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101. [TowerTalk] coax stripper (score: 1)
Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:51:17 -0400
I have one from DX Engineering http://www.dxengineering.com/Parts.asp?ID=2368&PLID=240&SecID=127&DeptID=36&PartNo=DXE%2DUT%2D8213 I also recommend one of these: http://www.dxengineering.com/Parts.asp
/archives//html/Towertalk/2008-09/msg00523.html (7,690 bytes)

102. [TowerTalk] Coax tools (score: 1)
Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:00:43 -0400
I said "I also recommend one of these:" they don't Pete et al, I should have been more specific. It is not a stripping tool but a handy assembly tool. I was recommending it in addition the their stri
/archives//html/Towertalk/2008-09/msg00536.html (7,913 bytes)

103. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 71, Issue 28 (score: 1)
Author: "Craig Clark" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:45:14 -0500
I have hesitated for three days re the thread on installing PL259 connectors. One of the prime directives of TT is RTFM (read the foolish manual) and do what the manufacturer says. Like the on going
/archives//html/Towertalk/2008-11/msg00244.html (7,906 bytes)

104. [TowerTalk] crank up towers (score: 1)
Author: "Craig Clark" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:24:11 -0500
1: I left mine up all the time. Took it down for yearly antenna and wire maintainence. Also when a hurricane was coming close but that was the exception. 2: Grounded the base @ three points. 3: Was a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00049.html (6,853 bytes)

105. [TowerTalk] radial systems (score: 1)
Author: "Craig Clark" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:54:01 -0500
I remember a conversation with W1FB years ago and he found that 16 50' radials was a very good start for most vertical antenna systems. I have tried (briefly) to find the information in QST without l
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-01/msg00231.html (6,797 bytes)

106. Re: [TowerTalk] Topband Digest, Vol 73, Issue 41 (score: 1)
Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:53:57 -0500
The key is to find RG6 that is swept to at least 3GHz. Satellite systems (like Wildblue and Hughes) send at least 30 volts down the coax to the TRIA (transmitter receiver.) For long runs CC steel do
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-01/msg00415.html (8,411 bytes)

107. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 73, Issue 63 (score: 1)
Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:43:35 -0500
Dick Over the years I have had very good luck with the Ameritron RCS4, 4 antennas (control voltage down the coax) and RCS8, 5 antennas which requires a control line. I currently have a RCS8 controll
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-01/msg00454.html (7,081 bytes)

108. Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2 (score: 1)
Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:03:02 -0500
coax. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tow
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-02/msg00016.html (6,973 bytes)

109. [TowerTalk] Tower climbing saftey (score: 1)
Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:51:21 -0500
As Steve, K7LXC said, he is working on a tower climbing book for the amateur radio market. This will be an important addition to anyone's antenna library. There is another book that both ARRL and I s
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-02/msg00073.html (7,030 bytes)

110. [TowerTalk] WW2 capacitors (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:33:13 -0500
"I would stay away from those old WW2 caps." Why? I have been using some salvaged mica caps to pad my air variable cap for years. Craig Clark K1QX Radioware PO Box 209 Rindge NH 03461 603 899 6957 __
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-02/msg00486.html (6,577 bytes)

111. [TowerTalk] lightning protection (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:48:49 -0500
"Techs from Poly Phaser said at the base of tower, " Hmmmm. In a commercial installation I'd agree as there is usually a very short run of feedline in to the transmitter room. In most ham installatio
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-02/msg00681.html (7,082 bytes)

112. [TowerTalk] Vertical in pond (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:04:13 -0400
8. Vertical in pond (Jim WB5OXQ in Waco, TX) imho, the simple answer is no. fresh water is not the same as salt water. you need a radial field. Craig Clark K1QX Radioware PO Box 209 Rindge NH 03461 6
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00469.html (7,238 bytes)

113. [TowerTalk] Towers, real estate values and health hazards (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:00:56 -0400
Yet again, the local paper is filled with letters decrying a drop in real estate values as well as potential health hazards from the installation of a cell tower in a residential area. I'm looking fo
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00477.html (8,046 bytes)

114. [TowerTalk] "Broadband" 80 meter dipole (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:08:00 -0400
Dipole cut to 3.600 MHz. Feed with 1/4 wave of 75 ohm coax. Then 50 ohm coax to the shack from W1WEF at the YCCC reflector Craig Clark K1QX Radioware PO Box 209 Rindge NH 03461 603 899 6957 _________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00492.html (7,152 bytes)

115. [TowerTalk] antennas in water (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:35:20 -0400
My 160 vertical is located in a fresh water swamp. The key to it's success has been the thousands of feet of radial wire I have laid down.....not on the water. I located it there as it was away from
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-03/msg00530.html (7,144 bytes)

116. [TowerTalk] multiple antennas (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:43:28 -0400
I asked a question on receiving antennas to a well known East Coast contester about what receiving antenna works best at his station. Simply put, he stated what N2EA did. For success, the more receiv
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-04/msg00364.html (7,061 bytes)

117. [TowerTalk] broadband matching 50 ohm systems to 75 ohm cable tv coax (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:43:29 -0400
Broadband 50-75 un-uns have been in the ARRL Antenna Book for many years. One design used a torroid and capacitor for the impendence transformation. In my 19th edition, a 1.5-1 device is shown on pag
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-04/msg00592.html (7,521 bytes)

118. [TowerTalk] LADDER LINE (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:41:01 -0400
WHAT IS THE BEST LADDER LINE? Commercially, only one company makes ladderline these days so ............ it is the best. Here is the URL you can go and look at the different styles JSC makes. http://
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-04/msg00673.html (8,186 bytes)

119. [TowerTalk] trees as antennas (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:15:54 -0400
The information was also published in QST. Here's a pdf that covers the experiment. http://w5jgv.com/downloads/AD735330.pdf I did find an article in May 1974 HR Magazine. Craig Clark K1QX Radioware P
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-04/msg00799.html (8,501 bytes)

120. [TowerTalk] 83-1SP (score: 1)
Author: "CRAIG CLARK" <jcclark@wildblue.net>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:09:08 -0400
The Amphenol 83-1SP, guess what SP stands for, has a silver plated plug and a nickel plated shell. BTW, IMHO, the is no magic in buying Teflon insulated connectors either. Craig Clark K1QX Radioware
/archives//html/Towertalk/2009-05/msg00094.html (6,811 bytes)


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