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21. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:23:50 -0500; I am not " thinking what I want". I know this to be fact. I experience it daily. Nobody is disqualifying you or accusing you of stupidity. There is a difference between stupidity and ignorance. Ignor; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00264.html (20,888 bytes)
22. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:29:10 -0500; At those levels, nobody cares. It is the low weak levels that are of primary concern. Hearing weak signals is the difference between making contact or not. However, if everybody calling you is S9+20; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00266.html (16,478 bytes)
23. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:32:51 -0500; I spend most of my waking hours working DX. And since I have worked 308 countries on most bands, I hunt for those that I have not yet worked on certain bands. Tonite for example I worked DU9 on 15 me; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00268.html (24,577 bytes)
24. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:48:27 -0500; OK, it is now in perspective. Presently, I use an 11 year old radio FT-920 for the last 108 countries and used an older FT-101ZD previously for the first 200 . These radios are all fine radios withou; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00274.html (29,625 bytes)
25. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:51:23 -0500; What is a big gun? I run 1 KW to yagis up 35 ft on 20 through 2 meters. I run verticals for 160 through 30. Not 4 squares, just 2 verticals. And I have a space alongside the house 30 x 65 ft to cram; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00276.html (11,696 bytes)
26. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:55:44 -0500; I do not have the test equipment that would let me run those tests. That is why I pay attention to losses external to the radio. And I cannot afford the radios on the market today. So, my paltry buck; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00280.html (34,106 bytes)
27. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:00:15 -0500; I went to Comcast local dispatch office and they gave me "scrap " hardline for free. Saved them a trip to the dump. 200 ft of it. Made a 160 m RX loop with 20 ft of it. Anybody need some hardline? Be; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00285.html (10,906 bytes)
28. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:02:25 -0500; W all set our priorities differently. Nothing wrong with that. And sometimes our living circumstances get in the way of what we want. Best Regards Dan Schaaf K3ZXL www.k3zxl.com "In the Beginning, th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00287.html (38,952 bytes)
29. Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss-Dealers - Response DAVIS RF (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:13:47 -0500; What is a db worth? Well, t's like alcoholism. What are you willing to give up for your hobby addiction? What is your family and your dog willing to give up for your addiction before they file for di; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00314.html (53,304 bytes)
30. Re: [TowerTalk] wind load (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:02:03 -0500; How does this wind loading information apply to a bertical antenna which is rigidly mounted at the base and flexes in the wind? In addition, if the vertical antenna is mounted on top of a 22 ft tower; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00467.html (11,154 bytes)
31. Re: [TowerTalk] wind load (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:07:50 -0500; Thanks. I don't know if I understand all of that But I will think about it. My plan is to use a tiltover 22 ft tower to support a 25.7 ft tall vertical. The tower is actually part of the entire verti; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00471.html (12,333 bytes)
32. Re: [TowerTalk] coaxial stripper (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:32:01 -0500; Some Rat Shack's are different, you can still buy a limited selection of parts. Depends on the franchise. But not many. In the 60's they had a decent mail order catalog. Along with Allied Electronics; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00647.html (11,952 bytes)
33. Re: [TowerTalk] coaxial stripper (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:33:16 -0500; By the way, my loop adjustment is now more stable. and it still works nicely. Dan Schaaf K3ZXL "In the Beginning there was Spark Gap" www.k3zxl.com -- Original Message -- From: "Robert West" <robert.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00648.html (11,825 bytes)
34. Re: [TowerTalk] coaxial stripper (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:35:48 -0500; ooooops replied to the wrong email about my 160 meter RX loop. Dan Schaaf K3ZXL "In the Beginning there was Spark Gap" www.k3zxl.com -- Original Message -- From: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net> To:; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00649.html (13,609 bytes)
35. Re: [TowerTalk] coaxial stripper (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:56:40 -0500; There is a connection though. Cell phones are in fact radios running packet voice and data. Just very short distance. Dan Schaaf K3ZXL "In the Beginning there was Spark Gap" www.k3zxl.com -- Original; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00652.html (11,749 bytes)
36. Re: [TowerTalk] Polyphaser (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:02:04 -0400; Is it made by Polyphasor? Or by I.C.E. ? Dan Schaaf K3ZXL "In the Beginning there was Spark Gap" www.k3zxl.com -- Original Message -- From: "w4lde" <w4lde@numail.org> To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk@conte; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00288.html (9,170 bytes)
37. Re: [TowerTalk] TH6 dissimilar metals query (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:04:36 -0400; It is not the power that is of concern. 1 watt or 1000 watts will see the same resistive connection if there is corrosion. I generally tin the copper with solder, then clamp it to the aluminum with e; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00272.html (9,116 bytes)
38. Re: [TowerTalk] Gin Pole Rope (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:23:37 -0400; Mark Nylon stretches. Go to West Marine and buy 3/8 line used for sails on sailboats. It has minimal stretch. Dan Schaaf K3ZXL "In the Beginning there was Spark Gap" www.k3zxl.com -- Original Message; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00460.html (10,885 bytes)
39. [TowerTalk] 1/4 wave vertical question (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:27:44 -0400; I am building a 1/4 wave vertical for 30 and 40 meters with a coax trap. In order to do the initial measurements, can anyone tell me if the 30 meter length includes the trap or if the 30 meter length; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00503.html (7,437 bytes)
40. Re: [TowerTalk] Tilt Up Tower (score: 1): Author: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf@att.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:45:07 -0400; Why not hinge the tower say 10 feet up and then put a counterpoise on the tower at the hinge point, then put into the ground next to the tower a 1 foot diameter pipe imbedded 6 feet down in the groun; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00505.html (8,477 bytes)

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