- 1. [TowerTalk] Crane lifting a Rohn 25G (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 19:40:39 -0400
- Don't even think of trying this! That is entirely too much tower that is too small to try and lay over like this! It will buckle, and you will NOT be able to hold the base section in one spot! Take i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00238.html (9,963 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Peripheral ground system (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:59:03 -0400
- <BIIIG BUZZZZZZZZZZZER> And for the guys that think frost is only up to 4' in the Northeast, wrongo! My civil engineer spec'd 6' depth on my Rohn SSV pad, as he has seen frost go that far here in Mas
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00378.html (10,850 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Does insurance pay the ham owner/installer? (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 05:31:07 -0400
- crew. hehe.....I've seen some work supposedly done by "professional tower crews" that looks just like this! Amazing some of the poor workmanship out there! I'd never tolerate it on one of my jobs! H
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00632.html (8,984 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] computer noises on low bands (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 16:15:37 -0400
- umm....a sledgehammer? :) couldn't resist. Not really for Towertalk Is the problem a birdy type of noise? Have you tried disconnecting your monitor cable? If it goes away when you disconnect the mon
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00196.html (9,172 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] more - Precip static (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 20:01:13 -0400
- If you are talking abt the red balls on the lines themselves, they are there for aircraft protection, not static discharge. I myself have seen many 30-900 mhz two way radio antennas without the balls
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00201.html (11,447 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Safety Belts (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 20:43:54 -0400
- The best? By far it's the top of the line Elk River harness like I have-all padded, full restraint, 3 d rings, etc. They have a web site I think at www.elkriver.com or something like that. Try that o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00323.html (9,185 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] quiet or what? (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 19:43:20 -0400
- Woowee! Must be Dayton time! Hasn't been this quiet since this time last year! While all the big guns are gone why don't we get a really good thread going! Going to be prime tower wx this weekend her
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00408.html (6,917 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Hole Alignments (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:15:20 -0400
- I'll second that! Get the titanium bullet bits-hard to find but well worth it! I have a 1/4" titanium bullet bit that has drilled 154 holes so far in 1/4 plate steel (I had to run out to the truck-be
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00456.html (10,248 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] lightning show (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 21:37:01 -0400
- While not directly related to towers, I thought this would be interesting to the towertalkians out there. Friday night on ABC 20/20 show 10 pm est, they are having a program on lightning and people t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00538.html (7,017 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Method of burying radials-Thanks! (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 05:32:17 -0400
- If you don't want the 40-2CD, then throw it back in the box, and you can donate it to me. I'll put it up at 50' and have a ball. :) 73, Scott KA1CLX -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalk
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00703.html (9,545 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Astron 35M Power Supply (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 14:41:04 -0400
- Not tower related, but check the pass transistors first, they are 2n3771 which are commonly available. Also check the large resistors on the output of each transistor, these sometimes open up when th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00182.html (8,750 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Mast wall thickness (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 05:34:32 -0400
- According to my mast calculator which only does 90 or 100 mph wind calculations, at 90 mph you need a 68,939.68 psi yield strength mast. I'm not sure what wind speed your location is. This would have
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00291.html (7,908 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Now What? (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 05:45:56 -0400
- ahh, this is an easy one..... Go to the nearest Rohn engineering book available, open it, look at it and study it, see if it says install any towers in rocks, then close it, and hit yourself over the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00360.html (10,540 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] solder jobs up the tower (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 05:53:15 -0400
- <sniiiiiiiiiiiip> I'M DISCLAIMING ALL RESPONSIBILITY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO TRY THIS. You should too, why not just make one trip up the tower with a proper extension cord and a solder gun
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00425.html (13,865 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Soldering on tower (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:22:43 -0400
- Ahh, a smart one! I find them useless too, as they don't tend to heat up on a tower very well with any kind of breeze blowing. Then again neither does a weller 260 watt soldering gun! On really windy
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00436.html (8,353 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Las Vegas Towers/hams (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 06:44:18 -0400
- I'm traveling to Las Vegas for a wireless convention this week, anyone know if there are any hams in or close to Las Vegas with big towers/contesting/big gun dx stations that would like to have an ea
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00511.html (6,937 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] New Subscriber (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:03:59 -0400
- Well allrightee! Welcome to the reflector! Think you'll find a great bunch of guys here! Some of us need some real engineering wisdom! :) Scott KA1CLX Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00566.html (9,218 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Rohn SSV and Trylon questions (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 05:57:10 -0400
- Hi Scott, Don't waste your time with trying to save $400 for the crane-spend it! it's money well spent...I know. I put up a 40 footer last fall, had an 80' crane come in for the lifting, and had all
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00786.html (9,499 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] junk search--but special junk (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 05:37:24 -0400
- Good point Dave! I think I remember looking for that at the local Home Depot, who also sells it, and I believe it was 6061-t6, which I was interested to see. Filed it in the back of the noggin for la
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00959.html (13,990 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Telephone RFI (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 05:19:53 -0500
- Not even close-the radio shack one doesn't even touch bad tvi, whereas the KCOM removes it completely....Take it from me,I know. Spend the extra few bucks and forget about it forever. Scott KA1CLX --
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00047.html (8,574 bytes)
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