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1. [TowerTalk] Tower info--"Duty to inform" (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (bigdon@eskimo.com)
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 14:32:03 -0800
Better get a disclaimer into the Towertalk FAQ.... Big Don -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00125.html (9,651 bytes)

2. [TowerTalk] PE services (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (bigdon@eskimo.com)
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 18:31:58 -0800
There is a lot of discussion here on having drawings reviewed by a PE prior to getting the permit. In the grand scheme of things, if the goal is to make sure your expensive tower installation stays u
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00158.html (11,781 bytes)

3. [TowerTalk] Why lambast Rohn ????? (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 03:25:44 -0800
I bought some reject fiberglass pole-vaulting poles from the manufacturer to build a big quad. The company made me submit a letter to them certifying that I abso-GODDAM-lutely wasn't *ever* going to
/archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00238.html (8,075 bytes)

4. [TowerTalk] 402CD Heavy Duty Version (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 17:35:57 -0800 (PST)
I had some large diameter dowels "machined" for boom stiffening at a local high school wood shop, after I couldn't find any commercial shop that would tackle it. They will take on projects like this
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00638.html (8,699 bytes)

5. EMF Compliance (was:Re: [TowerTalk] Deutshce Welle's tower...) (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 03:52:15 -0800 (PST)
Speaking of neighbors and lawyers fees, 1Jan98 is right around the corner and I haven't seen any definitive statement of how we confirm EMF limits compliance that is AFAIK required on that date... Bi
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00335.html (7,716 bytes)

6. [TowerTalk] Upcoming Compliance (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:22:39 -0800 (PST)
This seems to be the situation based on everything published so far. But come 1Jan98, unless your nearest neighbor is thousands of yards away, who wants to transmit without the hardcore compliance pa
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00352.html (7,878 bytes)

7. [TowerTalk] Re: Upcoming Compliance (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 17:01:58 -0800 (PST)
The antennas aren't generally ~100' from a neighbor's house... Big Don -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towert
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00373.html (9,486 bytes)

8. [TowerTalk] Re: Upcoming Compliance (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 05:49:08 -0800 (PST)
Hey, I tried it, this works real slick. A couple of points, tho. There are different allowables for "Controlled" and "Uncontrolled" environments. I couldn't find where those terms were defined. Also,
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00391.html (9,628 bytes)

9. [TowerTalk] Antenna Erection (De-) Companies (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 14:19:19 -0800 (PST)
I know folks ride bucket trucks all day, everyday, and come home at night unscathed. However, in that grand spectrum of hazards and risk-taking, a bucket truck seems, conceptually, to rank right up t
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-11/msg00408.html (9,270 bytes)

10. [TowerTalk] scotch 2228 ?? (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 13:11:47 -0700 (PDT)
To keep this discussion in perspective, Big Don puts three or four layers of whatever black electrical tape happens to be handy on exterior coax joints. No solemn multi-step sacred products, rituals,
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00429.html (7,633 bytes)

11. [TowerTalk] antenna gain (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 04:51:26 -0700 (PDT)
If all antenna gain "truth" were known, and standards properly set, so that hardcore accurate gains could be correctly advertised, the winning (for example) tribander would advertise and the losers w
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00212.html (9,478 bytes)

12. [TowerTalk] antenna gain (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 12:19:46 -0700 (PDT)
The issue is: Will ham mag publishers restrict the flow of valuable information to the troops (e.g., antenna gain, equip perfromance, et.al.) in order to please BigBux advertisers? Big Don cites a da
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00308.html (9,808 bytes)

13. [TowerTalk] Tower lightning quiery (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 05:59:05 -0700 (PDT)
Grounded guys scares me to death. Remember the recent post about "four feet of an antenna disappearing" in a lightning strike ?? Picture four feet of one of your top (grounded) guys disappearing duri
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00150.html (7,612 bytes)

14. [TowerTalk] P5DX: "I called for W4's and their weren't any..." (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 09:03:32 -0700 (PDT)
Item of interest to the East Coast and Good Ol' Boy set... "Bigger hurricanes and more of them expected, forecasters say..." Full text is available at: http://www.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/060397
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00165.html (7,675 bytes)

15. [TowerTalk] HF Yagis-Dual reflectors (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 11:24:31 -0700 (PDT)
As you suggest, the region behind the reflector may not be a fertile area for F/B-improving hardware. However, if one was inclined to experiment in this area, the following is submitted for completen
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00671.html (9,150 bytes)

16. [TowerTalk] FALLING TOWER RADIUS (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 07:23:43 -0700 (PDT)
A vicious appearing/sounding dog, that will bark whenever something unusual occurs on your premises, is a worthy addition to your station. The neighbors already hate you anyway, right? Big Don (with
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00221.html (8,360 bytes)

17. [TowerTalk] Antenna Modeling Programs (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:58:06 -0800 (PST)
How about something that models the difference between stranded wire and solid wire (for the same length of wire), or doesn't the scientific community feel any such RF-radiation differences exist? Bi
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00179.html (8,249 bytes)

18. [TowerTalk] Antenna Modeling Programs (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 10:09:51 -0800 (PST)
Without any formal test data available to actually pin it down, Big Don based that question on what appeared just from casual observation to be performance differences between cubical quads built usi
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00204.html (9,650 bytes)

19. [TowerTalk] 2 towers/2beams phased (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:06:41 -0800 (PST)
I heard him get beat once in a pileup on 20m by another west coast station, he was the *2nd* qso after he started calling. You have to wonder how *that* would feel after going to so much work... Big
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00724.html (9,029 bytes)

20. Long mast / crankup tower (score: 1)
Author: bigdon@eskimo.com (Big Don)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:07:09 -0800 (PST)
Recognize you need to be very careful with anything extra you attach to a crankup (rotor wire, coax, pull-down cables, extraneous bracketry...). Any of these items has the potential to foul the tower
/archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00368.html (8,201 bytes)


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