Forgot Donna, the attached is taken from just below where the wx station is located. You can just see the wx station on the rooftop above the front of the house. Knowing where you are just be sure of
This should help re NWS wx sensor siting. It is part of a message I received from the then NWS Observation Program Team Leader. The NWS Directive does not address anemometer siting but the PLT goes o
Wow!!!!! Whatever they are making on this job, it ain't enough!..(the guys in the tube)! Wonder how a 40 or 80 M 3 el would do at this height? Big congrats to the pilot, but I sure would not want to
Quite a story Grant. The vastly redesigned SkyCrane is manufactured today by Erickson, an old Oregon company headquartered in Portland, but with its operational end down in southern Oregon at Central
Fan dipoles in a V configuration. Have been considering adding a set of 160 M legs to my 80M inverted V which currently is fed 70 feet up off my tower. The legs are in a straight line, SE and NW, end
I need to replace my Fulton K1550 brake winch. Have been looking at the Dutton-Lainson DLB1500A or DLB2500A and the drill drive kit which is available for them'. Also considering another Fulton K1550
Al, not sure why you say 'last generation'. Actually they went away many generations ago. For those interested in the history of Tek's ceramic strips (or need one) see Stan, W7NI's web page - http://
Good question, asked some of the folks I used to work with who were a part of the engineering and manufacturing side around that time. It appears that the 647A/11A2A and 11B2A was probably the last p
http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=17127 is useful too. Don W7WLL The DX calculator is cool to use BUT it is only designed to be accurate with their chrome-moly pipe specs whereas the WD9
Dummy load up on the tower at the end of the coax and run full legal limit. I discovered a coax length that was also intermittent. Don W7WLL I have just put up an A3WS with 30 meter add on kit. I use
Got my WN7WLL license in Jul of '54. Only call change was use of AC7WLL during the US Centennial when the use of AC was allowed by the FCC (was this '76, memory failing today??). Any of you use the A
Don't know all the details but I had run across this a while back about how B&W got started. Never took the time to follow the leads to Electric Radio. Sure ran into a lot of their T2FD's at various
Around 1980 Tri-Ex apparently offered a tower that came in 10 foot sections and was made with something called Triexium. The data sheet (which says little) claims it is a space-age, lightweight, high
Nope, perfectly serious. What I have is a copy of two pages actually (I suspect part of a booket that was folded 8.5 x 11 paper). It describes a Super Z-25-T (Triexium tm)on one side and a Super Z-25
No, not crankups or sky needles, says it comes in 10 foot sections with joining sleeves that hold the sections together while sections are being bolted, gives a full 10 foot length. I'll scan the pap
Has been interesting to read the posts on this old antenna and the various comments on how well or not they have worked for those who had or have one. I also have one. It is assembled, setting on som
Take a look at these folks who have telescoping fiberglass poles - http://wonderpole.com/ Don W7WLL --Original Message-- From: Tom Osborne Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 1:21 PM To: towertalk@cont
I have two Alpha Delta 4's and they have received significant use over the years running HP Alpha amps. Last year, after a lot of years of use, I had a contact problem with one. Alpha Delta fixed it,
This was taken from a ex Tektronix employee site I belong to. I didn't find it but one of the engineers did. Fascinating. I want one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSOl3Hx94s If you have to wonder
In case no one has seen the inside of a failed BN-86, this is the one that came off my TH7DX last summer. Replaced it with a Balun Designs unit. Note the burned 2 coil turns and the insect invasion p