Did it pull wood with it? My curiosity and the magic of internet search has found an informative site showing results and techniques for testing of Imbedded bolt shafts in huge wooden sail boats. The
Your idea of putting the tower up before neighbors have a chance to think about it has merit. My problem is, to get a tower permit in Minneapolis MN where I live, there is a requirement to send lette
I got the article to come up but the newspaper wanted registration and such. Then I noticed a place where it sez to send this article to a friend by email. So I sent it to myself (at my non arrl.net
I have bought ScotchBrite in grocery stores, in with cleaning supplies. Well, thanks to everyone who took the time to post directly to me or to the reflector and it appears a near unanimous opinion t
Red sez it will never come loose but actually, it isn't that hard to get things loose after being fixed with red, according to an auto mechanic in my radio club. Blue wouldn't even hold the elements
Here in Minnesota, in the land of the 3M Company, here's how I learned to waterproof connections of all sorts. Wrap Scotch #23 around the joint. #23 stretches, covers every little bump, and fuses to
I was kayaking on a Minneapolis lake alongside the buoys where sailboats are kept, and the only sailboat I saw which was free of gull droppings was one that had an owl on top the mast. The other sail
You probably weren't off all those years. Declination changes gradually over time. I remember that Minnesota's was 4º about 30 years ago. Now it is 1.241º according to the website. Gets eas
I have four guy ropes to a top-heavy vertical that I made. Three guys are black-covered white rope from Cable Experts (3/16") and the fourth guy is parachute cord. The black ham rope has stretched ha
I once used a PL-259 quick-connect adaptor on a 2m antenna for a mobile radio that I was moving from car to car. What I got when using it was mostly noise. I wouldn't trust any of them to be trouble-
About the fifth time I watched the video, I noticed two places where you can see the edge of the tower that the video was being filmed from. The camera tower appears at the far right edge of the pic.
What were the collars like and how did you attach them? 73 de Orcy WØQT -- Original Message -- From: Bill Coleman To: britech@earthlink.net Cc: 'Tower Talk Reflector' Sent: Wednesday, October
Tnx! Actually, I have it easy here (Minnesota). I've put down a bunch of ground rods in two different locales. 18 in. of loam, then sand all the way down to bedrock, wherever it may be. I run the hos
I have a peculiar pattern of radials. No specific pattern actually. A small, narrow, strangely-shaped yard so I just put radials where I can find room for them. I just added five radials which I had
You can get hams per zip from QRZ.com's database. 73 de Orcy WØQT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTa
Why not put responses on the list? We get interference, at FD, to digital (PSK31) from CW and SSB antennas. This may be off topic a little but I'm looking for some help Our club operates typically 3A
Today (July 10) is Tesla's birthday. Check out www.google.com ! 73 de Orcy WØQT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
I bought a coax stripper at Radio Shack but haven't used it yet. It does RG6/59 cables. It looks similar to the stripper made for TV coax. It is made by Magnavox and I forget what it cost. My neighbo