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1. Re: [TowerTalk] RV Antennas (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:47:23 +0000

John: I shoulda put this in the first e-mail: the author's name is John Portune W6NBC, e-mail jportune at aol dot com, web site at www.w6nbc.com . 73 de Gene Smar AD3F _______________________________

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00477.html (8,762 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] RV Antennas (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:43:55 +0000

John: The March issue of QST has an article about a vertical 40M copper loop that an enterprising Ham installed on his RV roof and truck bed. The mechanics of the mount allow it to be hinged over fla

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00476.html (8,219 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] 75 ohm to 50 ohm connection question (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:25:11 +0000

Bill: Two suggestions: 1. Just put up the vertical (and appropriate radials?), connect your RG-6 extension and try it. Worst that could happen is low antenna efficiency due to mismatch - nothing llik

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00277.html (9,288 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Dipole Meets High Voltage Electric Fence:Keeping the Receiver Happy (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:36:37 +0000

Jeff: You might consider doing what the electric utilities do when they're working around live wires: sleeve them with rubber. You might see this where a new power line is being installed above a liv

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-03/msg00011.html (9,670 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Help on new Tower Installation planning andFeedlines (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:14:30 +0000

Wendell: My comments embedded below. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F I'd recommend a single, larger (4 inch) conduit for ALL cables. Other folks here have suggested corrugated plastic drain conduit; not a bad i

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00386.html (10,943 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] ROTATOR SHIMS (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:09:39 +0000

Dennis: I used a small sheet of stainless steel flashing. I bought a sample set of several different thincknesses from Online Metals: http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=284&step=2 . I'm not

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00376.html (7,754 bytes)

7. Re: [TowerTalk] 2nd thrust bearing inside tower - you opinions?? (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:32:19 +0000

John: On my tower I have a top bearing plate (with an industrial bearing on it), a second bearing plate about three feet below that one with NO bearing, just a set of back-to-back muffler clamps; and

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00352.html (10,428 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] Anyone used POR-15? Rust inhibitor/fixer (score: 1)

Author: <ersmar@comcast.net>

Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:53:26 -0500

Russ: With a couple inches of SLEET on the ground and on the tower today, needless to say it'll be some time before I get to touching up the bit of rust on my tower. But rest assured, I will report o

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00289.html (11,815 bytes)

9. Re: [TowerTalk] Anyone used POR-15? Rust inhibitor/fixer (score: 1)

Author: <ersmar@comcast.net>

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:35:00 -0500

TT: Yesterday I clicked on the web site Noid listed, below, and read about their Super Starter Kit. Today the kit is on my shack desk. Fast shipping indeed. The kit consists of an 8 oz. bottle of Mar

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00281.html (8,706 bytes)

10. [TowerTalk] Mast loading (score: 1)

Author: <ersmar@comcast.net>

Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:39:30 -0500

TT: Thanks for any help here. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00212.html (7,123 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotator connector replacement - trailer-stylevs. Amphenol Eco-Mate (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:20:13 +0000

TT: When I built a coaxial balun for my Skyhawk, I stripped the antenna end of the cable and soldered a wire pigtail to the shield. I slipped a piece of heatshrink tubing over the cable end with the

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00034.html (9,639 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotator connector replacement - trailer-stylevs. Amphenol Eco-Mate (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:09:04 +0000

Eric et al: I taped the only outdoor trailer light connector in my system - the one underneath the rotator base. I,too, believed that that was a point for water ingress, so I took precautions. The ot

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00027.html (12,176 bytes)

13. Re: [TowerTalk] adding up wind loads (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:22:47 +0000

Bill et al: Depends on the jurisdiction whether you can get away with that tack. When I applied for my tower permit, there was a specific block labeled <antenna> on the application form that I had to

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00010.html (8,363 bytes)

14. Re: [TowerTalk] Stepper Antennas and Shunt Feed Towers (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:03:44 +0000

Dick: Most sources I've read regarding shunt-fed towers recommend a wider, rather than closer, spacing of the shunt wire from the tower. Keeping your wire away from the tower then threading between t

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00009.html (11,053 bytes)

15. Re: [TowerTalk] Yaesu Rotator connector replacement (score: 1)

Author: <ersmar@comcast.net>

Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:21:21 -0500

TT: Just to add to the ideas for using trailer light connectors.... I installed three sets on my rotator cable run: one at the base of the rotator atop the tower, one at the control box in the shack

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-02/msg00000.html (7,018 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] Inverted V Trouble (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:24:21 +0000

Keith: My money is on the arc-plug (tm) surge supressor in the center insulator. I'm guessing it went tango uniform and is presenting a hinky impedance that your tuner is having a hard time matching.

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-01/msg00787.html (8,891 bytes)

17. Re: [TowerTalk] Tri-Ex HS 588 (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:13:14 +0000

Chuck: Guying what is supposed to be a self-supporting structure like that is not a good idea. In heavy winds, the upwind guy wire(s) will pull down on the structure to keep it upright. A crank-up to

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-01/msg00774.html (9,767 bytes)

18. Re: [TowerTalk] Greetings to all (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:59:34 +0000

Craig: Welcome to the Ham fraternity. I've been licensed since 1965 and have enjoyed every minute of this vast hobby of ours. Regarding the book, it's titled HF Tribander Performance - Test Methods &

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-01/msg00763.html (8,785 bytes)

19. Re: [TowerTalk] 80m vertical gain array (score: 1)

Author: ersmar@comcast.net

Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:53:02 +0000

Robert: The Old Man of Topband, Stew Perry W1BB, used a watertower as a support for his 2-element inverted V wire Yagi near his home QTH in Massachusetts. You might consider a similar antenna for use

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-01/msg00660.html (9,197 bytes)

20. Re: [TowerTalk] Force 12 EF-140 - Need Info from Users ( CurrentorPrevious ) (score: 1)

Author: <ersmar@comcast.net>

Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:37:26 -0500

Dennis: <Better> I can't say, as I never used an EF-140. But I have had a CC D-40 rotatable up on my tower since 2001. It's SWR curve met specs (200 kHz) and the low spot on the SWR curve is just whe

/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-01/msg00563.html (10,263 bytes)

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