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321. Re: [TowerTalk] Dumb question on Mosley TA33 (score: 1)
Author: "Djordan (personal)" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 23:53:14 -0400
Ah come - on dan... It's an inexpensive solution that is effective often times. Not every instance requires the optimal solution! No I don't wrk for Times Cable ;-) 73 Dave Wa3gin Sent from my iPad B
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-11/msg00036.html (10,381 bytes)

322. Re: [TowerTalk] Impact of high water table levels on antennas (score: 1)
Author: "Djordan (personal)" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 12:21:48 -0500
If that water table is salt water then maybe yes... Fresh water doesn't really make that much difference until you get to 160m . YMMV, Dave Wa3gin Sent from my iPad Be Prepared Stay Prepared ________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-11/msg00059.html (11,833 bytes)

323. Re: [TowerTalk] [MWA] OH8X 80-160 monster tower collapses (score: 1)
Author: "Djordan (personal)" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:34:11 -0500
I wonder what the original design spec was for the system 75mph or 100mph... Wonder what the cost differential would have been to raise the spec 25 mph. 73 Dave Wa3gin Sent from my iPad Be Prepared S
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-12/msg00164.html (11,889 bytes)

324. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: RG-149: 50 ohm/70 ohm - does it matter? (score: 1)
Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:59:04 -0500
I think it was mentioned... about 100years ago ;-) 73, dave wa3gin I wonder why no one has mentioned the fact that the "50-ohm antenna" is NOT 'etched in stone'. ANY antenna can be made to have a 75-
/archives//html/Towertalk/2013-12/msg00325.html (18,068 bytes)

325. Re: [TowerTalk] Drip irrigation tubing as conduit, revisited. (score: 1)
Author: "Djordan (personal)" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:26:59 -0400
Pat, The irrigation tubing worked for me and another ham buddy. We used 500ft lengths. I used a shop vac to suck a cotton ball tied with light weight line to traverse the 500ft length. Then pulled a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-03/msg00191.html (15,373 bytes)

326. Re: [TowerTalk] TT bounces (score: 1)
Author: David Jordan <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:30:41 -0400
One has to ask why anyone still uses yahoo. The account passwords have been breached so many times I've lost count! Gmail or others seem to be doing a better job with service and security. Sent from
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00298.html (12,946 bytes)

327. Re: [TowerTalk] In Shack Tuner Vs. Remote Tuner for Multi-BandAntennas (score: 1)
Author: "WA3GIN in King George, VA" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 07:47:18 -0400
When did matchbox or coupler get replaced with tuner? I thought a tuner was what was used to TUNE-IN AM and FM broadcast stations or one TUNES a VFO -- aren't these devices coupling RF from the feed-
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-05/msg00039.html (11,002 bytes)

328. Re: [TowerTalk] "Antenna Tuner" (score: 1)
Author: David Jordan <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 11:20:57 -0400
Common use since no code licenses or since most of the Navy radio ops, Collins and Drake tech have passed- on. ;-/ Sent from Dave's iPhone4 ;-) _______________________________________________ _______
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-05/msg00051.html (10,873 bytes)

329. Re: [TowerTalk] "Antenna Tuner" (score: 1)
Author: "WA3GIN in King George, VA" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 12:17:50 -0400
Dave, with ipmost and all due respect those mentioned auto-tuners do NOT adjust the resonance of the antenna... they are purely impedance matching devices... some do understand the terminology and th
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-05/msg00053.html (12,159 bytes)

330. Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna Tuner (score: 1)
Author: "Djordan (personal)" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 09:18:16 -0400
Haha, yes, jump rope a great body tuner upper? I just switched on the TV and gosh DISH Networks greeted me with this screen shot: Welcome to DISH TUNER 1. What..I didn't know their was an auto-satell
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-05/msg00066.html (9,587 bytes)

331. Re: [TowerTalk] In Shack Tuner Vs. Remote Tuner forMulti-BandAntennas (score: 1)
Author: "Djordan (personal)" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 16:21:01 -0400
Not really... The term condenser is interchangeable with capacitor but not used much; the name didn't change because of the influence of more modern language... Good try though. Antenna tuner was use
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-05/msg00081.html (13,807 bytes)

332. Re: [TowerTalk] Power line filter question (score: 1)
Author: "wa3gin" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 07:08:28 -0400
Look up Cutler-Hammer CHSP-ULTRA for the generator and use typical end-point protectors at the stations... Good Luck, dave wa3gin First, if all three conductors go through the choke, a fault on the c
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-05/msg00404.html (10,326 bytes)

333. Re: [TowerTalk] Utility Pole as Beam Support (score: 1)
Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 13:23:48 -0400
Oh Mike, Gosh it can't be that bad... I work for a local government.. when I started here many years ago there were few if any employees that understood radio, cell, RF, anything about our hobby. Lot
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00059.html (26,176 bytes)

334. Re: [TowerTalk] ICOM AH-4 Antenna Options... (score: 1)
Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:45:39 -0400
Hi DINO, There are operators with similar scenarios to yours where the operator builds a nice mobile station and operates remote to the mobile or if the operator lives on the 1st fl of the apartment,
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00142.html (10,465 bytes)

335. Re: [TowerTalk] Advice Wanted-Tuning A 10 Meter Telrex Beam (score: 1)
Author: David Jordan <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 10:48:33 -0400
I had a friend spend hours trying to match an antenna with a short piece if coax. Turns out his proximity to the antenna caused the SWR to be high. When he installed a 1/2 wave length if coax and too
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-07/msg00027.html (14,008 bytes)

336. Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element 40Meter Beam (score: 1)
Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:43:02 -0400
Great article from 2001... I've been on 40m for decades, never heard one of these antennas... guess they are skipping over me ;-) 73, dave wa3gin -- Original Message -- From: "EZ Rhino" <EZRhino@fast
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-07/msg00275.html (8,960 bytes)

337. Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element 40Meter (score: 1)
Author: "wa3gin" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:36:39 -0400
Open Air Choke Balun or UGLY Balun There is a copy of a how to build article on the WA3GIN QRZ site or you can just Google UGLY BALUN. 73, dave wa3gin -- Original Message -- From: "James C. Hall, MD"
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00034.html (9,230 bytes)

338. Re: [TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: Building a W6NL Moxon 40 Meter Beam. (score: 1)
Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 12:47:46 -0400
I use electrical PVC, designed for UV exposure. Seems to work well and a good fit for 2" OD elements. See construction project pics at QRZ site. 73, dave wa3gin The W6NL Moxon design uses schedule 80
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00119.html (9,893 bytes)

339. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: "WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:11:16 -0400
Hans, I still climb...age 65. But I prefer to put my wife in the man-cage of my neighbors 100ft 40ton crane. I give her a 2m handheld and a bag of tools. She takes instructions very well... This way
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00499.html (10,237 bytes)

340. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1)
Author: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:38:30 -0400
Doug, You are a brave commentator... don't you know it's an old passtime to bash MFJ and even other vendors like ALPHA, Mosley, Hy-Gain, Cushcraft, etc. get bashed by some. I think the bashing occurs
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00524.html (9,101 bytes)


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