- 41. Re: [TowerTalk] low band antenna without good ground (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:47:24 -0700
- I think he said he only had a 30 foot tower. Think it might be kind of hard to hang a delta loop or half square there. I think the interted L is probably his best bet. Works here. 73 Tom W7WHY You co
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-09/msg00285.html (7,999 bytes)
- 42. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: low band antenna without good ground (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:14:39 -0700
- Same here with electric fence wire. 73 TAom W7WHY I tried Alumoweld once and it dissolved within 5-10 years. Gene / W2LU _______________________________________________ ______________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-09/msg00319.html (8,380 bytes)
- 43. [TowerTalk] Bazooka antenna (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:54:21 -0800
- Hi All I've been looking at some info on the Double Bazooka antenna. I know the 'wide band' aspect has been debunked, but in looking at the design, would it be a quieter antenna? I see that low band
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-11/msg00132.html (6,837 bytes)
- 44. [TowerTalk] Elevated vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:23:56 -0800
- Hi All I just put up an elevated 40 meter vertical. The feedpoint is around 15 feet or so up and I have 8 radials on it right now. I cut the radials the same length of the vertical section. I have a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00545.html (7,363 bytes)
- 45. Re: [TowerTalk] SWR Problem Balun or lightning protection? (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:45:15 -0800
- One other thing to check is 'What is the last think I changed before the problem started?' 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00572.html (9,134 bytes)
- 46. Re: [TowerTalk] Elevated vertical (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:32:08 -0800
- Hi Mike Never said I was worried about it. In fact, I said it was working good. I was just curious why it would have a double dip. Merry Charismas to all. Tom W7WHY /listinfo/towertalk ______________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00600.html (8,602 bytes)
- 47. Re: [TowerTalk] Trees and Verticals (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:24:08 -0800
- Had one here and it worked good. It was written up in QST or CQ some years ago. Had 4 55 foot wires going up the tree, connected to a ring at the bottom and the top, then threw out a 65 foot piece fr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00754.html (9,787 bytes)
- 48. Re: [TowerTalk] high tension power line noise... (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:26:19 -0800
- Hi Gary noise, don't hold your breath waiting for them to come and fix it. 73 Tom W7WHY Hello... my wife and I will be moving soon to a new area... one of the properties we are considering, and its r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00177.html (9,011 bytes)
- 49. Re: [TowerTalk] Snakes, et al (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:56:35 -0700
- A cross??? 73 Tom W7WHY AND what does one do to keep bats away? Warren W7WY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ___________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00307.html (7,291 bytes)
- 50. Re: [TowerTalk] Welding Galvanized Parts (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:01:33 -0700
- Hi Mike I think you have to be careful when welding galvanized stuff as the fumes can be pretty hard on you. 73 Tom W7WHY I have a special project that requires something of a specialized bracket be
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00309.html (8,408 bytes)
- 51. Re: [TowerTalk] PBS documentary (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:28:24 -0700
- Why should they? It is funded by the government. Just another liberal media outlet. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tower
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00368.html (8,526 bytes)
- 52. Re: [TowerTalk] Hy- Gain Thunderbird (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:43:48 -0700
- I had a TH-3 Thunderbird and as someone else mentioned, every time it rained the SWR went all to heck. Finally dismantled it and made a 2-el 20 meter monobander out of it. Worked better than the TH-3
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-03/msg00455.html (7,848 bytes)
- 53. [TowerTalk] 80 meter antenna (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:22:42 -0700
- Hi All Right now I have an 80 meter inverted 'V' up about 80 feet or so in a tree. It seems to work OK. The problem is, the way it is set up, the 2 ends of the antenna are only about 30 feet apart, k
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-04/msg00180.html (7,871 bytes)
- 54. Re: [TowerTalk] 80 meter antenna (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:05:29 -0700
- Thanks for all the suggestions. Some really good food for thought. The tree is right on the edge of about a 400 foot hill that slopes off right from the base of the tree to all the good directions -
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-04/msg00199.html (9,439 bytes)
- 55. [TowerTalk] 2 el yagi question (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:42:51 -0700
- OK, this may be a dumb question, but I've been wondering. Say I put up a dipole going E and W, and there's an S-9 signal on the dipole coming from the South. If I put a director in front of the dipol
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00193.html (6,768 bytes)
- 56. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el yagi question (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:31:59 -0700
- Hi Mike I have a 40 meter vertical dipole here and am trying to decide whether to put a director in front or a reflector in the back. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ ____
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00199.html (8,398 bytes)
- 57. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:56:31 -0700
- These were documented in the May/June 2009 NCJ magazine by Jack, W1WEF. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-06/msg00070.html (7,413 bytes)
- 58. Re: [TowerTalk] (no subject) (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:31:10 -0700
- Oops, I opened your message even though it had no subject :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tower
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-07/msg00085.html (7,897 bytes)
- 59. [TowerTalk] Coax Plug (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:17:06 -0700
- Hi All Do they make a coax plug that just slips over the jack and doesn't screw on? I'd like to have a couple for antenna experiments here. Thanks and 73 Tom W7WHY ___________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-07/msg00183.html (7,058 bytes)
- 60. Re: [TowerTalk] Coax Plug (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:25:15 -0700
- Hi Rich Yep, that is what I was looking for. Ordered 3 of them. Thanks - I just didn't know what they were called. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-07/msg00189.html (8,437 bytes)
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