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41. [Towertalk] Stacking Tilted LPDA's? (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:01:25 -0800; Note that many, many commercial TV/FM antennas have used this principle for years. I see no reason why it wouldn't work fine scaled up some, but have not seen it tried. Would be interesting to hear h; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00460.html (8,997 bytes)
42. [Towertalk] Copperweld source (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:01:31 -0800; I bought 500' of #12 Copperweld recently from Davis RF at http://www.davisrf.com/amateur.htm and thought I got treated pretty good. They sell the real thing, I'm not sure everybody that sells copper; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00725.html (8,041 bytes)
43. [Towertalk] Relay Summary (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:12:10 -0800; Ma Bell used that principle with what was called "sealing current" to help keep their gazillion relays working for many, many years. Now, of course, it's all digital switches in the central office, b; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00740.html (8,243 bytes)
44. [Towertalk] Phased Delta Loops (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 06:22:47 -0800; Speaking of Roy Lewallen, I was told he's supposed to be a guest speaker at the Fort Smith, Arkansas hamfest next weekend, which I will miss because of my work schedule. Dang. Sure would have like to; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-03/msg00783.html (7,101 bytes)
45. [TowerTalk] Everything Works QST Article by N6BT (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 19:37:54 -0800; Hmmm. Well, the distinction between whatever you want to call the C3XL and an interlaced antenna seems clear to me. My C3XL (no longer made by F12) is called a "multi-monobander", I suppose because i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-02/msg00047.html (11,577 bytes)
46. [TowerTalk] Rigging (crane) question (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 20:05:29 -0800; Thanks to advice from K7LXC, I put up my 80' R45 last August by the latter method. Two preassembled 40' sections, first one hoisted onto pin (with guys hanging free), hook up and pretension guys, the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-02/msg00051.html (12,386 bytes)
47. [TowerTalk] Copperweld stretch (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 16:20:43 -0800; I'm replacing the cheesy wire on my 265' Carolina Windom 160 with #12 CopperWeld, which I bought in a 500' coil from Davis RF (great outfit, BTW). My prestretching method is tree trunk/chain/Klein gr; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-02/msg00316.html (7,841 bytes)
48. [TowerTalk] Climbing Belt Recommendations (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:49:14 -0800; Eh? The Black Diamond autolocking carabiners I use on my climbing rigs are rated at 25 KN (Kilonewtons) breaking strength. The ratings are stamped on the caribiner, so it's easy to check. One KN = 22; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-02/msg00359.html (10,286 bytes)
49. [TowerTalk] Leather Glooves (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:52:46 -0800; I work outside repair for a phone company. After about giving up on finding gloves that would protect my hands while not being too bulky to use, several years ago I found the answer in goatskin ropin; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-02/msg00382.html (10,435 bytes)
50. [TowerTalk] Antennas down (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 06:27:57 -0800; My iced-up Force 12 came out just fine, but mainly because I was lucky and didn't get the incredibly high winds that Ron got after it iced up. Under the wind conditions he was talking about, mine wou; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-02/msg00397.html (9,865 bytes)
51. [TowerTalk] U Bolts for TX-2 Rotor (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 06:13:15 -0800; Very true, but one caution probably should be added. Anti-seize or any other type of thread lubricant will take away much of the feedback you normally expect to get when cranking down on a nut to the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-02/msg00562.html (12,034 bytes)
52. [TowerTalk] Mast source (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 18:37:53 -0800; This keeps coming up, so I'll post this again in hopes it will help someone. This is the place I bought my 23' 4130N Chromoly mast last year. They treated me very well and were very reasonably priced; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-02/msg00607.html (7,941 bytes)
53. [TowerTalk] Radial Ice, C3XL (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:35:51 -0800; Photo taken about 1/2 hour ago of my 33' boom C3XL at 80', with an inch of radial ice. http://home.swbell.net/w5kp/misc/image051.jpg If the wind stays down tonight, and if I'm lucky, and if it warms; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00000.html (7,534 bytes)
54. [TowerTalk] Seattle Aluminum Suppliers (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 06:13:50 -0800; Local salvage yards in my area sell leftover 0.030" solid copper commercial roofing material for $1 a pound (you get a LOT of copper sheet in 5 pounds!) and aluminum scrap material in 1/16", 3/32", a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00071.html (8,696 bytes)
55. [TowerTalk] Alum Masts (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 06:27:11 -0800; Tom, I wish you the best of luck, but be sure to plan for access around the tower for the $300 boom truck you'll need to safely lift that rig out the top after it's bent. At that point, the galvanize; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00285.html (12,743 bytes)
56. [TowerTalk] Are_higher_HF_antenna's_really_better? (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 06:51:29 -0800; Leave us not forget that one of the reasons for putting up a high support to start with is to also have a place to hang wires as high as possible. My C3XL is at 82'. I wouldn't want it any lower beca; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00322.html (11,471 bytes)
57. [TowerTalk] DX (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:03:35 -0800; I really like that idea, Peter. Wish all DX stations would do it! 73, Jerry W5KP ________________________________________________________________________ Where do you get ICE bandpass filters & bever; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00465.html (9,034 bytes)
58. [TowerTalk] Oil for dummy load (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:11:04 -0800; A friendly local transformer rewind shop that contracts for the power company gave me a gallon of the good stuff from a 55-gal drum, and they wouldn't take any money for it. Ask around, you might be; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00532.html (10,336 bytes)
59. [TowerTalk] Oil for dummy load (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:43:53 -0800; One good point to remember, regardless of what oil you use: Don't get it too full in the can. I left what I thought was plenty of expansion room in my Cantenna (about 3/4") and when I was testing an; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00546.html (13,620 bytes)
60. [TowerTalk] Rotator Problem - follow up (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 06:19:33 -0800; Back in my days as a Ship Repair Superintendent with the good ole USN, we used this stuff (in large sizes like 2-1/2" and 3") to seal sonar dome cable connections during refits and overhauls. It was; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00051.html (11,146 bytes)

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