- 1. [Towertalk] dumb question (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:46:10 -0500
- An inquiring mind just has to know, what is the optimum shotgun gauge and shot size for ice removal? And do the requirements vary with tower height? 73 Jim KI7Y
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00236.html (6,348 bytes)
- 2. [Towertalk] tower joint condition (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:33:42 -0500
- I recall from many years ago that AM broadcast towers had the joints bonded somehow to eliminate that problem. I never observed exactly what the bonding entailed but probably similiar to what was des
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00517.html (7,217 bytes)
- 3. [Towertalk] I need help (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:57:28 -0500
- Just to add a little more to the NEC info, most of the NEC codes do have basis as far as safe installations. To follow some of them for that reason makes good logic. I think there are probably many m
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00703.html (7,973 bytes)
- 4. [Towertalk] Tree mounted antennas (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 01:19:05 -0400
- I have had a tree mounted small tribander for about 10 years. Initially I had topped the tree, about a 40 ft cedar tree due to the top turning brown and dead. Best advice was to top it and see if it
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00276.html (7,427 bytes)
- 5. [Towertalk] Coax conduit (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 14:10:16 -0400
- David, The second conduit may be for an AC power run. The 120 VAC cannot be run in the same conduit as the feedline and control lines per the National Electric Codes. Sometime back someone said that
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-07/msg00104.html (7,957 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] RE: Yellow Jackets on Tower (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 14:05:36 -0400
- Steve K7LXC mentioned meat tenderizer as a bee sting treatment. I have found a felt tip pen like device that does the same thing. It has an ammonia smell to it and really stops the pain and swelling.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00410.html (8,701 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Silicon Grease (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 01:06:14 -0400
- If I remember correctly some of the newer plug connections used in the auto industry require a silicon grease of some sort to protect the connections. That might be a source readily available, no way
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00681.html (6,959 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Conduit pull string (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 23:12:02 -0400
- A word of warning about pull string/rope, small diameter braided nylon twine is not the stuff to use. An electrician pointed that out to my a few years ago. It will slice into almost anything else in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00317.html (7,615 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Will Trees Kill Me (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:15:21 -0400
- On our FD operation I had a good demonstration of hanging wires in trees with a slingshot. I think it was called an Eze Hang available at HRO and others as well. Bill N7OU was able to shoot a small l
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00068.html (7,573 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] More Slingshot info (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 17:46:52 -0400
- I would like to add to my earlier post, the Eze Hang was the substitute device. Bill N7OU had a regular wrist rocket without the reel. He would just arrange the mono line on the ground so it could fl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00076.html (7,828 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] 40M FD Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 00:38:05 -0400
- At K7AW we used a 2 el wire yagi on 40m almost exactly as N4KG described his. Ours was spaced at 22ft due to the width of the deck around the fire lookout tower at 40ft high. The apex of the antenna
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-06/msg00580.html (8,460 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Rotator Control (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 00:46:12 -0400
- I learned a trick to increase lamp life with a slight decrease in brightness a few years ago. Not sure where I saw the hint but it works. With a lamp using AC voltage add a diode in series with the l
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00107.html (7,075 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] rope in elements (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:26:41 -0500
- Steve, I saw black antennas this weekend at Bob, W7GGs while doing the CQ WPX SSB contest. Bob said part of the idea is just what you saw that it means less icing. And also not as visible without the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-03/msg00579.html (9,341 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Dentron Tuners (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:10:53 -0500
- I burned the paint off the top of the Dentron Super Tuner years ago, the problem was a balun that would not handle the legal limit power. I was able to trade it back to Dentron for the Super Super Tu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-11/msg00346.html (7,184 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Antenna Measurements (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 11:01:55 -0400
- Just a non technical idea about the performance tests, if there was some serious flaw in the methods it would seem that there would have been others beside the Moseley that showed poorly. And the res
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00208.html (8,593 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Force 12 C3 (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 09:05:28 -0500
- There is a good description of the operation of all the Force 12 antennas in the book "Array of Light" published by Force 12. It has a lot of additional info on antennas and installation. I found it
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00199.html (6,894 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] Pacific NW DX Convention (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 19:49:18 -0500
- Please excuse the brief off the subject announcement. The 1999 Pacific NW DX Convention will be in Portland, Oregon this year on July 30,31 and Aug. 1 More info available at www.qsl.net/wvdxc or cont
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-03/msg00222.html (6,914 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Small 160 M receiving Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:53:29 -0500
- I would like any input I can get on effectiveness of the EWE antennas or shortened slinky beverage antennas. I don't have room for full size beverages. From what I have heard so far there is dispute
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00015.html (7,603 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] True north and recurring threads (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:46:36 -0500
- My least favorite are the inquiries asking where to buy replacement parts for a specific brand, igonring the fact that the mfr is probably the best source. Another thought on the recurring threads, i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-11/msg00316.html (9,510 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Replacing antenna jumper (score: 1)
- Author: 107770.3462@compuserve.com (James P. Cassidy)
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:46:38 -0500
- Maybe that antenna was rotated 24 hours a day? I have seen a similiar jumper failure on CCTV cameras that continuously rotated over 300 Deg 24 hours a day. 73 Jim KI7Y -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.conte
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-11/msg00317.html (7,001 bytes)
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