- 121. [TowerTalk] Climbing alone ? (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 08:05:23 -0500 (EST)
- The cold hard truth is that if I had to wait for someone to be with me when I climbed, I wouldn't have any towers up. I have 5 up in less than 3 years with no help except on 2 or 3 days in all that t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00236.html (8,381 bytes)
- 122. [TowerTalk] Climbing alone ? (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:48:38 -0500 (EST)
- 1. You get in very good shape. 2. You go up and down the tower A LOT. 3. You think everything through in your mind before doing anything. You dont want to forget something on the ground after climbi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00248.html (8,958 bytes)
- 123. [TowerTalk] Radials, resonance and the MFJ259 (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:35:52 -0500 (EST)
- I've seen the same with both the MFJ and that fancy AEA thing. In my experience, the Autek is the most accurate for some reason. 73 Bill, W4AN -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00419.html (9,509 bytes)
- 124. [TowerTalk] Element to Boom Clamp Ideas (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 08:39:49 -0500 (EST)
- I bought a bunch of antennas from WX4G this summer and I'm just now getting around to looking at some of the stuff. One of his antennas was a 20M yagi with some element to boom clamps that were home
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00543.html (7,724 bytes)
- 125. [TowerTalk] Web page of Tower & Antenna dealers/mfgers (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:37:15 -0500 (EST)
- Would it not be a good thing to have a single web page where we could all go to for telephone numbers and information on what companies sell? I would be willing to put this information in HTML and ho
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00561.html (8,230 bytes)
- 126. [TowerTalk] YO Hairpin Dimensions (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 20:27:30 -0500
- I have been using YO off and on for quite a few years and am very happy with the product. I have noticed, however, that the dimensions produced in the program for the hairpin match have not been accu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00663.html (7,596 bytes)
- 127. [TowerTalk] YO, AO & Hairpin (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 09:46:17 -0500 (EST)
- Well I got a couple of responses to my inquiry on YO and hairpins. I talked with W9JA on the phone and he has found YO to be very accurate. Only received a couple of responses however. I did talk to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00671.html (8,857 bytes)
- 128. [TowerTalk] Terminating Beverages (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 19:39:59 -0500
- I terminated my NE beverage in to a ground rod without the 500 ohm resistor that was there and kept getting blown up by lightning. It seems to work FB. What is supposed to be the difference between t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00039.html (7,108 bytes)
- 129. [TowerTalk] Who makes full sized 40M yagis ??? (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 19:40:34 -0500
- I'm looking for someone to sell me 3 elements. I have the boom. 73 Bill Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P) http://www.contesting.com -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00040.html (7,050 bytes)
- 130. [TowerTalk] Cool article online... (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 16:44:20 -0500
- Nope. http://www.contesting.com/wa3fet/owa.htm 73 Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P) http://www.contesting.com -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00171.html (7,318 bytes)
- 131. [TowerTalk] 4-square owners please (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:12:05 -0500 (EST)
- I had K5RC up to my shack yesterday. One of Tom's suggestions was to put up a flat top dipole for 80M in addition to my 4-square. I have enough tower to put my newest tower up to 100+ feet and string
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00213.html (7,418 bytes)
- 132. [TowerTalk] Keeping Beverages Straight? (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com" <w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 20:40:26 -0500
- I think I am doing an OK job of keeping my beverages straight. But much of it is done by trial and error. I string a beverage... start walking back to the feedpoint and realize that I made a few degr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00261.html (7,881 bytes)
- 133. [TowerTalk] TOPO (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:44:44 -0500 (EST)
- There is a cool program available for generating topo maps and graphs of certain parts of the country at http://www.topo.com. It looks like they are doing California, Colorado, and Washington current
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00359.html (7,226 bytes)
- 134. [TowerTalk] Previous Mosley post. (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 08:48:09 -0500 (EST)
- I'de say so. In SS phone you were as loud or louder than any of the "B" stations I heard from Florida. Congratulations. 73 Bill, W4AN -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submis
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00516.html (8,179 bytes)
- 135. [TowerTalk] Full Sized 40M Yagi Sources (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:21:32 -0500 (EST)
- I thought I would summarize what I have found so far. I have not made a decision as of yet. 1. M2 - Makes a 3 element full sized yagi on a 4" boom with 3" center elements. Rated for 125MPH survival.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00662.html (8,996 bytes)
- 136. [TowerTalk] AMPS&SUCH (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:45:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi Paul. Not sure this is a topic for TowerTalk. We discuss towers and antennas on this reflector. You might try CQ-CONTEST or AMPS on this same system. This would be an EXCELLENT topic for either of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00058.html (8,292 bytes)
- 137. [TowerTalk] Phasing lines & current baluns (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 07:31:46 -0400 (EDT)
- Do you guys take in to account the length of coax in those current baluns when doing phasing lines? If not, why? If so, why? 73 Bill, W4AN -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html S
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00113.html (6,970 bytes)
- 138. [TowerTalk] off topics - PLEASE READ (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:32:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Gentlemen, Again... This is the TOWERTALK reflector. We discuss tower and antenna topics here. Not motorcycles, manuals for 2mtr rigs, or amplifiers. Look at the bottom of this and every message post
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00124.html (7,239 bytes)
- 139. [TowerTalk] My apologizes (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 17:05:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Let me officially disagree. I dont understand the confusion. This is the towertalk reflector. Discussions of towers and antennas are welcome here. If you are interested in amplifiers, then subscribe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00199.html (8,321 bytes)
- 140. [TowerTalk] antenna height (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:02:36 -0400 (EDT)
- I dont think that is possible. What you get from a hilltop is lowering of the lobe. I have done a lot of analysis using N6BV's & K6STI's programs. A single antenna on a hill at a preferred height lo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00267.html (8,801 bytes)
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