- 101. Re: [TowerTalk] compression PL259 (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:03:35 -0600
- Why has everyone suddenly started hating soldering UHF males? Rob K5UJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-01/msg00352.html (8,199 bytes)
- 102. Re: [TowerTalk] compression PL259 (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:03:02 -0600
- you have the wrong tools. ya need a Wahl 150 watt iron. lottsa silver solder, vice, good silver plate 259s, good RG213, a sharp Xacto knife, Kline cable cutters. ya gotta let the iron sit for about h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-01/msg00395.html (10,667 bytes)
- 103. [TowerTalk] Non-Guyed Support for 80m Horizontal Loop at 35 feet (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 14:48:15 -0600
- Let me save you some time Jim since I have been there and done it. Horizontal loops on 80 m. stink if they're only 35 feet high. That's too low to ground; they're too lossy to ground coupling. If you
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-02/msg00124.html (7,690 bytes)
- 104. [TowerTalk] Soldering Radials? (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:51:14 -0500
- Hi Deni, The best way to bond your copper wire radials to a copper radial ring is by a method called braising. It is similar to welding and is done with a silver braising rod and MAPP gas torch at a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00279.html (8,483 bytes)
- 105. [TowerTalk] Fwd: Soldering Radials? (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:38:38 -0500
- yes tnx vy much for pointing this out as someone else also did & TU much appreciated. just shows you how as hard as I try to be clear I stumble over something not even noticed by me. Deni please c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00282.html (11,214 bytes)
- 106. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering Radials? (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:14:26 -0500
- It would be great if one you guys with a lot of brazing (I think I got it right this time) experience would post a list of the tools and materials to get to do it right. 73 Rob K5UJ _________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00292.html (8,288 bytes)
- 107. Re: [TowerTalk] ICE (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:40:41 -0500
- I have purchased at least two ICE products and they were both great. Last summer I got one of their receive antenna preamps (so this is about antennas and is not off topic I don't think) for my small
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-03/msg00462.html (7,473 bytes)
- 108. [TowerTalk] Antenna/Tower Legal Issues (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:50:48 -0500
- It doesn't matter. The Calif. Supreme Court let stand without hearing the appeal, the Palmdale ruling that a dinky VHF antenna is sufficient for the enjoyment of ham radio. If that rolls on we're all
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-04/msg00445.html (7,404 bytes)
- 109. Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna/Tower Legal Issues (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:36:45 -0500
- You are probably thinking of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in S.F.; not the Cal. Supreme Court. How do you overrule a state supreme court? What if the U.S. Supreme Court doesn't decide to hear the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-04/msg00466.html (8,239 bytes)
- 110. Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna/Tower Legal Issues (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:03:44 -0500
- Jerry, thanks for clarifiying. 73 Rob K5UJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-04/msg00481.html (12,267 bytes)
- 111. Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical with 1 radia (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 09:04:21 -0500
- I'd say it looks like ARRL in QST at least, is publishing anything. QST is become a more non-technical publication, but I nevertheless found that "vertical beam" article irresponsible to publish for
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-05/msg00184.html (8,615 bytes)
- 112. Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical with 1 radia (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 07:43:31 -0500
- Modeling is a useful tool but no substitute for field strength measurements with test range equipment. 73 Rob K5UJ _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-05/msg00277.html (10,702 bytes)
- 113. Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical with 1 radia (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 07:45:52 -0500
- Skywave propagation varies too much, even during a time of only one or two seconds. You have to do the testing over a ground wave or space wave (line of light) path. 73 Rob K5UJ _____________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-05/msg00278.html (12,691 bytes)
- 114. [TowerTalk] radiation hazard (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 08:42:12 -0500
- Go through and study this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation_and_health Has references at the end for an explanation. Realize that these people may not be rational and are only i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-05/msg00331.html (6,698 bytes)
- 115. Re: [TowerTalk] BLACKENED BRAID?, (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:50:26 -0500
- If you have to bury the feedline, I'd ditch what you have even if it is not all contaminated or oxidized and replace it with a run of 1/2 inch LDF4-50 heliax. It is really not much more expensive if
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-06/msg00105.html (7,595 bytes)
- 116. [TowerTalk] ICE (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:09:23 -0500
- Does anyone happen to know anything about the status of ICE? They still do not seem to be taking orders and I wonder if anyone has heard anything about their plans. Tnx 73 Rob K5UJ __________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-06/msg00119.html (6,931 bytes)
- 117. Re: [TowerTalk] 40M/80M Vertical Choice (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 08:54:18 -0500
- In my opinion, methods to achieve a physically smaller antenna should be avoided where possible. they usually reduce reliability, efficiency and bandwidth. For 80 m. I recommend a tilt-over tapered 6
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-07/msg00002.html (8,281 bytes)
- 118. Re: [TowerTalk] Need push up mast (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:03:37 -0500
- Those push up masts can be tough to source now. The market for high up TV antennas has dwindled so the usual vendors no longer carry them. the problem is that they are too big for UPS and have to be
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-07/msg00076.html (8,177 bytes)
- 119. Re: [TowerTalk] Need push up mast (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 19:22:54 -0500
- Check it out, on that link you sent Mark, they sell something I've never heard of before, some kind of special version of the H50, the 9H50, that collapses down to a length that UPS will take. Could
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-07/msg00081.html (10,837 bytes)
- 120. Re: [TowerTalk] Need push up mast (score: 1)
- Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 05:17:48 -0500
- If you look at what it says in the vendor listing: <<<Special ROHN Factory Limited Edition Run of the H50 5 section Mast collapses down to 99.25 inches that ships UPS Ground to Commercial and Residen
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-07/msg00088.html (8,698 bytes)
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