- 1. [TowerTalk] Tower Base and rebar (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 23:06:24 -0500
- on my base for a 77foot self supporter we bored a 7 to 8 foot hole. (the driller just wanted to drill deeper!) We hit sand (an underground river bed?) after boring through several feet of near solid
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-10/msg00052.html (8,290 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] C3/C3S (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 23:09:44 -0500
- Reading tribander report on C3 and it says 3 elements on 28mhz, however the forward gain seems somewhat lower on that band? Is it really close spaced? What happened? 73 Robert Greetings: Thanks very
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-10/msg00053.html (13,926 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] http://www.aaow.com/mgs/antenna.htm (AntennaMart) (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 17:39:43 -0500
- http://www.aaow.com/mgs/antenna.htm Best I can tell this is the web page with the Antenna Mart side mount. 73 Robert W5AJ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: tower
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00011.html (6,957 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Coax for crankup (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:52:37 -0500
- I use both RG-213 and Flex 9913 on my crankup tube. A Wilson 77 footer. My coax is banded the length of the bottom section. It is connected to the top of each extension section on coax arm so when it
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00318.html (8,254 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Coax for crankup (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:03:53 -0500
- Reply: Motorized up/down. Hand crank to tilt it over. No pull down. Somewhat staggered positioning on the support arms, mine are not Wilson made. The "loops" are ty-wrapped and taped so the coax(s) p
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00371.html (12,037 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Rohn 25G or 45G? (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 00:05:37 -0500
- On subject of 45G being more than 25G. ROHN BOOK: 80 FOOT TALL 25G 70MPH-15.7 SQ.FT. 45G 70MPH-15.3 SQ.FT. OR 100 FOOT TALL 25G 70MPH-15.0 SQ.FT. 45G 70MPH-14.2 SQ.FT. Interesting that at 70MPH ratin
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00144.html (7,813 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Hair Pin feed - ??? (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 14:51:13 -0500
- Have my new MFJ-259B in hand. Have a 5 element six meter yagi with hair pin feed. Have shortened both driven element and hair pin down from spec's and have: 1.2 at 50.400mhz & R=43 1.5 at 50.125mhz &
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00156.html (7,384 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] MFJ259B: Vers. 6F0 vs. 6F1 ? (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert Wood)
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:05:15 -0500 (CDT)
- 6f1????? I RECENTLY ordered a new 259B. When it came in it had all the correct buttons as others had listed on towertalk but said 259 and was version 1. something. The vendor I bought from was VERY N
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00469.html (10,210 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] FAA stuff (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 01:21:45 -0500
- We have 2 pieces of equipment where I work that require lighting. Note lighting. It does not have to be on the tower. We did a study and put flood lights down where we could work on them on one "towe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00501.html (7,454 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Used Rohn SSV (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:42:29 -0500
- Ditto! One of the engineers came by and asked me if we (company) could use a 120footer. Seems this 120 footer was in the way of a new building the city was to build. City actually paid a company (I b
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00079.html (7,293 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Guying crank up towers (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:07:40 -0500
- My 77ft Wilson rotating tower has guying instructions in the manual also. 73 Robert W5AJ Whoops. Guess what? My Wilson tubular tower manufacturer's instructions clearly specify a guying system (compl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00381.html (9,088 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Lifting a Rohn 25G (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:17:00 -0500
- It took a while to find the excellent write-up on W3GM in NCI May 1991 but here is a statement in the write-up: "All of his towers, which include several 100-footers, fold over at the base with hinge
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00551.html (7,577 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Lifting a Rohn 25G (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:29:49 -0500
- My spell checker musta changed NCJ to NCI.... Here's correct version. It took a while to find the excellent write-up on W3GM in NCJ May 1991 but here is a statement in the write-up: "All of his tower
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00552.html (7,742 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] MFJ259B (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:16:43 -0500
- K4SB & OTHERS: Just how does one tell the difference looking at the front of the device between a 259 and a 259B. Mine says MFJ-259 ? should it have a "B" ??? 73 Robert W5AJ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00944.html (6,979 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Replacing cables in a Wilson MT-61 mini-mast (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 21:52:46 -0500
- Wayne, There was a recent write-up (& a good one too!) on replacing cables on a Wilson 77 footer on TowerTalk. Probably in archives & could be read with the search engine? I think the same would appl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00507.html (8,592 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Cables on US Tower crankup (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:47:32 -0600
- My tower is a different type, here's what I did: Somewhere during your cable installation, tape the cables together in such a way that they physically attach like one cable. I band the tower cables t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00026.html (7,842 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] IDEAS ?? (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:31:03 -0600
- Here's your chance to give some free advice! HI! Up is a Wilson 77' crankup. A HDX48 is on the ground ready to go up. I have available for antenna: 204BA two of them 15-5 cushcraft 105BA two of them
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00381.html (7,233 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] AM interference (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 16:55:32 -0600
- No question in my mind. Call ICE and get one. They have a broadcast design also that filters out low low stuff and you can use on all HF bands. They also have single band. 1-800-423-2666 I don't reca
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00388.html (6,855 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] IDEAS ?? (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:05:56 -0600
- I sense I asked the wrong question. for now address the band/tower issue Which bands would you place on each tower to give best performance?? i.e.: put a 20 stack on Wilson with the 40-2 on top & put
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00413.html (7,661 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] True North vs. Magnetic (score: 1)
- Author: w5robert@blkbox.com (Robert W5AJ)
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:37:48 -0600
- Go to your favorite Boy Scout office & buy a Official Boy Scout Handbook. Page 191 has what you are looking for: A magnetic declination map of USA & instructions. What to do with the rest of the book
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-03/msg00541.html (8,680 bytes)
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