- 1. [Towertalk] Varmints (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 18:00:18 -0500
- Some animals just LOVE the taste of Bitter Apple! I had one dog who thought it was a great condiment complimenting the taste of the coffee table, dry wall, cinder block, and etc. she loved to chew on
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00101.html (10,083 bytes)
- 2. [Towertalk] Varmints (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:49:34 -0500
- Actually, she was small considering her heritage. About 60 lbs and 22 inches at the shoulder. Fiercely protective. If anyone would have been stupid enough to attack either my wife or me when she was
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00135.html (10,887 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Re: Ground rod material (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Thu Jan 30 19:34:43 2003
- While true, primary consideration should be given to the pH of the soil in which the ground rod will reside. If acidic (as is most of the US east of the Mississippi), galvanized is a better choice. T
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00586.html (9,584 bytes)
- 4. [Towertalk] choices (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:50:23 -0400
- All radiating devices (antennas) follow Gooch's Law: The RF gotta go somewhere! 73 Bob AA0CY --Original Message-- From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-10/msg00482.html (11,925 bytes)
- 5. [Towertalk] CATV coring tools (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:34:43 -0400
- Based on your purchases, you probably dealt with Gilbert Engineering in Glendale. May I ask how long ago that was because they recently (about 6 months ago or so) changed their policy and required, I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00365.html (8,381 bytes)
- 6. [Towertalk] Supressors that pass DC control V. (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 21:07:44 -0400
- PolyPhaser does. It is a non-catalog item or "special." I don't know if Poly does specials anymore. I created several of these specials in, I think, 1996 or 1997. The part number, therefore would be
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00908.html (9,530 bytes)
- 7. [Towertalk] Supressors that pass DC control V. (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:27:58 -0400
- I misunderstood what the original poster wanted. My Poly specials do NOT pass DC on the center conductor. That is what separates Poly from the rest of the crowd and makes their suppressors superior.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00961.html (11,297 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] should you WAX your antenna (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:32:20 -0500
- Don't do it. Them dB's will fall off the wax coating and all received signals will be lower by a few S-units! If you run more than a couple hunnert watts out, them dBW buggers will burn the wax right
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00382.html (9,144 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] ISOTRON (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 19:13:26 -0500
- Any Towertalkian have any experience -- good, bad, or indifferent -- with the Isotron antennas, especially the one for 80 meters? Thanks and 73, Bob AA0CY List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00109.html (6,852 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Is the FCC sharp? Is ARRL counsel swift? (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 20:53:00 -0500
- You don't have a constitutional right to pursue happiness. That's only in the Declaration of Independence. (Ditto for life and liberty.) Actually, you don't have an inalienable right to life, liberty
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00648.html (21,512 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] MFJ ARTIFICIAL GROUND (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:21:13 -0500
- Anyone used this device, which sounds like an "antenna fooler" for the ground system? Good? Bad? Indifferent? I've got a good 35' run to where the water line enters the basement. Thanks. 73 Bob AA0CY
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00354.html (8,166 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Poly phaser protectors (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:41:38 -0400
- Good luck getting a response from PolyPhaser. After being bought out by Smith Industries (who I believe now also own Transtector), they became less and less individual- and ham radio operator-friendl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00621.html (8,991 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Polyphaser protectors (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:32:19 -0400
- PolyPhaser used to and probably still sells handy-dandy lightning strike counters. Just be sure you install it before the protector! 73 Bob AA0CY --Original Message-- From: owner-towertalk@contesting
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00658.html (9,575 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Angle iron as ground rods (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:51:55 -0400
- PolyPhaser has the answer to that one. Horizontal ground rods and very wide copper strap radials that "arc and spark" the surge into the rock. Usually rain accompanies thunder and lightning and wet r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00726.html (9,775 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] CATV Hardline Connectors (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:05:20 -0400
- For those not mechanically inclined, the two major manufacturers of CATV hardline connectors make a cable to PL259 and/or SO239 connector. They are, however, on the pricey side. Try Gilbert Engineeri
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00565.html (8,969 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 20:19:05 -0400
- I might add that the price of the "Grounds" book is in the $24 range. --Original Message-- From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Carl A. Smidt Sent:
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-06/msg00043.html (21,204 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 20:18:55 -0400
- I do not have anything further than the second ed (the last by Roger Block). It was my understanding that there was a third ed of the "Grounds" book. Roger and Ken did co-author shorter tomes address
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-06/msg00044.html (17,292 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 21:21:29 -0400
- PolyPhaser makes the best products in this category. Since I worked for them, you'll probably consider me biased, but I had the opportunity to test many of the products out there and Poly beat them a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00372.html (10,137 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 21:21:32 -0400
- There is now a THIRD edition and this is the one you want. It was revised and updated by Ken Rand and it is far easier to follow than the original two editions which were done by Roger Block. The Rad
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00373.html (11,164 bytes)
- 20. FW: [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection (score: 1)
- Author: aa0cy@VRINTER.NET (Bob Wanderer)
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 21:03:48 -0400
- I don't know it offhand. I got a snail mail letter some months ago announcing that they carried the 3d edition. I think they're in Peterborough and (I think) used to be allied with or part of 73 Maga
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-05/msg00395.html (14,066 bytes)
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