- 41. [TowerTalk] Tower Identification (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 11:59:59 -0700
- I am a Rohn dealer and I could not verify if his tower was Rohn or not so he could not get anything from me to prove it. There have been many "Rohn look-alikes" over the years and some are pretty goo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00494.html (11,845 bytes)
- 42. [TowerTalk] aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:59:29 -0800
- Guess what material the HDBX uses for rivits. Yep. Aluminum . . . I will guarentee that contributes significantly to its puny ratings. Stan w7ni@teleport.com -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00271.html (7,229 bytes)
- 43. [TowerTalk] Gin Pole Strength (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 12:51:24 -0800
- Use of a block and tackle with 3:1 mechanical advantage will reduce the load on the gin pole a whole bunch. Stan w7ni@teleport.com -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissio
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00431.html (9,293 bytes)
- 44. [TowerTalk] Rohn 45G Guy Bracket H/W (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 02:41:55 -0800
- Hi Charlie, If you want genuine Rohn bolts and nuts for that, you have a problem. If you will take bolts and nuts of the same size, but not from Rohn, maybe you can solve it. Here is the problem: Roh
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00473.html (10,049 bytes)
- 45. [TowerTalk] Big Dish Available (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 21:39:42 -0800
- -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-towertalk@contesting.com Se
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00421.html (8,374 bytes)
- 46. [TowerTalk] Antenna vis Power (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 19:52:14 -0800
- Well, actually, I can . . . If you increase your transmitting signal by 10 dB on any given frequency, you would be amazed at how much QRM seems to disappear from that frequency . . . For me, anyway,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00066.html (9,409 bytes)
- 47. [TowerTalk] Need Comments on F12- 6M, 10M and 40M ants & a Boomer (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 23:56:20 -0800
- Hi Mike, Something seem wrong with your area numbers for the beams you are planning to use. I have not seen the Force 12 literature on those antennas, but I know an average 20 meter element has about
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-12/msg00145.html (9,999 bytes)
- 48. [TowerTalk] Loos PT-2 (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 21:46:01 -0800
- Hi Chuck, You can calibrate it yourself pretty easily. Just take about 10 feet of extra 3/16 EHS and hang it vertically from something like a tree limb or a garage ceiling joist. Then suspend known w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-12/msg00146.html (8,516 bytes)
- 49. [TowerTalk] Tower Variance (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 04:35:56 -0800
- I would get a BIG bottle of headache medicine if you really move there. You are going to need it . . . !! Those kind of locations are simply hostile to ham radio and not worth the effort, in my opini
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-12/msg00229.html (10,248 bytes)
- 50. [TowerTalk] K5MM Silent Key (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 10:18:52 -0800
- I am sad to inform you that Dale Jones, K5MM, died of natural causes about 5 days ago in his apartment in Bellingham, WA. Dale was about 55 years old and had been inactive as a contester for the last
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-12/msg00275.html (6,965 bytes)
- 51. [TowerTalk] Thrust Bearing Idea? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:29:02 -0800
- Hi Jim. I don't like your idea, Jim, but that assumes you are planning to use a standard Rohn TB3 thrust bearing. I have not consulted Rohn on this, but I believe just by looking at it, that the Rohn
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-12/msg00334.html (12,758 bytes)
- 52. [TowerTalk] Measuring Terrain Slope / Elevation (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:55:49 -0800
- Hi Tom, I think this is what the cell phone people do all the time when planning a system installation. They are looking for dead spots for their 900 MHz or 2 GHz radios. I think they use a GPS recei
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-12/msg00335.html (10,920 bytes)
- 53. [TowerTalk] Re:stainless steel guys (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 23:05:31 -0800
- Here is another thought on this: If you are considering stainless thimbles, I would say you need to consider stainless wire rope clips (cable clamps) too. And then, what about stainless turnbuckles?
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-11/msg00219.html (10,341 bytes)
- 54. [TowerTalk] Cushcraft baluns / lousy customer service (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 23:45:08 -0800
- Hi Will, Couldn't you call Cushcraft back and ask them to sell you a REPLACEMENT MNXM Balun for your "XXXX" (whatever they normally ship MNXM Baluns with)? If they claim their records do not show you
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-11/msg00220.html (10,693 bytes)
- 55. [TowerTalk] Re:stainless steel guys (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 01:13:49 -0800
- There are really TWO separate issues at stake here. One of them involves mechanical weakening of the system due to corrosion and the other involves the possible formation of rectifying diodes that ca
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-11/msg00283.html (9,281 bytes)
- 56. [TowerTalk] Which way winch ? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 22:49:59 -0800
- Hi Rick, I'm not sure I get the complete picture of what you are planning to do. There are two things I would be concerned about. One is making sure the cable lines up properly with the pully no matt
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-11/msg00627.html (7,830 bytes)
- 57. [TowerTalk] Change in plans. More questions (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:40:18 -0700
- Hi Rick, Your observation about Rohn 45G handling less than 25G as read in you Rohn book is not a misprint. If you look close, you will see a couple of other things. One is that 45G includes some mor
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-10/msg00100.html (11,824 bytes)
- 58. [TowerTalk] U Kno this ain't the last on Aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 19:53:44 -0700
- What? You mean that if my 100 foot Rohn 25G tower were an aluminum tower instead, I would have had to take it (along with the 5 Yagis, two side mounted verticals, and two wire antennas mounted on it)
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-10/msg00299.html (8,470 bytes)
- 59. [TowerTalk] Aluminum mast (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 02:15:09 -0700
- Well, I would not necessarily use a thrust bearing to prevent steel on steel from wearing. I think it would outlast me, in most cases . . . Stan w7ni@teleport.com -- 66'9k'?:'<@'7:'h;'jj'7:'8m'=;':h'
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-10/msg00312.html (10,562 bytes)
- 60. [TowerTalk] Aluminum mast (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 15:31:03 -0700
- Hi Tom, I wrote such an article in 1992 and submitted to K5RC for publishing the NCJ. I can't remember if it ever got published or not. Anyway, I still have the orginal and I plan to mail you a copy
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-10/msg00387.html (9,586 bytes)
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