Rhon tower bolts : was bolts and timewave

[george fremin iii]

Bill Hider writes:
>
>If you need bolts for a ROHN tower, why not play it safe and get them from a
>ROHN dealer?  They will give you the exact bolts you need.


No need to go to Rhon - they currently ship 25g sections 
with SAE 5 grade platted bolts.  You can get these
at the local hardware store.  

-- 

George Fremin III
Austin, Texas C.K.U.  "You don't need an antenna that big to work 40 meters."
WB5VZL                   -Local ham upon seeing the N5AU 40m yagi-
512/416-0140
geoiii at bga.com

>From vanderzande.frank at ic.gc.ca (Vanderzande, Frank: PRG)  Sat May 11 08:26:32 1996
From: vanderzande.frank at ic.gc.ca (Vanderzande, Frank: PRG) (Vanderzande, Frank: PRG)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 03:26:32 -0400
Subject: NA or SA ?
Message-ID: <1996May11.032400.1255.814132 at mspost.ic.gc.ca>




Trinidad and Tobago - North America or South America ??????


While at VE5RI's WPX-SSB effort, VE6EZ mentioned that he had been to South 
America
working in Trinidad and Tobago. I quickly shot back that 9Y4 is not in South 
America.
And then the fun began.  We encountered conflicting information.......such 
as:

For the "South American" position:
     K1EA-CT  allocates 3 points for high band WPX   9Y4 contacts.
     1991 Radio Amateur Call Book says 9Y4 is "South America - Zone 9"

For the "North American" position:
      Encyclopedia indicated it was a country of  North America
      National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our World (1980) indicates 9Y4 is 
a North American country.

If 9Y4 is indeed in North America, it should be a  2 pointer (to/from W/VE) 
 since the rules state
"contacts between stations within the North American boundaries are worth 
two points
on 28,21 & 14 MHz."  The rules say nothing about zone 9 countries to be 
considered as
South America,  therefore the zone designation should not be a factor.

Can anyone explain this discrepancy? It would also be interesting to know 
how the 9Y4 logs
are calculated!

     Frank - VE7AV




>From k0wa at southwind.net (Lee Buller)  Sat May 11 14:27:48 1996
From: k0wa at southwind.net (Lee Buller) (Lee Buller)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 08:27:48 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: More Amp Summary
Message-ID: <199605111327.IAA06879 at onyx.southwind.net>

Wow.... hold on guys.....

I apologize for the bad grammar and the poor writing in the amp summary.  I 
did that on my coffee break, so I was pressed for time.  Please excuse the 
AL-82/AL-84 mixup.  Brain buffer dump!

Now then.  These are comments that I have received....not ones that I have 
made up.  No.  I am not bashing anyone's favorite amp.  Just reporting what 
people are telling me.

I thank you all for the stuff you have sent to me.  I am in the market for a 
new amp and the decision is really tough.

Some more comments that I have received:  ("INCOMING.....")

The most overwhelming comments were for the Alphas  Just about any model 
will do.  Operators who own one of these amps love them.  (When I started 
looking into amps, I was limiting myself to less that $2000, so Alphas were 
out of my price range.)

Ten Tec people are somewhat ticked off about my comments, but I was talking 
about the Centurion and not the Titan.  Some people have reported arcing in 
the Centurion while others have not.  MOst agree that Ten Tec has excellent 
repair and replacement service.  That has been their trade mark for years.  
The Titan is not in production any more, according to Ten Tec.  They had 
trouble selling enough to make it profitable.

Now, the Ameritrons are what is being sold out there in vast quantities.  
Why?  Don't know.  I received more comments about the Ameritrons than 
anything else.  People who own AL1200 like the amp very much except for the 
blower noise.  I have not found one person who didn't like the amp.  The 
AL-82 was favorable too, but the issue with that amp is it takes a lot of 
drive to get the full 1500 output.  The AL-1200 can be driven to 1500 watts 
with a 100 watt transceiver.  I tried to look up the cost of the 3A1200A7 
amp and AES has it selling for $665 as a replacement.  Some of the 
literature says it costs around $350, but I guess that has been several 
years ago.  (These are my comments)  That was an interesting fact! 

A lot of people are still in love with the SB-220 and the Drake L4B.

There are a large number of people who like to build amps.  They are pretty 
sure that building one is the only way to get what you want on a contest 
amp.  See the comments on the reflector.

Well, at least I started a whole new thread on the reflector.  

Best Regards to you all....

Lee, K0WA


>From mihry at mail.topher.net (michael d. ihry)  Sat May 11 14:33:40 1996
From: mihry at mail.topher.net (michael d. ihry) (michael d. ihry)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 08:33:40 -0500
Subject: need part
Message-ID: <199605111333.IAA28778 at ns1.topher.net>

hello to all    

I am in need of a B&W 850-160 for my homebrew amp.
tnx
de AC5CT..mike in tx


>From 0006008716 at mcimail.com (Doug Grant)  Sat May 11 15:29:00 1996
From: 0006008716 at mcimail.com (Doug Grant) (Doug Grant)
Date: Sat, 11 May 96 09:29 EST
Subject: Dayton Contest Forum
Message-ID: <31960511142913/0006008716DC2EM at MCIMAIL.COM>

Announcing the 1996 Dayton Hamvention Contest Forum

Saturday, May 18, 1996   1:30 - 5:00 PM  Hara Arena  Room 1

Overview:

Some of the more interesting discussions on the Internet Contest 
Reflector in the past year have dealt with the issues related to 
single-op/two-radio operation. We have three speakers addressing 
this subject.

Another perennially hot topic for contesters is station construction.
We have several speakers discussing station construction in a variety
of locales, from the ultimate city location to an island in the
Caribbean. 

There will also be a few surprises and timely announcements for the
contesting communitiy. Come early and get a good seat!

73,

Doug  K1DG
Dayton Contest Forum Organizer/Moderator
--------

Program:

"Switching and filtering in a two-radio station" - Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP

"Building a two-tower station"  -  Bill Hider, N3RR

"Single-op/two-radio contesting from KS9K"  -  Chad Kurszewski, WE9V

"Evolution of an effective mid-sized contest station: W1CW, Seffner, FL  
                     -  Jim White, K1ZX

"We build it every year: PJ1(9)B  -  Ed Moody, N3ED

"Single-tower station design" - Steve Morris, K7LXC

"Building a Contest Station in Hong Kong: VS6WO" - Dave Patton, WX3N

"Complete two-radio contest station automation"  -  Jim George, N3BB









See you all there!