Contest on the net

Sun May 12 02:12:08 EDT 1996

Any of you guys have cooltalk.
May be we can make a contest on the net...
Jose
ct1boh at telepac.pt

>From km9p at contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P)  Sun May 12 01:16:43 1996
From: km9p at contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P) (Bill Fisher, KM9P)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 20:16:43 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Rohn tower bolts
Message-ID: <199605120016.UAA17223 at paris.akorn.net>

>Genuine Rohn tower bolts are hot-dip galvanized, and are the only ones
>that won't rust in outdoor service.  When I've substituted plated 
>Grade 5 bolts (available locally in both coarse and fine thread -
>don't mix 'em or you'll go nuts trying to dig the right nuts out of
>your tower bucket) they rust through the plating in a year or two.

I just took down a Rohn 45 tower that was up for 10 years.  I used generic
hardware store bolts and spray painted them with rustolium or something
cheaper I bought at Home Depot.  They were easily removed and no signs of
rust after 10 years.

I also made no special provisions for drainage for the section I sunk in the
ground.  I sawed off the bottom section last week and saw absolutely no
signs of rust.  

73

Bill
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>From km9p at contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P)  Sun May 12 01:52:45 1996
From: km9p at contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P) (Bill Fisher, KM9P)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 20:52:45 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Tour N6TR Station
Message-ID: <199605120052.UAA17508 at paris.akorn.net>

Just got done editing the N6TR tour.  Tree did a GREAT job of showing us all
around his place.  Several pictures and wonderful editorial.  If you want
something interesting to read...

You can view it by starting at http://www.contesting.com 

Look for "Tour N6TR". 

73

Bill, KM9P

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>From n3rr at cais.cais.com (Bill Hider)  Sun May 12 02:14:29 1996
From: n3rr at cais.cais.com (Bill Hider) (Bill Hider)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 21:14:29 -0400
Subject: Source of bolts & Timewave
Message-ID: <199605120114.VAA11988 at cais.cais.com>

George, What you did is exactly why I recommended going to ROHN (or their
dealer).  Bolts at hardware stores have no pedigree.  They are usually made
off-shore and you cannot be assured they meet any spec.

I buy all of my tower bolts at a specialty fasteners distributor and am
assured they are made in the USA and meet certain ASTM specs.  I buy Grade 5
bolts, hot dipped galvanized, by the way.

When the wind blows, you want the piece of mind to know that the proper
strength is in the bolts.

73!

Bill, N3RR

P.S.  Since I don't have a ROHN tower, I recommended the ham go to a ROHN
dealer.  If he knows the ROHN spec, it would be perfectly alright for him to
go to a specialty bolt dealer and buy the proper USA-made bolt to the
ROHN/ASTM spec.  But, never buy tower bolts/nuts/lockwashers at a hardware
store.

At 10:52 PM 5/10/96 -0500, geoiii at bga.com wrote:
>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.
>
>You don't really need to go to ROHN to get the bolts. Rohn is
>currently shipping SAE 5 platted hardware with 25g tower
>sections.  I just rebuilt a tower with one brand new
>section and 3 older ones.  The new section came with
>SAE 5 bolts - I went to the hardware store and bought the 
>same for the rest of the tower.
>
>-- 
>
>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 km9p at contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P)  Sun May 12 02:20:17 1996
From: km9p at contesting.com (Bill Fisher, KM9P) (Bill Fisher, KM9P)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 21:20:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: P.S.  Tour N6TR
Message-ID: <199605120120.VAA17728 at paris.akorn.net>

I'm interested in doing something similar with other successfull
stations/ops.  Would love to have any of the following & more:

N6ND     N6RO     K3LR
W6QHS    K5XI     KN8Z
K0RF     KC2X     N2RM
AA6TT    W4MYA    N2NT
WB0O     N3RS     KT3Y 
NC0P     K1KI     K3ZO
W0AIH    K1EA     W9RE
K4ISV    K8CC     
KS9K     AA8U
N4AR     W3LPL

All I need are some pictures and interesting editorial in lines with what
Tree did in his presentation.  I'de be interested in reading about "special"
antennas or things you've learned building the station that you could share
with the rest of us.  

Thanks 

Bill, KM9P

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