- 101. A plug for Ameritron (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 07:12:45 -0800
- That was me. I was on my run of obscene phone calls and to my surprise, I not only got a man on the other end, but a ham. So--I winged it! de KL7 Hillary's Fantasy -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contestin
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00416.html (7,714 bytes)
- 102. RE True North - in Kansas (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 14:31:30 -0800
- Sometime - grab a map of Rapid City, South Dakota. The original townsite was set out magnetic north. Then, later, someone decided it should be true north. All streets now go out to the end of the ori
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00166.html (7,246 bytes)
- 103. Hardline Connectors (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Jan & Del Seay)
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:09:13 -0800
- Hi Joe: I'm not sure they even make the connectors you seek, because in the CATV service, the coax enters the amplifiers, splitters, etc directly and are anchored by set-screws. I assume what you hav
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00299.html (7,433 bytes)
- 104. "Amp-Talk" reflector? (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:05:34 -0800
- Ed: It would be better from a logical standpoint, to go the other way. If you use extra capacitance, the 'Q' raises to a point where circulating become excessive and the result is heating of the tank
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00333.html (8,258 bytes)
- 105. amp-talk (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 06:11:39 -0800
- John is correct. But - it can be checked before operating with a Grid Dip Oscillator (Or the FET version). With the GDO coil next to the windings of the rf choke, and the coils running the same way,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00348.html (7,538 bytes)
- 106. "Amp-Talk" reflector? (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 06:25:22 -0800
- You make a good point, Ed. I agree that a proper Q is appropriate, and should be done. Actually, I would like to see more use of bandpass filters on amps, but the cost and size of the high power comp
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00349.html (7,773 bytes)
- 107. CBer Overload (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 05:50:07 -0800
- I'll not talk about the chance of being jailed for "Coax-Pinning", just the interference. I think it's great that some of us get a taste of what our neighbors go through, dealing with high-powered ha
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00409.html (8,083 bytes)
- 108. 105CAS..I'LL MAKE THE MOD ! + new thread (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Jan & Del Seay)
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 10:14:27 -0800
- Okay - you guy's that have made the change to "CAS" - what's the tradeoff? Bandwidth or what? Knowing Hy-Gain, there are reasons for not releasing the antenna as "Optimized". de KL7HF -- FAQ on WWW:
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00215.html (7,378 bytes)
- 109. ROHN BOLTS (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Jan & Del Seay)
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 16:06:56 -0800
- All of this talk about replacing tower bolts, and nothing mentioned about the stress on the bolts. Remember, the stress is not the normal "Pull-Stress", but ShearingStress. I don't think I would use
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00294.html (7,208 bytes)
- 110. Radial wire plows (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:46:13 -0800
- Go to the nearest company that sells "Ditch-Witch" products and ask to see brochures about them. Very simple devices. A narrow tooth that protrudes into the ground at the depth you wish, with the wir
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00349.html (9,553 bytes)
- 111. Quad VS Yagi (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Jan & Del Seay)
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 14:50:57 -0900 (AKST)
- Chuck: Quads are capable of a much better F/B than equivelant boomed yagis. A 2 el quad can obtain in excess of 30 dB f/b. The problem is, very few spend the time (And it is a lot of time) tuning. Af
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00478.html (8,716 bytes)
- 112. Grounding a tower (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 16:55:19 -0800
- I've tried to research the below and I believe the answers you received regarding ANSII and IEEE specs are probably the best. All my documents require #2AWG or larger for tower grounding conductors,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00033.html (7,383 bytes)
- 113. From: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay) (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:30:00 -0800
- Forget all the steel. Fire up the chainsaw, cut down all the trees that are obstructing your path (360 degrees) except for a select few. Using the saw, and some hooks, you can delimb those that are l
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00173.html (7,115 bytes)
- 114. Feeding Stacked TH-6s (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Jan & Del Seay)
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:08:03 -0900 (AKST)
- Hi Jeff: There has been quite a bit of talk on the various reflectors about using current baluns made with ferrite beads. A lot of guys don't like them, too lossy. I've been using them for years, wit
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00227.html (9,263 bytes)
- 115. Band Reject Coaxial Stubs (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 07:23:36 -0700
- I read with interest, KM9Ps note on his use of stubs. - Gotta question for you guys. Bill uses the stubs on the interferring line, ie: stubs on the 20 meter line to eliminate interferance to the othe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00107.html (8,021 bytes)
- 116. Band Reject Coaxial Stubs (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 11:27:20 -0700
- Hi John: Your comments all agree with me, except - the prudent approach is to clean up the transmitter outputs prior to ever looking at the stub issue! First priority would be to properly filter all
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00113.html (8,283 bytes)
- 117. Band Reject Coaxial Stubs (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 11:19:32 -0700
- Hi Tony. Not sure I can buy that explaination. Coaxial stubs are not a very good way of cleaning up spurious (or unwanted) energy. They are extremely broad, with only 20-25 db of attenuation at an ab
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00114.html (8,638 bytes)
- 118. 1550 ft. Tower Fails (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:37:10 -0700
- Kris et all, of course it's foolish to rely on "facts" from the ""JOURNALISTS"" these days, but - the latest info we had was that the gyn-pole had come loose, and swung, severing one of the guys. The
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00179.html (8,032 bytes)
- 119. Open in coax (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Del Seay)
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:49:41 -0700
- Correct, Chuck - however, I think most of the center conductor retraction is caused when the insulation is removed from the center conductor. (On standard coax - not Heliax, etc.) The newer versions
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00180.html (9,222 bytes)
- 120. Years of use on coax (score: 1)
- Author: seay@alaska.net (Jan & Del Seay)
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 17:52:30 -0700
- Craig: There is no "rule-of-thumb" for determining throw-away age of RG-8. What happens to coax is called contamination. No contamination, it's good for a long-long time. If a lot of effort was put i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00193.html (7,649 bytes)
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