Beams/towers
K7LXC at aol.com
K7LXC at aol.com
Sat Feb 10 22:18:23 EST 1996
In a message dated 96-02-10 09:49:30 EST, you write:
<< I didnt realize that there was such a small wind load capability
difference between <25G and 45G-- 45G feels like climbing a ROCK compared to
25G to me--- Why is <55G so much stronger?
Yes, I was surprised by those numbers myself and decided to look into it.
Tower legs take all the up and down forces so I compared the specs:
25G 1.25" OD 16 guage thick
45G 1.25" OC 14 guage thick
55G 1.5" OD 11 guage thick
You can see that the 25G and 45G legs are directly related strength-wise
since they are the same OD. The 55G legs are almost 17% bigger OD with
thicker walled steel. Increasing the thickness of 25G and 45G legs is pretty
incremental until you increase the OD as in the 55G. Interesting exercise.
<I need to get that Rohn catalog - great stuff in there - lost mine years ago
- but zeoxed <pages I need from supplier when I installed my 25G - yep -- 25G
when I knew it should <have been 45!!!
Get the Rohn catalog from your Rohn dealer or direct from Rohn
(309-697-4400); there are 2 versions, Consumer Products and Commercial
Products - the consumer one has BX and the commercial one doesn't. They're
$10.00 with a $10.00 rebate.
<I saved some bucks but its just a matter of time that I will pay the
price--- My 25G is <70ft high - mounted in 1 yd concrete, house braket at
12ft, and three sets of guys with <tork bars and equalization plates at
anchors--- 3/16" Rohn with insulators on the two <lower set of guys and 3/16
Philly Stran on top -- whats on this??
<I hate to tell you!!! get ready for this ----A HS 20ft mast with a
cushcraft 10M 4 elm <beam on top - 10ft down a Force 12 15M 4 elm beam driven
by a Yaesu G1000SDX <and about 10ft below all of that just below the rotor
plate a Tic-Ring with a Force 12 <20M 4 elm yagi on a 30ft boom -- I chose
the force 12 antennas due to their <comparativly less wind loading ----- Oh
well --- It all sayed up in the close call <Hurricanes this summer -- 65MPH
winds--- I think the beams would have blown away <at 80 or above---
Well, yes your tower is overloaded - Rohn spec says 8.0 sq ft. at 110 MPH
(9.8 @ 90 MPH.) But they only call for 2 sets of guys of 3/16" EHS at that
wind speed so you have ample guying! I think your QTH is in Jackson County,
it is a 100 MPH TIA-222-E wind zone; but you already knew that. Like I said,
when you speed, you don't always get a speeding ticket. Keep your homeowner's
insurance paid up (check into a special rider for your tower system) and have
fun in the meantime!
73, Steve K7LXC
"Up The Tower" now appears in CQ Contest magazine
>From Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr at k1vr.jjm.com Sun Feb 11 02:18:55 1996
From: Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr at k1vr.jjm.com (Fred Hopengarten)
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 21:18:55 EST
Subject: Mac Contest Program
Message-ID: <311d5232.k1vr at k1vr.jjm.com>
SUMMARY
I've just received a letter from Radhames, HI3AB, whom I met
in Dayton a while back. He is looking for a logging program
for his Mac. As I am not a Mac user, I've ignored any
discussion on this topic which may have occurred in the
past, and I have nothing to write back to him. What shall I
tell him?
--
Fred Hopengarten K1VR
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
home + office telephone: 617/259-0088 (FAX on demand)
internet: k1vr at k1vr.jjm.com
"Big antennas, high in the sky, are better
than small ones, low."
The absolute BEST contest logging program from my very
biased (although uncompensated :-) view is ..... MARATHON
for Macintosh by Kevin Krueger - N0IOS
krueg010 at maroon.tc.umn.edu
It's great! 73, Sandy WA6BXH/7J1ABV slay at netcom.com
I'd get rid of my MAC before midnight when it will turn into
a dumb terminal Sun workstation.
W3ZZ
There's only a few programs on the Mac. One is Marathon by
N0IOS. There's a couple of other specialised programs.
I've started working on a contest program for the Mac. I'm
not anywhere near distribution yet. (Indeed, I've barely
started)
Bill Coleman, AA4LR Mail: aa4lr at radio.org
There are a couple of MAC logging programs out there but the
best one in my opinion is Marathon by N0IOS. You can reach
Kevin at krueg010 at maroon.tc.umn.edu. He has a demo disk of
his program that is full function but limits the number of
QSO's that can be logged. If you're friend has e-mail
capability Kevin could send it to him as an attached file,
that's the way he's been sending all my upgrades. The
program supports all the major contests for cw,ssb and rtty
and also has a generic mode that could be used for
expeditions.
CUL 73 de John VE6FR Email : svogrine at pop.srv.ualberta.ca
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Smile - no one can tell what you're up to!
One to try is Kevin Krueger's Marathon package. It pretty
good. It performs dupe checking, rig control and keying,
report generation, etc for many major contests. You can
contact Kevin at 'krueg010 at tc.umn.edu' for full details.
Cost is around $60.00 US.
I've not compared it with publicly available WIntel-based
packages, but the interface is intuitive and 'Mac-like'.
It runs fine on my ancient Mac Plus running System 7.1.
Good luck and 73, Walt kk6nr
I can highly recommend Marathon (written by Kevin Krueger,
N0IOS; he also writes the Mac software for a major TNC mfr)
as a Macintosh contest logging program. For general logging
Marathon has a generic contest that might be customizable
enough to provide an electronic logbook.
