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141. [TowerTalk] Trylon Update #9 - Phew! (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 04:06:13 -0500
TT: I know it's anti-climactic now, but the Skyhawk is up in the air. Ed N3HXQ came by this afternoon and we managed to haul up the antenna, spin it on its axes a couple of times to position it (it w
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00275.html (8,679 bytes)

142. [TowerTalk] Trees (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:49:56 -0500
TT: For years I used pieces of garden hose to protect the trees to which I had tied various antennas (ae?) as well as clothes lines for the XYL. That won't protect the trees. When I removed my horizo
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00325.html (11,781 bytes)

143. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 02:02:21 -0500
TT: I did the same thing for a top and middle plate clamp with my recent Trylon installation, except I used muffler clamps. I cut off about 3/8 inch of the tips of each clamp, cleaned them with degre
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00398.html (17,245 bytes)

144. [TowerTalk] Thermal Noise Levels (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:24:53 -0500
Jim: My college engineering book shows Boltzman's constant as 1.38*10^-23 Joules/K. Does that help any? 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: Jim Reid <jimr.reid@verizon.net> To: towertalk@
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00607.html (8,506 bytes)

145. [TowerTalk] Is the FCC sharp? Is ARRL counsel swift? (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:55:34 -0500
TT: What a coincidence! Yesterday I received my property assessment from the county and guess what? My property value has actually INCREASED since I erected the tower on my lot this past summer, acco
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00621.html (15,370 bytes)

146. [TowerTalk] Xmas light antenna (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 06:24:15 -0500
Bill: Take it from me - It's likely that the string of lights will glow with RF, even if not fed directly but from an interwoven wire. FWIW. Reminds me of my first QSO in 1966. Half of my 40 M dipole
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00551.html (10,699 bytes)

147. [TowerTalk] measuring elevation (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:33:22 -0500
BTW: The surveyor's stick is called a stadia rod. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: Eric Scace <eric@k3na.org> To: Bill Ralston <n7vm@lgcy.com>; towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@cont
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00583.html (11,963 bytes)

148. [TowerTalk] Mail-order metals (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 22:33:18 -0400
TT: This week I'll be busy with last minute arrangements geared toward hauling the mast and antennas into position on my Trylon tower. While I was looking for SS sheet for shim material for the mast
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00020.html (7,716 bytes)

149. [TowerTalk] Solder Pot Source? (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 01:14:58 -0400
TT: Where would I begin to look in the Yellow Pages for sources for a solder pot? Under what listing(s)? I'm facing the prospect of using a gun outdoors to solder 18 PL259's for the three antennas I'
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00049.html (7,558 bytes)

150. [TowerTalk] Skyhawk questions (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 22:26:46 -0400
TT: This weekend I (almost) finished assembly of the Bencher Skyhawk that will go up on the tower mid-week. I have the boom leaning up against the tower, with the front (Dir end) of the boom upward (
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00154.html (9,218 bytes)

151. [TowerTalk] Skyhawk Questions Answered (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:41:48 -0400
TT: First, thanks to those who provided guidance and advice to help me noodle through my so-called problem with the Skyhawk's element dimensions. I appreciate the help. I called Bencher yesterday ask
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00193.html (7,764 bytes)

152. [TowerTalk] Fall Protection Suggestion (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:25:23 -0400
TT: FWIW - The Trylon web page (www.trylon.com ) has both Amateur and commercial listings. On the commercial pages, one can find a similar fall arrest system made for the Titan towers (probably at a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00200.html (13,910 bytes)

153. [TowerTalk] Replies: Solder Pot Sources (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:30:13 -0400
TT: Thanks to those who repsponded with suggestions. I haven't bought a solder pot yet (ran out of time), so I had to hand-tin the coax braids. But for those interested, here are the responses: * * *
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00211.html (8,176 bytes)

154. [TowerTalk] Trylon - Update #8 (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:13:11 -0400
TT: A quick status report, as I'm officially on the clock at work. Yesterday, Bill N3RR, Ed W3HXQ and I installed the CM mast and two of three antennas on the Trylon 64-footer. We were able to clamp
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00300.html (8,527 bytes)

155. [TowerTalk] Trylon - Update #8 (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:50:55 -0400
TT: Two corrections: o Ed's callsign is N3HXQ (Sorry, Ed.) o I installed the top two antennas AFTER we pulled the mast through the top bearing using the gin pole, then N3RR CONTINUED to push the mast
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00306.html (10,234 bytes)

156. [TowerTalk] NoAlox (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:49:50 -0400
TT: Speaking of Home Despot, when I went there a couple of months ago looking for CRC (not ZRC) cold galvanizing spray, they were selling it at less than $2 a can (regular price was around $6). HD ma
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00310.html (9,482 bytes)

157. [TowerTalk] Rotator Brake noise on CW (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 22:40:15 -0400
TT: Here's a new one. As I was swinging the D40 dipole around tonight, trying to zero in on a UA6 in the lower end of 40, his CW note got slightly raspy when I depressed the brake switch on the Tailt
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00388.html (8,222 bytes)

158. [TowerTalk] Summary: Rotator Brake Noise (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 12:25:12 -0400
TT: Thanks for the suggestions about curing the noise I hear on signals while I depress the rotator brake switch. I haven't implemented any of them yet (will do so after all antennas have been instal
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00405.html (7,621 bytes)

159. [TowerTalk] Trylon dipping (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:48:35 -0400
TT: Just for giggles and grins, today I ran a wire from the top of my 64-foot Trylon to ground level, and about 18 inches off the tower leg, put a two-turn loop near the end of it (the wire) and conn
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00076.html (8,106 bytes)

160. [TowerTalk] Trylon Update #7 (score: 1)
Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:24:08 -0400
TT: Apparently I know what I'm doing - the county inspector was here this morning and left me a final approval tag for the tower. On Friday of last week I'd finished the last section at 64 feet and i
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00166.html (8,653 bytes)


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