K1VR: And you thought YOU had challenges? *Speaking of the ice storm, it's the reason WGAN (560) in Portland, MAINE was on night pattern all last week. The folks at 'GAN tell NERW that one of their t
K1VR: This is a worthy political statement and, in my opinion, a good reason to vote one way or another on matters which come to a vote. Curiously, it is a sentiment that is exclusive to neither the
K1VR: Proof that you should always read the original bylaw. Some define structure as "something made of materials." Some define is as "a habitable building." Some leave it undefined. This gives you a
K1VR: As a rough rule of thumb, two wires together moves you about notch. Thus, two #14 is approximately one #12, two #12 is approximately one #10, and so forth. _____________________________________
K1VR: I use and love Phillystran, but it may not be right for you. The advantage is that it is non-conductive. This permits you to (1) load the tower on 80 or 160 -- I load mine on 160, (2) stack Yag
K1VR: This is a trick question, and may not be answerable from the information available. Here's why: You want to have galvanized steel guy wire from a height of about 12 feet above ground to the guy
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 20:56:55 -0700 henry gillow-wiles <henry@rio.com> writes: K1VR: If you have no plans to put antennas down the tower (i.e., a tribander pointed South, or a lower antenna to stack),
If you are new to Tower Talk, and you'd like to get some background, you might try: http://www.skyenet.net/pirod/specbk.htm This is the specification and technical background book for PiRod, a major
K1VR: I'd be afraid that one of those suckers might just pop out of the ground if it gets saturated with the kinds of rains we've had here in the NE the past few weeks. Rohn specifies compacted soil
K1VR: W1BU was the callsign of the Rhododendron Swamp VHF Society, as Sam Harris' home was located in Medfield, MA in the area known as the . . . (guess what?). His antenna was a half-wave dipole a h
borrow)? K1VR: If you are only going to cut one or two pieces of EHS, and this is not the way you earn your living -- 1. Put on your safety glasses. (I have a nick in mine where an EHS cable snapped
K1VR: Dana Atchley, then W1HKK and later W1CF, who held the patent on the four square (along with W1FC, formerly W1FRR), believed that the key was not vertical vs. horizontal at 40 m, but rather the
K1VR: The TH7 has a second driven element, broadening the bandwidth. Same boom length, which is a major determinant of gain. K1VR: I have a TH6 at 97', a TH6 at 61' and a TH7 at 31'. They work. Use t
Many of you were present at the presentation I made last Friday at the Dayton HamVention, describing the new three element vertical parasitic array in use at K1VR. Designed by W1FV and built by the t
I have in my head that all Rohn catalog designs include a safety factor of 3, but at the moment I cannot find any note in the catalog about this. Does anyone know what safety factor Rohn uses for 25G
A week ago I inquired of this reflector about the Rohn safety factor. K6LL came up with the best answer, and he deserves a lot of credit. Thank you, Dave Hachadorian! Look for the sentence with the w
K1VR: A fit matter for negotiation. Get a lawyer and tell zoning board that if the bylaw says what they think it says, it fails to meet the requirements of Federal law. And if it doesn't apply as wri
to To: <towertalk@contesting.com> K1VR: There are only two kinds of people -- those who have spillled Ham IV ballbearings on the floor, and those who have never taken one apart. _____________________
Dear Jay: As I doubt you've ever received one before, here's a failure report on my Stack Match. Short answer: It was my fault. I noticed that the top tribander was intermittently there and not there