Kevin is a top-notch guy, the Marathon support is superb
(bug-fixes and updates e-mailed out pronto to users, new
disks for major upgrades are usually s&h only, personal
response to individual problems), and in my opinion offers
very good value for the money. Demo disk available.
Kevin can be reached at:
krueg010 at tc.umn.edu 1780 Ruth Street
Saint Paul, MN 55109
I have no affiliation with Kevin or his product save as a
very satisfied user.
Steve Zettel KJ7CH zettel at libby.org
steve.m.zettel at usace.army.mil
I have a disk with a copy of the program "marathon"
which as far as I know is the original CT-like program for
MACs. I don't have a MAC, so will gladly send it. However,
it is only a demo program and will fail after 50 or so QSOs,
but it does have information on how to purchase it embedded
in the software. I don't know if the seller still exists, I
last used this software about 5 years ago.
73 Brian nd3f at aol.com
Here is some information for Radhames, HI3AB, regarding
Marathon, a contest logging application for Macintosh
computers.
M A R A T H O N (version 4.1, released November 1995)
- 14 contests: ARRL International DX Contest ARRL RTTY Roundup
ARRL November Sweepstakes ARRL Field Day
ARRL 10 Meter Contest IARU HF Championships
CQ World-Wide DX Contest CQ WPX Contest
CQ World-Wide RTTY Contest JARL All Asian Contest
ARRL 160 Meter Contest A.D.R.S. WW RTTY WPX Contest
CQ 160 Meter Contest California QSO Party
- A "Generic" contest for DXpeditions and other contests not directly built
into Marathon.
- Real time dupe checking and automatic look-up.
- Automatic display of points and multiplier credit for entries even before
it's logged.
- Rig interface for logging frequency and mode.
- Partial call look-up.
- Easy editing of log entries and adding rest periods.
- Packet interface for local DX spotting.
- CW/RTTY interface with programmable memories.
- The keypad is available for playing System 7 sound files, i.e. a voice keyer.
- Printing of entry forms, log pages, check sheets, QSO rates, etc. - all of
the paper work for post-contest reporting.
- On screen scoreboard and QSO rate graphs.
- Note pad.
- Displayable log pages and dupe lists. Also, countries worked, zones,
prefixes, etc. for contest multipliers.
- Most windows may be scrolled and sized to the way you want them.
- Maintainable countries and prefixes for DX contests.
- DX beam headings displayed - calculated for your QTH.
- Unlimited number of entries, depending on your memory and disk space.
- Log export for disk submission or QSL'ing.
A MacPlus and System 6.05 or better is required. System 7.0/7.5 compatible.
MARATHON with 50 page Users Manual................................ $69.95
Full featured demo disk including manual (refundable)............. $10.00
Outside US please add $5.00 shipping. Minnesota residents add sales tax
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In addition, I am the author of HostMaster for the Macintosh (not the PC
version!!!) The current version is 2.3b and includes support for the KAM
G-TOR, TOR, and GMON modes as well as the KPC-9612 Kantronics
distributes this software through their dealers, or you can order it
directly from them. If you would like to receive it directly from me,
the cost is $69.95 including shipping and handling. Outside the US please
add $5.00 shipping. Minnesota residents add sales tax.
--------------------
I have also completed the new MacRatt III application for A.E.A.
This is completely new software, not an enhancement to the previous
MacRatt software (I was not envolved in the original MacRatt development).
MacRatt III will be available directly from AEA or one of their many
dealers..
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If you have any questions, feel free to email.
73,
Kevin Krueger, N0IOS
1780 Ruth Street
St. Paul, MN 55109 (612)770-0370
krueg010 at maroon.tc.umn.edu
Before I switched from a Mac SE to my present Compaq 486, I
used a Mac contest logging program called Marathon. The
developer is Kevin Krueger, N0IOS. I think he is on the
Internet at krueg010 at maroon.tc.umn.edu . Marathon (at least
when I used it) is not in the same class with CT and N6TR (I
haven't used any others), but it has a number of nice
features. Radhames may want to contact N0IOS (I believe the
Callbook address is current) and get information on the
current version.
73, Dave, K8JLF dave_hoaglin at abtassoc.com
Have him contact N0IOS and get a copy of his program
"Marathon" its the best for the mac; its a real mac
contesting pgm, but its not CT; I use it for all the
contests and Kevin (N0IOS) is very responsive. -jim WM1W
A friend forwarded me your DX Reflector inquiry abt Amateur
Radio oriented s/w for Macintosh platforms, specifically
contest logging s/w. I've used a Mac since their inception
in 1984 but haven't really done a thorough search of just
what Ham Radio s/w is available.
However, I can sure steer you to someone who will know!
Contact John Seney, WD1V. I've got John addr and email addr
at home but I'm writing this at work. John is an authority
on Macs and specifically ham s/w for Macs. If anyone will
know, he will!
GL, Mark Byard, N5OGP mark.e.byard@ conoco.dupont.com
The only mac software I am aware of is written by ....
n0ios;Krueger; Kevin = krueg010 at maroon.tc.umn.edu
It is called Marathon.
Not a mac user and no connection. He was asking me questions
about CQP because he was writting a module for the contest.
I have no idea of the price or availibility.
73, Jim, WA6SDM jholly at cup.hp.com
Hi Fred - the ARRL BBS has a whole section on ham software for the Mac.
Surprisingly, there's quite a bit of it.
If CT/NA/TR and my W9XT Contest Card worked in one of my many Macs, I'd not
have a PC in the house.
73, Bruce WW1M
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Fred Hopengarten K1VR
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
home + office telephone: 617/259-0088 (FAX on demand)
internet: k1vr at k1vr.jjm.com
"Big antennas, high in the sky, are better
than small ones, low."
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