Hi, I was referred to this group by the folks over at SEDXC. I have scoured your archives for mention of this tower, but either my search skills fail me or this thing really is one-of-a-kind. There w
Tom Osborne wins the thread. Jeff/KD4RBG _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.c
I am powerfully intrigued by the idea of these "tower wenches" you mention. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Jeff/KD4RBG _______________________________________________ _________________
Well, this is refreshing! A topic I know about for a change! I do a lot of consulting in and around the sporting venues in Atlanta, and in the case of either Philips Arena or the GA Dome, you could p
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True, but where's the fun in that? lol Jeff/KD4RBG _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http
I've used my SMD solder station to do this, you just have to watch the heat. They can be had for $75, so before I spent much on a heat gun I'd think about buying a SMD station instead and having the
I've always wondered about that, skin effect being what it is and all. Why wouldn't aluminum be just as good in this particular application? Considering cost, why wouldn't it be vastly better? I've n
Right you are, sir. I looked it up. At 20 degrees C and assuming material purity, the resistivity of each are: Copper: 1.72 x 10^-8 Aluminum: 2.82 x 10^-8 in Ohms per Meter. In other words, not a dif
Well, it finally happened. We got hit by lightning. And it blew the antenna in half on the 444.325 machine here at the college. It wasn't a great antenna to begin with, obviously. We'd like to go bac
Where does one get beeswax for this? Jeff KD4RBG _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http:/
It was beautifully done, most of the pages of the article were large full color pictures. I'd recommend it. Jeff KD4RBG _______________________________________________ _______________________________
Ed, Don't think of it as charity. There are two facets to this, as I see it: You've probably made plenty of investments of time in Elmering people over the years, so rather than charity, think of it
Their commercial stuff is a different animal. Cellphones are generally considered disposable, anyway. I couldn't tell you how many I've tossed simply because I changed carriers or plans, or because a
It's possible, as you say, but historically haven't some of the Motorola engineers been hams? I always thought this was the reason that so many ways to move Motorola gear to the ham bands were releas
Hello again all: I'd like to thank everybody for their earlier help in the preliminaries of my tower project. Here's where I currently am: I just received approval from the county to continue, which
Well, I hadn't intended to guy it, since it's a crankup I thought I could just crank it up and down pretty much at will. It seems to me that guy wires would get in the way of that. ground shear. If t
Someone requested a source for these ceramic egg insulators last week. While looking for something else, I found these: http://qro-parts.com/product_info.php?products_id=68&osCsid=ad7965bf317892c03fc
Hi, I'm going through the same thing right now, but since my traps are suspect, I hesitate to post their values. As I repair them, I'm going to be setting them to these values with a Network Analyzer
Hi all, I am in the process of rebuilding some R7 traps, and the little end caps are shot. I thought about plasti-dip for the ends but I don't know how it hold up for UV and prolonged outdoor exposur