- 1. [TowerTalk] Father's Day gift ideas (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (Terry L. Zivney)
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:00:30 -0500
- Given the recent discussion about comealongs and TIC rings, I thought the following post from last year would be appropriate: Every year about this time my wife and daughter ask what I would like for
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-06/msg00293.html (9,155 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Topsy Turvy (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 12:43:31 -0500 (EST)
- I have recently completed construction of a moderately large antenna - 48 foot boom with 5 elements for 20m and 2 heavily beefed up 402CD elements. This weighs about 250 pounds. The problem is that w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00440.html (8,380 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Re: stabilizing yagi while tramming (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:27:47 -0500 (EST)
- I disagree with the comment to put the tiller on the boom so that the elements are tilted at a 45 degree angle. You do not want the elements tilted when attaching the boom to the tram line. Rather, t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00471.html (8,457 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Re: Digging holes (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:42:07 -0500 (EST)
- I have been impressed with the fine job the tiny backhoes used to dig graves do - nice, square walls, often dug in confined areas. These machines have small buckets, yet dig down the proverbial "6 fe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-03/msg00446.html (8,100 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Orion 2800 control unit (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:43:36 -0500 (EST)
- My Orion 2800 rotor has developed a tendency to not rotate during contests..... According to the "supplemental information pertaining to M2 products" posted on M2 website: "Why doesn't the RC2800 con
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-02/msg00409.html (7,317 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Re: Orion 2800 control problem (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:48:27 -0500 (EST)
- Matt at M2 says that the 5 vdc I measured between pins 5 & 6 is consistent with some early rotors - the note on the web site regarding 11.4VDC between those pins refers to later versions. He suggests
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-02/msg00421.html (7,262 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] RE dual bandpass filter (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:17:23 -0500 (EST)
- Mike and Scott are missing the point George (and I) had raised: that is, the currents in the capacitors will double if the filter is tuned to the next lower band (ie, filter on 40, rig on 20) because
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00115.html (7,216 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Guy wire interaction - the devil is in the details (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 14:28:07 -0500 (EST)
- Note that George W2VJN and Pete N4ZR are both talking about having the guy wire INSULATED from the top of the tower and noticing interaction (actual or modeled, depending upon the story-teller) while
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00151.html (9,145 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Re: SS U-bolts, winch source (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 09:58:51 -0500 (EST)
- Farmtek, mentioned a couple of years ago on this site, has SS ubolts a lot less expensive than McMaster Carr, along with SS bolts and lock nuts. Also, worm drive winch, same make as at McMaster Carr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00087.html (7,079 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Temporary guys - Shackles or Carribiners? (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 13:45:33 -0500 (EST)
- In connecting temporary guys to the tower and anchor, are carribiners strong enuff or should I buy some extra shackles? Altho I envision removing the permanent guys for only a few hours, I could envi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00094.html (7,740 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] QTH.COM ?? (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 09:59:34 -0500 (EST)
- What happened to www.qth.com? Today, when I tell my browser to go there, I get at www.qth.com "Golf-Easy Audio tape" and no way to find the ham radio stuff! Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00079.html (7,271 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Combining wire sizes - correct rule of thumb (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:25:47 -0500 (EST)
- A couple of posters have said that pairing two wires is equivalent to moving up two wire sizes (2 #14's equal 1 #12) - the correct rule of thumb is to move up THREE wire sizes (2 #18's equal 1 #15) a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00936.html (7,129 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Boom to element clamps (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 10:50:21 -0500 (EST)
- I believe the easiest boom to element mounting system is one I learned from W9RE which is also shown (slightly different) in the ARRL antenna book with the log-periodic antenna projects. This mount s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00015.html (8,709 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] More history of Spaulding/Rohn AX/BX tower (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 12:52:36 -0500 (EST)
- My 1976 "Rohn Ham & CB Tower Catalog" includes many pages of data on the Spaulding towers (note this spelling is used consistantly throughout the catalog and even on the mechanical drawings dated 12-
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-02/msg00272.html (8,315 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Enough with the attachements, already! (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 07:26:12 -0500 (EST)
- I have seen at least a half dozen messages today posted to tower talk with the cryptic words "file attached". Please note that many of us cannot receive attachments directly on our readers. Furthermo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00222.html (7,474 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] File attachment senders IDs (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 07:58:20 -0500 (EST)
- Jmarchand - galvanized products K1my - Cushcraft 40-2 k1my - guy points JamesPCassidy - n connector JamesPCassidy - wind whistle Tyler Stewart - stackmatch feedback tjerk - T2X info these were some o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00223.html (7,355 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] Re: Beverage/Wire tension (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 15:35:22 -0500 (EST)
- The aluminum electric fence wire is about 2 or 3 times the cost of galvanized wire. The problem I have had with the aluminum wire is that IF you kink it, you can guarentee that it will break after a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00688.html (7,076 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Wrenchs (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 15:54:55 -0500 (EST)
- I have seen the Bob Vila ads for the "new" Craftsman wrenches and wonder if anyone has used them. These are combination open/box wrenches in which the open end part has an extra notch in the body so
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00690.html (7,342 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] LMR400U plugola (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 09:31:15 -0500 (EST)
- I took advantage of the LMR400U offer from Texas Towers and was very happy to find that the LMR400U has an unadvertized feature. It has markings printed on the jacket every two feet indicating the le
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00313.html (7,559 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Equalizer plates - a PC conspiracy? (score: 1)
- Author: 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu (00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
- Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 11:12:14 -0500 (EST)
- Catchy title - (equality even when not equal is clearly Politically Correct) Now the meaty subject.... I'm sure many are using Rohn equalizer plates. I think there is an inherent flaw in the idea. Fo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00319.html (9,155 bytes)
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