Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:57:32 -0500
I do like the way you stated that<:-)) Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2 www.rogerhalstead.com _______________________________________________ _
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:35:54 -0500
Likewise I've had good luck with the Diawa. Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2 www.rogerhalstead.com _____________________________________________
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:15:42 -0500
I worked out and pretty much built such an arrangement, BUT in my case the interaction between antennas would have been too great and I abandoned the project although the top UHF and VHF arrays are m
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:20:19 -0500
First, Season's greetings to you and congratulations on the new location and station. Second...Pretty much what Joe said<:-)) Start with a good ground system and go from there. My trap tribander is j
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:34:54 -0500
This works, but it's not a permanent solution. If the birds hear the bird of prey enough times without ation they will eventually ignore the sounds. That is unless they actually run into one. Then t
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:16:43 -0500
How about one of those electric powered buzzers? They are about the same as a solenoid but are designed to vibrate. Now all you need to do is find a resonant point on the boom. Since a couple pair o
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:05:28 -0500
Not sure why but this entire thread ended up quarantined at my ISP as Phishing posts and considered them dangerous. Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's oldest Debonair
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:10:47 -0500
The subject says it all, but as a repeat: Merry Christmas to all from wet and cold Michigan. Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2 www.rogerhalstead.
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:10:23 -0500
Thanks, It'd be easy to add more height ...Up to about 15' more which would be long for 75. I'd guess about 64' would be close for a quarter way on 75 (middle of the band) and very close to a half wa
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:20:20 -0500
Fair condition he says? <:-)) Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2 www.rogerhalstead.com _______________________________________________ ___________
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 04:31:34 -0500
Although just a nit and too large a guy wire would put undue stress/pull on the legs, the highest stress point is probably going to be the base. although the lower guys are more of a straight out pul
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:05:07 -0500
Birds are not exactly the brightest critters on the planet although some are a lot smarter than others. In general the little ones are at the shallow end of the gene pool. OTOH Ducks and Sea Gulls ar
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 23:31:27 -0500
Just get a cap from a paint can and use Silastic RTV (TM) to stick it in place. Force tennis ball or squirt foam into the bottom, but leave, or add a drain hole. This will keep the wasps/mud dobbers
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:32:42 -0500
Actually we give the birds too much credit for skill in this case. Their flights are much akin to our GPS hard wired in along with image recognition at the destination. It's more like instinct rathe
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 18:58:40 -0500
Back to antennas... I have a Diamond Duoband vertical side mounted on the tower http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/Tower26.htm that is used mainly for near by repeaters and simplex to mobiles. I
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 19:19:02 -0500
I have to leave them outside the hole.<:-)) Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2 www.rogerhalstead.com ____________________________________________
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:09:17 -0500
Deja vu? These come up on the reflector ... maybe a couple of times a year. The general consensus is they are a waste of money. Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's old
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:54:25 -0500
Wellllll... As to soldering PL-259s I cut everything to length, tin the braid before putting things together and then use a BIG (I believe in brute force) soldering gun to solder the braid to the con
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 18:32:20 -0500
I've seen a number of good suggestions, but... If the tower base is properly installed water will not accumulate in the legs. If you don't live in the frozen north it's even less of a problem. For l
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 00:25:13 -0500
Big versus little is quite relevant as all strikes may be big, but some are a *LOT* bigger than others. My tower takes a number of hits every year. I rarely disconnect anything in the house and have