- Thanks to all who responded to my Butternut coax feedpoint problem. I will summarize these and post them to these reflectors because of the amount of people that asked me for info. Thanks again for y
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00380.html (7,233 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Radial systems (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 06:56:37 +0000
- Hello AllI just recently purchased and assembled the Buttenut HF9VX antenna. I was reading up about radials in the manual, and I saw a similar design of this 300 ohm ladder-line radial system in Lew
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00399.html (7,342 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] Hygain 18V-S (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:38:02 +0000
- Has anyone used a Hygain 18V-S 80-10M vertical? I am looking for some information about this antenna, mainly grounding. I've heard from one source that he followed the manual referring to grounding,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00075.html (7,100 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Airlines and Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: n9yxa@amsat.org (N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 12:37:15 +0000
- Hi allI am planning a trip into the Bushland of Zimbabwe, and I am trying to figure out what antennas I can build that I can put, with minimum cost, on the airplane to be shipped to Zimbabwe. I will
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00514.html (7,190 bytes)
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