- 101. [TowerTalk] lightning season query (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Borowski" <K9RB@arrl.net (Roger Borowski)
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:40:53 -0400
- Brian, see; www.lightningeliminators.com there are many of these all over the Jacksonville area! Pretty massive and not real eye appealing, but supposedly very effective. The antennaes you saw at the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-04/msg00406.html (9,632 bytes)
- 102. [TowerTalk] Opinions please--re: 40-2CD compared to XM-240 (score: 1)
- Author: n1rj@pivot.net (Roger D. Johnson)
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:14:18 -0400
- My XM is tuned that way and seems to work just fine. If memory serves, a 2 el Yagi with reflector has the F/B drop off more rapidly above resonance than below so you can tune it higher and gain a bit
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-04/msg00408.html (8,547 bytes)
- 103. [TowerTalk] Opinions please--re: 40-2CD compared to XM-240 (score: 1)
- Author: n1rj@pivot.net (Roger D. Johnson)
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 21:04:37 -0400
- So much for my memory! Should have consulted "Yagi Antenna Design" by Jim Lawson first. Pete is correct.....F/B falls off more slowly above resonance with a 2 el reflector design. What I was trying t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-04/msg00419.html (8,831 bytes)
- 104. [TowerTalk] Connector support (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Borowski" <K9RB@arrl.net (Roger Borowski)
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:27:01 -0400
- A good way of doing this, Joe, is to secure your LMR400UF near each end respectfully to the beam boom and a tower leg using large black, UV resistant plastic tie wraps, after the connectors by a few
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-04/msg00452.html (9,010 bytes)
- 105. [TowerTalk] Bent Mast (score: 1)
- Author: n1rj@pivot.net (Roger D. Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 06:37:52 -0400
- Last year a local ham put up a stacked array on a water pipe mast. During a winter storm, it bent about 20 degrees just above the snorkel on the Rohn 25. He seems to think he can attach a line and be
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-04/msg00466.html (8,095 bytes)
- 106. [TowerTalk] Advise Please (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Borowski" <K9RB@arrl.net (Roger Borowski)
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 10:06:49 -0500
- Sounded to me that the damaged section was embedded, and part of the concrete base, adding a bit more to the problem of repair. I cant help but wonder if a piece of angle iron couldn't be welded to t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-03/msg00138.html (10,755 bytes)
- 107. [TowerTalk] Steel Towers vs. Aluminum Towers (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Borowski" <K9RB@arrl.net (Roger Borowski)
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:43:00 -0500
- FYI, back in the early 60's a company by the name of Gotham made yagis out of galvanized electrical thin wall conduit type steel tubing. The elements were relatively short and they used big rug-beate
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-03/msg00676.html (9,027 bytes)
- 108. [TowerTalk] F-12 C3S assembly hints? (score: 1)
- Author: huntleyr@gte.net (Roger Huntley)
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 03:37:32 +0000
- Nat, I just finished assembling a C31-XR and was very impressed with the construction and ease in which it was assembled. The tubing for each element was bundled together with tape and each connectio
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-02/msg00428.html (13,919 bytes)
- 109. [TowerTalk] TA-54 (score: 1)
- Author: huntleyr@gte.net (Roger Huntley)
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 14:46:02 +0000
- Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the manual for an old Mosley 4 element beam which we think was labeled as a TA-54? Thanks, Roger Huntley, W7VV -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-02/msg00453.html (6,470 bytes)
- 110. [TowerTalk] Re: [Force 12 Talk] Rivets (score: 1)
- Author: huntleyr@gte.net (Roger Huntley)
- Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 03:24:28 +0000
- Pete, I just assembled a C31-XR and the element to boom connections consist of two rivets and two bolts at each connection. The C-3 that I am starting to assemble has three holes at each element conn
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-02/msg00491.html (10,235 bytes)
- 111. [TowerTalk] Size of Concrete Base? (score: 1)
- Author: k8rs@acd.net (Roger C. Stimson)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 08:54:09 -0500
- Steve, I have just purchased a Titanex V80 HD vertical antenna. It is 68' x tapered 4 " to 3/4" aluminum and is designed for a self-supporting installation. However, Titanex has not provided any engi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00403.html (7,161 bytes)
- 112. [TowerTalk] Precip Satic (score: 1)
- Author: n1rj@pivot.net (Roger D. Johnson)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:30:31 -0500
- I found this interesting tidbit: http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/buster.html 73, Roger -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrativ
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00619.html (6,527 bytes)
- 113. [TowerTalk] LMR instructions (score: 1)
- Author: n1rj@pivot.net (Roger D. Johnson)
- Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 09:54:31 -0500
- Try: http://www.timesmicrowave.com/products/commercial/lmrconnectors/conninst.htm 73, Roger -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administra
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-11/msg00079.html (6,750 bytes)
- 114. [TowerTalk] Rotor tip (score: 1)
- Author: n1rj@pivot.net (Roger D. Johnson)
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 13:48:49 -0400
- That product is "Scotchkote" and is designed to go over vinyl electrical tape to seal the edges and prevent weathering. A method we used in the Coast Guard to weatherproof connectors was to wrap the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00095.html (8,420 bytes)
- 115. [TowerTalk] Chicken Wire (score: 1)
- Author: n1rj@pivot.net (Roger D. Johnson)
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:16:17 -0400
- Be aware that there are TWO types of chicken wire on the market......galvanized BEFORE weaving and galvanized AFTER weaving. If you look closely at the points where the wires are twisted around one a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00376.html (7,185 bytes)
- 116. [TowerTalk] Supporting mast in 45G below thurst bearing (score: 1)
- Author: wa9eka@worldnet.att.net (Roger Borowski)
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 21:55:49 -0400
- Get a measurement between the mast and one of the tower legs, Go to your local muffler shop and Get a 2" HD muffler clamp, along with a 1 1/4" Muffler clamp and have them weld a piece of 1/2 bar stoc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00798.html (9,692 bytes)
- 117. [TowerTalk] Rotor CCW movement (score: 1)
- Author: wa9eka@worldnet.att.net (Roger Borowski)
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:46:23 -0400
- Terminal #'s 1 & 2 are NOT the motor windings, but the wedge brake release solenoid, which requires the most current, thus the heavier wires. #1 also provides a ground return path for the motor. The
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00666.html (9,177 bytes)
- 118. [TowerTalk] HAM-xx rotor phase shift cap (score: 1)
- Author: leewical@lava.net (LEE ROGER WICAL)
- Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 19:08:05 -0400
- The PHILIPS Model number is 4X58A 108-130MFD; 110-125 VAC 50/60Hz (3629613) (For Motor Starting) OK? Place this info in your HAM-M/Twister folder and or mark your Instruction Manual, so I don't have
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00056.html (10,852 bytes)
- 119. [TowerTalk] Ground Reflections (was 1) (score: 1)
- Author: n1wr@chesapeake.net (Wayne Rogers)
- Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 08:31:08 -0400
- Eric: Your reply re-kindled a question that I have always had about my installation. I have a TH-7 at 95' in a small clearing surrounded by heavy vegetation (trees) averaging 80' in height. Using you
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00139.html (11,699 bytes)
- 120. [TowerTalk] Com-Tek (score: 1)
- Author: n1rj@pivot.net (Roger D. Johnson)
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 14:36:01 -0400
- I'm interested in trying a 4-square this season. Does Com-Tek have a website? Can't seem to find one. Thanks, Roger -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00561.html (6,597 bytes)
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