- 1. [TowerTalk] Heights Towers Aluminum?? (score: 1)
- Author: W3OA <w3oa@roadrunner.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:42:33 -0400
- Hi Dennis - I have a 60' Heights tower with a fold-over kit and 10 feet of mast out the top. It's been up for 5 years now and I'm very happy with it. You do need to watch how big an antenna you put o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-08/msg00322.html (9,001 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Tune 160/80 Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: <w3oa@roadrunner.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:36:20 -0500
- I'm helping a friend who has an 80 meter 1/4 wave vertical. At the top, he has a 160 meter trap then a wire extending horizontally for 160 meters. It is therefore an inverted L on 160. The SWR on 80
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-11/msg00317.html (8,016 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] 80m dipole with open-sleeve parasitic (score: 1)
- Author: W3OA <w3oa@roadrunner.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:33:16 -0500
- Hello Kevin - I would like to know how you matched the N6LF folded dipole to 50 ohms. Did you use a 9:1 balun? Would it handle 1500 watts? If so, could you give me some details on the balun? 73 - Dic
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-01/msg00316.html (12,295 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Heights tower gearmotor (Nelson Wittstock) (score: 1)
- Author: W3OA <w3oa@roadrunner.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:34:41 -0400
- I think this is the one they use in the medium torque Model. http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/DAYTON-AC-Gearmotor-6Z403 I'm guessing there is a similar Dayton motor in the lower torque model. 73 - Di
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-06/msg00209.html (7,938 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Rotor-RFI (score: 1)
- Author: W3OA <w3oa@roadrunner.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:43:16 -0500
- I have Rotor-EZ installed in the control box for my Ham IV Rotor. Frequently when I transmit on 10 meters the connection with the computer stops working and I must cycle the control box power to rest
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-01/msg00239.html (6,840 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Crank-up Tower Winch (score: 1)
- Author: W3OA <w3oa@roadrunner.com>
- Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 07:20:38 -0400
- A station I guest op at has a crank-up tower with a Dutton-Lainson DLB1500A brake winch. When we were lowering the tower last Sunday it took a lot of effort and three of us trading off cranking dutie
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00073.html (7,146 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] US Tower Crank-Up Tower Thrust Bearing (score: 1)
- Author: W3OA <w3oa@roadrunner.com>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 14:06:13 -0400
- A buddy and I are doing some work on a US Tower crank-up with an unknown history. He measured the inside diameter of the thrust bearing as 2 1/16 inches. Does this sound right or is it possible the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00397.html (6,749 bytes)
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