- 81. [TowerTalk] Rohn 45 base (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 23:05:50 -0500
- Here in Houston when I last priced them, the 5' base sections were slightly higher per foot than the standard 10' section. On that basis I have told people that it is cheaper to bury 1/2 a section of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00546.html (7,952 bytes)
- 82. [TowerTalk] Grammar, Scotch and Program Idiosyncrasies (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 09:48:53 -0500
- I have the same problem with Netscape... I just erase those messages rather than take the trouble to scroll right to read each line. Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00764.html (7,810 bytes)
- 83. [TowerTalk] Meters (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 14:06:07 -0500
- Turns out that crows don't like owls and if you use a plastic owl it will actually attract crows who try to bother it into moving to a new territory... Some days you just can't win! Chuck, KE5FI -- F
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00106.html (8,406 bytes)
- 84. [TowerTalk] 7/8" to RG213 (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 22:18:07 -0500
- I plan to take the hardline into an aluminum box using some electrical conduit hardware for rigidity and mount a so239 on the box. You can solder to the center conductor of the hardline, but you may
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00135.html (7,381 bytes)
- 85. [TowerTalk] Big soldering irons (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 05:49:49 -0500
- You might consider the BT-100 torch from "Solder-It Company" in Cleveland, OH It has push button ignition (no matches in the wind!) and is easy to use. They also sell silver bearing solder paste (SP-
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00319.html (8,780 bytes)
- 86. [TowerTalk] Fwd: Tower Lighting for passenger safety (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:28:25 -0500
- To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Gee! I hope you don't get into a fix where your airliner is flying at 200 feet over my house! Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Su
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00434.html (7,801 bytes)
- 87. [TowerTalk] Tower lighting (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:34:04 -0500
- How would one know if he/she were in one of these areas? I always thought the 5 miles from an airport was controlling... Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submis
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00435.html (8,556 bytes)
- 88. [TowerTalk] yagi comments (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:43:57 -0500
- And a stack of them is really fine! Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00436.html (8,715 bytes)
- 89. [TowerTalk] Lube a Rohn Thrust Bearing? (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:51:29 -0500
- John, This sounds interesting, but I am dense. If you have a flat sheet of this material and drill it to let the mast pass through, what "sits" on the plastic to bear the mast weight? Thanks, Chuck,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00437.html (8,257 bytes)
- 90. [TowerTalk] Hornets - The right way! (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 19:07:12 -0500
- snip snip Boy! This takes gonads at 150' up the tower! Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00536.html (7,323 bytes)
- 91. [TowerTalk] Mole & gopher eradicator (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 07:36:16 -0500
- Maybe rap music would cause them to move to Ohio? Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQU
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00554.html (7,223 bytes)
- 92. [TowerTalk] more questions (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 23:04:09 -0500
- No, but it might kill the grubs & then the moles will go to Ohio? Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00626.html (7,915 bytes)
- 93. [TowerTalk] Cleaning aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 09:51:56 -0500
- Absolutely! I take all my yagis down each year before contest season and shine them up. At that time I check the resistance from element tip to element tip. I replace the elements every 5 years on a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00691.html (8,001 bytes)
- 94. [TowerTalk] cleaning/replacing aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 16:20:49 -0500
- Actually, I do have a spare set of aluminum so the antennas are back up in a minimum of time. Since I am too poor to just get rid of the old aluminum, I polish it during my 10 meter runs in the conte
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00699.html (8,999 bytes)
- 95. [TowerTalk] Tower Complaints & backhoes (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 19:50:15 -0500
- WAIT A MINUTE! NOT ALCOHOL! (Nah, those guys all drink it too...) --snip-- Hoo boy! I went through that too... Thought I was a big shot that couldn't dig 3 holes.. I had a backhoe out here for anothe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00786.html (8,179 bytes)
- 96. [TowerTalk] Tower Complaints & backhoes (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 20:06:11 -0500
- Gee Lee, where were you when the concrete truks showed up? Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: tower
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00790.html (7,666 bytes)
- 97. [TowerTalk] Gilbert Engineering Co home page (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (C. Logan Dietz)
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 14:37:46 -0500
- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --1F2615883EAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For CATV hardline connectors: --1F2615883EAE Content-Type: text/
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00872.html (19,829 bytes)
- 98. [TowerTalk] 1/4CCM torque limit (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 05:43:17 -0500
- --snip-- I use clamps from an electrical supply house in Houston. I have used hundreds of them and I can not imagine being able to strip the threads with my 6" handle rachet even with the clamp in a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00895.html (7,306 bytes)
- 99. [TowerTalk] anchor points (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 07:37:48 -0500
- I agree, however, I would drill with the tractor and then square the holes with a "sharpshooter" shovel and hand post hole diggers... Chuck, KE5FI -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00995.html (7,711 bytes)
- 100. [TowerTalk] Radials in concrete driveway? (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 15:00:41 -0500
- The radials are your antenna's connection to the ground. I would put them under the mesh and continue them on the other side. Perhaps there will be some capacitive coupling with the mesh which will i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00717.html (7,879 bytes)
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