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1. [TowerTalk] Feedline in Conduit (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Mon Aug 4 20:53:08 2003; Unfortunately, Item 1-a is the best way to do it. --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Keller Sent: Monday, August 0; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-08/msg00100.html (8,123 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Tower tale--W6AM (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Tue Jul 15 22:23:01 2003; What great recollections of W6AM. I heard him a lot during the 50's and 60's but never met him. I am sure that riding in the back seat and getting the feel of high power mobile DXing was an extreme t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-07/msg00238.html (9,187 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Ground Rods (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Wed Jun 4 18:57:27 2003; No Should ground rods always be sunk below the ground surface? If so, why? I mean, other than to avoid the lawnmower...:-) Jerry K3BZ _______________________________________________ See: http://www.m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-06/msg00094.html (7,403 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] grounding (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Tue May 20 21:52:58 2003; Your story is a perfect example of why disconnecting feedlines is not real good protection if proper attention was not paid to the overall grounding scheme of the station. The scenario you describe h; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00267.html (10,424 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] grounding (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Tue May 20 23:21:47 2003; Pete makes a good point, up to a point. I do not believe "low inductance grounding" is an issue in the single-point grounding scheme problem. Reasonable attention with decent sized wire and copper st; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-05/msg00270.html (10,585 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Spitfire Antenna (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Tue Apr 15 22:28:25 2003; With many questions such as this one all you need to do to get more info is to do a search on Google. In the case of the spitfire question, if you go to Google and run a search on antenna+spitfire yo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-04/msg00244.html (7,962 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] Fw: ground (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Fri Apr 18 23:14:30 2003; You need to tie all the grounds together. The power company in my area offers a whole house surge protection system which mounts behind the meter for $5 per month. I recently had it installed in my h; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-04/msg00359.html (8,915 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] antennas and line filtering (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Wed Feb 5 21:11:51 2003; A couple of thoughts: 1. You probably do not have an AC line noise problem since you are using power supplies to power your radio. 2. I would start with the power supplies. Try one power supply at a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00094.html (9,246 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] SWR question (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Thu Feb 27 20:34:36 2003; The answer depends mainly on the amount of feedline loss you have. With 150' or so of decent coax the loss caused by the additional mismatch will be negligible on any HF band. If you have 1000' of co; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-02/msg00559.html (9,214 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] MA5V Vertical question (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway (N5WA)); Date: Thu Jan 30 20:42:28 2003; Paul and Jim, The Cushcraft MA5V was designed by K1BQT, Rick Littlefield and he calls it an "Off Center Fed Dipole). In the Jan/Feb 2002 issue of QEX, page 54, is a complete technical write up on sam; /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00587.html (11,205 bytes)
11. [Towertalk] Parallel wire verticals (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:22:16 -0500; This would closely resemble the antenna I have been using for many years. What I use is an open-sleeve vertical consisting of three wires spaced about 4.5-inches. The center wire resonantes on 160 an; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-10/msg00734.html (9,702 bytes)
12. [Towertalk] Inverted L update (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:31:59 -0500; Those readings are just about what you would expect from an L of your dimensions with a less than perfect ground system. Your feedpoint impedance is probably a little higher than 50-ohms right now. W; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00585.html (8,880 bytes)
13. [Towertalk] double bazooka (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 17:05:42 -0500; I think Tom and others will tell you that the double-bazooka is very lossy. It has had widespread use over the years, but if you read the literature on antenna efficiencies you will see that a random; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-07/msg00108.html (9,485 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] Sewing Radials in the lawn (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:48:02 -0600; I have used this idea (sewing radials) for many years, and it works like a charm in areas with lawns, thatch, or moderate undergrowth. I use a metal rod about 1/8" diameter and about 6' long. I drill; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00055.html (13,060 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] Re: KM1H e-mail address (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 20:23:32 -0600; I need to send an e-mail to Carl, KM1H. Does anyone know his e-mail address? -- Wes Attaway (N5WA) -- 2048 Pepper Ridge, Shreveport, LA 71115 -- 318-797-3012 -- ______________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00178.html (7,134 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] Trees (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:26:46 -0600; Actually, there is more than the tree to think about ...... namely, your tower. One way to avoid hurting trees is to use large screw-eyes. The treee just grows around them. These are hard to install; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00271.html (10,133 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] ++ High SWR and Modern Transceivers (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:33:07 -0600; Pete ..... I think the simple answer is that if your transceiver is astute enough to "roll-back" the power when confronted with an offending load, you are safe. Guys, all I asked was whether I could; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00273.html (10,623 bytes)
18. [TowerTalk] Trees (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:21:07 -0600; I have had the same thing done to three of the pines in my yard. The eye-bolt goes all the way thru the trunk, with nut and washer on the side opposite from the eye. A tree climber actually drills a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00359.html (10,017 bytes)
19. [TowerTalk] vertical antennas (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 21:58:27 -0600; Well, I think our course is now clear. Someone needs to put up a vertical with 40 1/4-wavelength radials and make some detailed measurements. Then do the same thing with 50 and 60 radials. Then see i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00046.html (9,418 bytes)
20. [TowerTalk] Re: Force12 (score: 1): Author: wes@attawayinterests.com (Wes Attaway); Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:23:40 -0500; These opinions re changing bandwidth of an antenna by adding or subtracting feedline are the silliest things I have heard in a long time. Tom, and many others, are correct in that making bandwidth br; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00224.html (11,599 bytes)

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