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1. [TowerTalk] 75:50 ohm transformers (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.pacbell.com (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 12:29:00 -0700
Brian: Use an UN-UN as advertised by Palomar/Amidon? Designed by Jerry Sevick. Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com -- Any recommendations? -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submis
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00548.html (7,261 bytes)

2. [TowerTalk] 75:50 ohm transformers (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.pacbell.com (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 12:54:00 -0700
Be careful..The primary constants (R,G,L,C) are NOT constant with frequency. Your electrical half wave multiple on one band may NOT be a half wavelength multiple on another. Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbel
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00549.html (7,623 bytes)

3. [TowerTalk] Vertical-What wire to us (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.pacbell.com (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 12:09:00 -0700
Ron: You're probably ok to do this, depending on the corrosive nature of the soil/grass/weeds(in my case) that you will expose the wire to. I don't know what 20 Ga Cu will look like after many years
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00653.html (7,443 bytes)

4. [TowerTalk] Rohn TB-3 Warning (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.pacbell.com (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 10:44:00 -0800
OK, let me show my ignorance. I thought that the intent of a thrust bearing on a tower was to take the vertical load off of the rotator. Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com (just another EE who had to tak
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00746.html (8,388 bytes)

5. (Fwd) [TowerTalk] Driving ground rod (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.pacbell.com (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:04:00 -0700
Yup! When you can't drive rods, put in the counterpoises. Or have a drill rig drill you some holes, put in the rods and backfill with bentonite. Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com -- F I ended up trenchi
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00431.html (7,376 bytes)

6. [TowerTalk] WX7M 280' long 20M Yagi (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.pacbell.com (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:44:00 -0700
Wasn't that WA6 Zap Zap Klunk? Phil? In Lancaster? Early 70's? The things you think you remember. Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com -- I do remember from many years back a W6 who almost tore my receiver
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00541.html (8,524 bytes)

7. [TowerTalk] Lightning strikes! (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 10:14:00 -0700
Have the phone guy check the grounding of your Protector box ("SNI" if it's new). It should be bonded to your power utility entrance ground . Sometimes the water plumbing served as a bond between the
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00183.html (9,701 bytes)

8. [TowerTalk] Best methnods for ground (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 08:29:00 -0700
Hey guys - I know that bulkhead entrance structures are the way to go for lightning protection - I use them all of the time in our microwave sites and vhf/uhf locations. Yes, be sure to bond the outs
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00439.html (7,702 bytes)

9. [TowerTalk] Whistling trap holes (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:03:00 -0700
PUT SODA CRACKERS IN THE DRAIN HOLES Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com -- Was there ever an answer as to how to get rid of the TH-7's whistling? Tom - N1MM -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tower
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00448.html (7,317 bytes)

10. [TowerTalk] Interference from Floure (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:14:00 -0700
Some new ballasts operate at RF frequencies (competition with cellular services?). These are sometimes installed in business complexes where they supposedly save money. You will probably not run into
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00533.html (7,127 bytes)

11. [TowerTalk] 40m Yagi, 20-10 Quad, sa (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 10:44:00 -0700
I think I saw something like this at the UCLA club station in 1971 when I took my 1 week off between graduation from UC Davis and start of work at Pacific Bell. I was with Ron, WA6GMR, now KG6DV/KH6.
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00020.html (8,178 bytes)

12. [TowerTalk] COAX LENGTH (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 14:34:00 -0700
I think you can do this maybe for one band, but don't depend on the primary constants (R, L, G, C) to be non-variable with frequency. In other words, you can reproduce the load impedance with an N X
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00264.html (9,258 bytes)

13. [TowerTalk] Grounding (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 17:00:00 -0700
Yeah, as a matter of fact. But only if its buried 20 or 30 ' worth will it be considered a decent electrode. Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com -- .The pool plumbing is 1-1/2" or 2" copper pipe. In addit
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00348.html (6,980 bytes)

14. [TowerTalk] Galvanized ground rod co (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 09:54:00 -0700
The connections between the ground electrodes and the ground electrode conductors should be either made with an exothermic weld (Cadweld) or with a mechanical connector listed for that use (buried, o
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00403.html (7,419 bytes)

15. [TowerTalk] 160 antenna (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 16:39:00 -0700
Hi Mike: Put out some radials from your tower and then use your tower for a 160M radiator. For a match, use a conductor (different people use different wires or cables) from the top of you tower to a
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00662.html (8,878 bytes)

16. [TowerTalk] WX & Internet experts? (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (pb-Edwoods))
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:09:00 -0700
Bill: Try Global Atmospherics - they maintain a lightning detection network and sell the results!! www.glatmos.com Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com -- I would like to know if anyone knows of a internet
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00870.html (7,399 bytes)

17. [TowerTalk] Tower lightning quiery (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:04:00 -0700
I don't think that the I*T product of 6, 6.6 or 10M wire rope is small enough to allow a 50% probability lightning stroke to cause problems with their mechanical strength. Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-06/msg00171.html (8,509 bytes)

18. [TowerTalk] KT34XA cracked insulator (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 12:19:00 -0700
As we found out at NB6G (now K6RY), bird poop should also be added to the list of offending compounds that cause a these insulators to fail. Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com -- The GE book lists these
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00155.html (7,128 bytes)

19. [TowerTalk] Summary Hardline & Crank (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 07:44:00 -0700
Ummm.. The stuff stays dry only when pressurized. WB2WIK found troubles in the initial run of 9913 and noted that after drilling a hole in the cable, "the swr ran out all over the floor". Eric, K6GV
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00403.html (6,896 bytes)

20. [TowerTalk] Radials in concrete driv (score: 1)
Author: edwoods@pbsac01.isp.PacBell.COM (Woods, Eric D (edwoods))
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 14:24:00 -0700
Why does this remind me of screen doors and submarines? Eric, K6GV edwoods@pacbell.com -- N5RP connected to the mesh in his swimming pool with good success... Chuck, KE5FI -- -- FAQ on WWW: http://ww
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00719.html (6,916 bytes)


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