All: I've received quite a few requests for photos of the grounding clamp I'm planning on using with my Trylon Titan tower. Kevin N9IWW was kind enough to put it on his club's site: Http://www.fortwa
TT: In case you all were wondering, I just took delivery of my 64-foot Trylon tower this evening. I ordered it from Steve K7LXC on April 28 and it left the factory on May 28, so delivery to my door w
TT: I'm sure Tim is well-intentioned in his wanting to make available for other Hams throughout the TT world ideas on fabricating towers from locally-available materials. Not every society on the pla
Fernando: As someone who works in the wireless industry, my advice is have a Professional Engineer design your tower foundation for you. You're engaging in a commercial enterprise, wireless Internet
TT: Not true. Angelos on Friday denied he and his firm have decided to sue. He confirmed that he has a client for whom he's evaluating whether to sue (three guesses what the outcome will be!) but no
Ted: You and I have corresponded before on NVIS antennas. I agree with Tom that you ought to raise the antennas above the roof with masts, pous mount them at right angles to reduce coupling. However,
TT: Yet another source of info on NVIS antennas is Near Vertical Incidence Skywave Communication - Theory, Technique and Validation, written by Fiedler and Farmer and available from Worldradio Books
That's why most people got out of CB back then! 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: Greg Gobleman <k9zm@frontiernet.net> To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com> To: <tower
Read The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan, for an excellent treatment of pseudo-science and its practitioners. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: Gilmer, Mike <mgilmer@gnlp.com> To: 'T
TT: Boom feeding will work but only if the DE and last Refl are electrically connected to the boom. Force 12's and Benchers are O.O.L. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: n4kg@juno.com <n
Bill, Gerry: I had one of the RS push-up masts to support a V/UHF yagi array. The connections between sections is done with cotter pins, I substituted double 3/16" bolts and nuts. Neither provides ad
TT: The Fall, 1997 issue of Proceedings of the Radio Club of America has an article about the _Titanic's_ wireless system. One paragraph reads, "The precise frequency of the _Titanic_ and _California
All: pH testing kits are also available from local plant nurseries, Home Despot, etc. I bought one for $5. It contains the test vial for the soil/water, ten capsules of "magic powder" to mix with the
Brian (and TT): The address and phone number for the Mil Hdbk are: Commanding Officer Naval Publications and Forms Center 5801 Tabor Ave. Phila., PA 19120 The phone number in the HDBK, 215-697-3321,
TT: I found it - how I (painlessly) ordered the MIL HDBK on grounding. The Naval Pubs and Forms Center that Art Boyars mentioned is closed. The doc., MIL-HDBK-419A, "Grounding, Bonding and Shielding,
All: It's November, _1970_. Also, check out March and May of 1971 for articles on verticals. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com> To: towertalk@contesting.com
Steve: Use insulated house wiring: cheap ($13 for 500 feet at Home Depot), easy to apply (wrap a 4 inch piece around the cable and messinger wire and twist the ends together). Use #12 as that is a li
TT: For those interested, the series (7 installments) is in the 1973 volume of QST. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F --Original Message-- From: Tom Hammond - N0SS <n0ss@earthlink.net> To: n8ug@juno.com <n8ug@jun
TT: Someone whose opinion and experience I respect once remarked to me, "The difference between theory and practice in theory is less than the difference between theory and practice in practice." Tru
ALL: According to the "Uniform Building Code - 1997", Section 1616, "Exposure B has terrain with buildings, forest or surface irregularities, covering at least 20 percent of the ground level area ext