LEE ET. AL.: Another thing to watch with lightning claims is the length of time your policy allows for processing claims. My claim rep. said he wanted a statement from the licensed electrician who ca
John: When I was a reporter/editor for the Fort Worth paper from 1977-87 I always made an assignment for a photographer Saturday or Sunday at Ham Com in Arlington. Nearly every time someone went out
Jerry, et. al: An interesting "test" to check is downloading the TASP test online and see how well you can do on it. The TASP (not the TAAS) test is required of anyone enrolling as a freshman in a Te
Sam, et. al: When I put up a Rohn tower I put six inches or so of pea/river rock gravel in the bottom of the hole and then pushed the base section in the gravel slightly to allow for drainage. Sorry
Henry, et. al.: I'm a Boy Scout Merit Badge counselor and have actually had scouts come up to me during a merit badge class and ask "Do I have to do the requirements to get the merit badge?" I teach
Does anyone know if J. Martin Systems of Stamford CT is still in business. They sold a pre drilled copper buss bar for grounding in lengths varying from 2 ft. to 4 ft. with the attachment bolts every
JIM: Try most any store that sells fencing supplies, especially a farm supply store. Years ago I found a fence post driver that is a 3-4 inch piece of pipe with handles on the side and one end welded
Fellow Tower Talkians: Pardon the off-topic message, but I was curious if others were having the same problem since many of the "bounced" e-mails I describe below are from/to other hams. Have you bee
I have been reading the various messages about 40m beams and 10-15-20 tribanders with interest, but I've got one question. Are there any noticeable interaction problems between a tribander and the va
Bill: Supposedly the ISP people can track it with all that gibberish. I know the U.S. Secret Service wants the "entire" message with the full header if you complain to them about one of those 411 Nig
Jim: I've got a Ham IV (1988 vintage recently rebuilt by Norms Rotor Service) with the same 2 1/16 specs. and my old Hygain manual advises putting 1/32 shims on both sides of a 2" mast in the rotor t
Pete, et. al.: In covering several Gulf Coast hurricanes as a news reporter back in the 1970s and 80s I've ended up at numerous oceanside Coast Guard stations along the Texas and Louisiana gulf coast
Fellow tower talk members: A ham friend of mine and his XYL in the Houston TX area live in a deed restricted area which prohibits outside antennas without approval of the subdivision's architectural
Nat: I've used a Klein Model 9483 belt since 1988 that was primarily designed for tree trimmers. It has a padded 3 inch wide double sewn webbing around the waist and a second heavy piece of webbing t
Fellow TT list members: State Farm also hit me with an increase after I filed a lightning damage claim. In addition, they are imposing HUGE premium increases on all their Texas policyholders, this ma
Ken, fellow tower talk members: When my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I bought our current QTH in 1992 we told the realtor we were using that we wanted a home in a neighborhood WITHOUT a neighborhood associa
Lee, et. al.: They and First Call did the same to me when I inquired about an extra base for a WT51 in case XYL and I moved. They gave me several different prices for the same thing. Tom, WW5L . ____
http://www.rotorservice.com/ I just tried the above link and it worked fine for Norm's. Tom, WW5L ________________________________________________________________________ Where do you get ICE bandpas
David, Stu: Just to show you how much the EPA, State of Texas, and local cities fear/whatever transformer oil. A few yeas ago a car (a new BMW) hit a power pole on the next block from where we live,