Hmmmm, he says with egg on his face. Maybe I could make them believe I was
having a flash back to my first marriage. I wonder if they would believe
the spellchecker is the wench?
Well guys I guess honesty is the best policy. My wife typed that at my
request while I was showering.
Pat, K8PC
----- Original Message -----
From: <el34guy@aol.com>
To: <chilesp@adelphia.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower-mounted enclosure
> How about that wench on your tower? Whats her name? Happy New Year!!
>
> Mark
> W0NCL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Chiles <chilesp@adelphia.net>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Sent: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 10:12:51 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower-mounted enclosure
>
>
> I remember Pete's (K4ZR) last post on this topic. I took my cue from it
> and
> used a $6 Rubbermaid box from Wallwart. Works for me and I couldn't be
> happier. My switch and the wench on my tower are protected by large
> plastic
> cat food containers that I extracted from my neighbor's trash during
> morning
> walks. They went through last summer without any noticeable UV damage.
>
> Pat, K8PC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
> To: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>; "'TOWERTALK'"
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 9:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower-mounted enclosure
>
>
>> I'm sure I'll be roundly criticized for this, but my entire antenna
>> switching system for one-tower SO2R - 8 relay boxes in total) is enclosed
>> in a $5 plastic under-bed storage box. I mounted all the relay boxes to
>> a
>> sheet of aluminum and used a couple of cut down u-bolts to hang it on a
>> tower cross-member. The top snaps on neatly, and I bring all the cabling
>> out through the bottom. Made no effort to seal around the cables, and am
>> watching it carefully, but so far so good. Beats the heck out of a $100
>> enclosure, even though I may have to replace it every year or two because
>> of UV.
>>
>> Photo on request.
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>> At 09:15 AM 1/3/2006, Keith Dutson wrote:
>>>I would choose a ventilated aluminum enclosure. You can mount bulkhead
>>>Polyphasers and attach the box to a tower leg using metal clamps.
>>>
>>>73, Keith NM5G
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>>>[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Butch
>>>Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 4:23 PM
>>>To: TOWERTALK
>>>Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower-mounted enclosure
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I am about to erect a 50' Rohn 25 tower in my back yard. Atop the tower
>>>will
>>>be a small tri-bander, a 6-meter yagi and at the very top, a 10-meter
>>>vertical for local nets/chatting. Suspended from the tower, just below
>>>the
>>>tri-bander will be my 75-meter dipole. So, I will have 4 runs of coax
>>>descending the tower to the remote switch and one run from the switch
>>>into
>>>the shack.
>>>
>>>I am planning to install A Polyphaser on each run, above the switch and
>>>mounted in an enclosure of some type. Any suggestions as to type of
>>>enclosure works well over time? Sealed? Ventilated? Plastic?
>>>Metal?........you get the idea. Thanks.
>>>
>>>Butch K4NAU
>>>
>>>
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