- 161. [TowerTalk] DX4Win & other non-TOWERTALK topics (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 15:17:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Mike & others... Please note the address which you sent this mail message: TOWERTALK There is an FAQ address posted at the bottom of each and every message posted to this list. In this FAQ is informa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00771.html (7,708 bytes)
- 162. [TowerTalk] thoughts on the Yaesu G-1000SDX (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 21:23:10 -0400 (EDT)
- I have two G-1000SDX rotors and neither are pinned. Neither turn in the wind. I have a 5 element 15M with a 3" boom on one of them and a 6 element 10 on a 3" 32' boom on the other. I was turning a 5
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00048.html (7,632 bytes)
- 163. [TowerTalk] contesting.com Computer (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 14:33:54 -0400 (EDT)
- We lost the computer that runs this system last night at 4:30PM. As is usually the case, the failed component was the only thing in this computer that I did not have in stock. Thanks to some quick wo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00269.html (7,778 bytes)
- 164. [TowerTalk] Where to buy antenna parts (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 15:19:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Has anyone collected information on sources for antenna parts? Will places like KLM, N6BT, Cushcraft, Hygain, etc, sell their pieces/parts? Where to buy... Element to boom clamps (insulated or not).
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00325.html (7,580 bytes)
- 165. [TowerTalk] Pre-made jumper cables (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 11:13:57 -0400 (EDT)
- You should be worried. N4RJ ordered some phasing cables from a well advertised outfit in south Florida. Cut to order with connectors. After a couple of months of problems with that stack we took out
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00522.html (8,474 bytes)
- 166. [TowerTalk] Noise caused by tower. (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 11:15:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Our local 2-mtr repeater is having some problems. We are experiencing noise caused by what is believed to be something on the tower when the wind blows. When the wind is "howling", the noise is QRV.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00719.html (8,289 bytes)
- 167. [TowerTalk] WANT: Old Phylli Ends (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:03:39 -0400 (EDT)
- I am in need of the dead ends used on the old style of Phyllistran. If you have some clean ones, please email me. 73 Bill, W4AN -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions:
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00793.html (6,807 bytes)
- 168. [TowerTalk] FWD: Note from Gerald at Texas Towers (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 22:56:07 -0400 (EDT)
- Gerald (owner of Texas Towers) sent me this private email. His response below is exactly what I expect from a vendor. Nobody can be 100%, but I expect them to be trying to achieve it. I know I would
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00155.html (8,220 bytes)
- 169. [TowerTalk] Show me the money! (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 09:32:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Just got done reading the article in the Smithsonian about the tower climbers in Texas. Was wondering what professionals charge to do a big job like a 500' tower? 73 Bill, W4AN Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00162.html (7,728 bytes)
- 170. [TowerTalk] 75 ohm feedline (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 17:35:41 -0400 (EDT)
- I dont understand the need for these boxes if you are feeding monoband yagis. The ARRL Antenna Handbook and ON4UN's book both describe how to use asynchronous transformers out of coax. I use them for
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00174.html (8,871 bytes)
- 171. [TowerTalk] TowerTalk reflector archives (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 07:40:27 -0400 (EDT)
- The admin of this list is K7LXC (k7lxc@contesting.com or owner-towertalk@contesting.com). The owner of the box that this system runs on is myself and N5KO (EX WN4KKN). The content of this reflector i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00242.html (9,061 bytes)
- 172. [TowerTalk] Elevated Radials on 4 square question (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 10:46:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Interesting problem occured Saturday night while testing the new and improved 4-square. Dana (XYL) noticed some arcing on the tower that is in the center of the square. It turns out that two adjacent
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00247.html (7,681 bytes)
- 173. [TowerTalk] Frequent topics here. Info (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 22:40:55 -0400 (EDT)
- I did a search for "lightning" on the search engine of this site. The search engine also works on KA9FOX's site where there are many compiled messages from the various reflectors. The results were an
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00354.html (8,254 bytes)
- 174. [TowerTalk] Half Slopers (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 20:45:34 -0400 (EDT)
- Mike Fatchett asked about 160 antennas (quick and easy). I was thinking the same thing about 10 years ago when I was putting up my 85' tower. At the top of the tower was 10' of mast, a 402CD at the t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00669.html (7,678 bytes)
- 175. [TowerTalk] WX & Internet experts? (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:55:50 -0400 (EDT)
- I am very close to completing a remote control of my contest station in the mountains. I would like to know if anyone knows of a internet location where I can get an image of recent lightning strikes
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00864.html (7,753 bytes)
- 176. [TowerTalk] RCS8V (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 12:52:34 -0400 (EDT)
- My shack is littered with RCS8V's and I havn't had one fail in 10 years of using them. They are rock solid and quite the deal. 73 Bill, W4AN -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.htm
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00056.html (7,382 bytes)
- 177. [TowerTalk] Reminder - PLEASE READ (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 12:57:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Just a reminder. You are subscribed to the TOWERTALK reflector. This reflector is devoted to the discussion of towers and antennas. You may have been confused based on some of the posts recently abou
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00170.html (7,281 bytes)
- 178. [TowerTalk] Guys & Towers (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 08:49:55 -0400 (EDT)
- K4VX is a very good friend of mine (the author of the article). However, common sense and experience tells me that his computer models might have been either over simplified or the computer couldn't
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00202.html (8,677 bytes)
- 179. [TowerTalk] Come-a-long (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:36:47 -0400 (EDT)
- I bought 3 come-a-longs from hardware stores. Each one was junk. Where does a person get one that you can trust? Brand? Thanks Bill, W4AN -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Su
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00294.html (7,750 bytes)
- 180. [TowerTalk] Current balun to vertical weirdness (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@contesting.com (Bill Fisher - W4AN)
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 09:35:43 -0400 (EDT)
- We got up the first of 4 Rohn-25 / Aluminum verticals this weekend. When we first hooked up the SWR analyzers to the vertical it was showing a dip around 3350Khz and another dip around 3650Khz. Chang
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00295.html (8,118 bytes)
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