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21. [TowerTalk] EFHW (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 09:20:58 -0700
Hi All I built 3 UNUN's for some EFHW antennas I plan to use. On 2 of them, I used 1 FT-240 mix 43 core (will be running these as portable antennas on LP) and one one of them I used 2 of the same cor
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-07/msg00159.html (7,317 bytes)

22. Re: [TowerTalk] EFHW (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:36:19 -0700
Thank you for your dissertation on end fed antennas. Maybe you missed the point that I want this for camping and portable, quick to set up antenna. I have beenbuildng antennas for a long time. First
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-07/msg00169.html (9,174 bytes)

23. Re: [TowerTalk] K1VR On New HOA Bill -- Just Say NO to H.R. 555/S.1534 (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 15:12:28 -0700
Do any of you really think your senator listens to or give a big rat's patoot what you want? Only way to get their attention is to attach a LARGE contribution to their campaign fund. That is what the
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-08/msg00139.html (8,940 bytes)

24. Re: [TowerTalk] Another conduit question (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:02:15 -0700
I have seen some questions about having a broken line in a conduit and how to run a new one. I worked for a short time at a vacuum cleaner place, and one great way we found to pull a line though PVC
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-08/msg00313.html (8,019 bytes)

25. Re: [TowerTalk] Tuning raised radial verticals (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 08:55:44 -0700
I just put up an inverted 'L' for 80 meters with 2 rasised radials. The radials are about 8 feet in the air at the base of the antenna and slope down to about 5 feet. It was strange as when I put the
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-09/msg00057.html (9,401 bytes)

26. Re: [TowerTalk] 80 meter wire vertical (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 21:37:42 -0700
If you look back at pictures of the early stations, a lot of them had a horizontal wire with 4 or 5 wires in a flat-top configuration. Most of them were between a couple of supports and fed with a si
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-09/msg00139.html (9,095 bytes)

27. Re: [TowerTalk] 40M rotary dipole (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:39:04 -0700
I bought some 2.4" #31 cores from Mouser for around $4. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@c
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-09/msg00190.html (9,203 bytes)

28. Re: [TowerTalk] Fan Dipole (I thought taht was the discussion) (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 17:33:24 -0700
When we were Novices, it's a wonder we made any contacts at all :-) Back in '55, I was the only ham in Port Orford when I got on and had a sort of Elmer in W7EUG, who lived in Riverton. He gave me my
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00025.html (10,629 bytes)

29. Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproofing connectors visited. (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 09:51:03 -0700
One thing that has always worked for me is Vaseline. A friend who worked for the telephone company said they used it to cover exposed connections. I tried some on some antennas and found that after a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00051.html (7,991 bytes)

30. Re: [TowerTalk] "75-Meter Dipole Stretcher" (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:10:45 -0700
Maybe I am 'inept' on how to use ladder line, but I have been using it for 60 years off and on. Problem with my setup using ladder line is noise. Maybe I just don't understand how to use it, but on m
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-10/msg00323.html (10,031 bytes)

31. [TowerTalk] 80 meter bazooka (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 09:15:34 -0700
Where I have my 80 meter dipole, it is in a kind of noisy spot. I was thinking of replacing it with a Bazooka antenna. I know there are no 'magical' properties about he Bazooka, but what I was wonder
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-11/msg00038.html (7,274 bytes)

32. Re: [TowerTalk] 80 meter bazooka (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 09:16:54 -0700
Thaks for all the replies, on the list and off. Decided not to fool with the bazooka. I have some #31 cores here so guess next thing is to check Jim's cookbook and try that. 73 and thanks for the hel
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-11/msg00057.html (7,321 bytes)

33. [TowerTalk] CR-4 rotor won't turn (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:56:59 -0800
Hi All I have a Daiwa CR-4 rotor on the tower here and it has quit turning. I was wondering if anyone on the list has one of these. Mine is the 1-motor version. What I would like to know is can anyon
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-11/msg00131.html (6,767 bytes)

34. Re: [TowerTalk] Relay for sloper element (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:43:45 -0800
Would it be better to switch something like some 450 ladderline in at the feedpoint for linear loading instead of putting the relay at the end of the wire where a higher current point is?? Just wonde
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-11/msg00223.html (7,529 bytes)

35. [TowerTalk] 2-el 15/20 meter duobander (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:58:40 -0800
Hi all I have a HB 2-el 20 meter monobander on a 16 foot boom. I would like to add 15 meters to this antenna, but can't find any diagrams anywhere for such an animal. Googled it but no joy. Does anyo
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-11/msg00248.html (6,669 bytes)

36. Re: [TowerTalk] Need Mosley Pro 77 manual (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:34:06 -0800
Don't know if this will help but there are manuals for the Pro-67 and Pro-96 at this site. 73 Tom W7WHY http://www.radio2way.net/mosley.php _______________________________________________ ___________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2017-12/msg00205.html (7,607 bytes)

37. Re: [TowerTalk] Is "The Truth about Trees and Antenna Gain" the whole truth? (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 14:34:01 -0800
I think the problem with this article, along with many other antenna articles.is they have nobody to proof read and see if this is actually factual or not. I have seen many articles in QST that I rea
/archives//html/Towertalk/2018-02/msg00087.html (9,645 bytes)

38. Re: [TowerTalk] Built by prisoners in MS? (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 08:57:52 -0700
Me, too. In fact, I have 5 of them here and have only had one problem and it was my fault. You have to use a little common sense when trying to load some antennas I found out the hard way. 73 Tom W7W
/archives//html/Towertalk/2018-04/msg00070.html (7,812 bytes)

39. [TowerTalk] CATV coax (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 17:37:28 -0700
Hi All Which is the most important part of the RG6 CATV coax, the tinfoil shield or the braid? I have come into a bunch of different coax - they both have the tinfoil wrapped insulation, but one has
/archives//html/Towertalk/2018-04/msg00232.html (6,563 bytes)

40. [TowerTalk] 2 meter J-pole (score: 1)
Author: Tom Osborne <w7why1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:58:32 -0700
Howdy all. I am building a 2 meter J-pole out of TV twinlead for portable use. When cutting the short side of the lead-in wire, is it better to leave the piece after the cut in the insulation, take i
/archives//html/Towertalk/2018-07/msg00234.html (6,508 bytes)


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