- 41. [TowerTalk] Interesting use for cage dipole (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:09:59 -0400
- And now for something completely different...... Go to: http://wikimapia.org/455/Chernobyl-2-Russian-Woodpecker-OTH-Radar-of-type-DU GA-3 Click on the extreme right-hand image at the top of the page.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-04/msg00454.html (7,677 bytes)
- 42. [TowerTalk] Tower Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:02:14 -0400
- Fastenal actually has two specific sizes of "Tower Bolts" on their web site http://www.fastenal.com/web/products.ex?N=999600001&Nty=0 Does not say if they are galvanized or not. They have lots of goo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-04/msg00818.html (6,698 bytes)
- 43. [TowerTalk] Utility pole (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:21:06 -0400
- I asked a similar question of our local municipally-owned electric company. They said a 40 foot pole could be delivered to my home and installed for $300.00. It couldn't hurt to ask your local utili
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-06/msg00088.html (7,488 bytes)
- 44. [TowerTalk] Tall masts and buildings (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:00:23 +0000 (UTC)
- I can attest to the fact that even tall buildings move in the wind. I had the scarey experience of helping to install some new 800MHz TXs in the very tippy-top of the Sears Tower, I believe the high
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-07/msg00363.html (7,297 bytes)
- 45. [TowerTalk] R7 traps (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 07:37:04 -0400
- I'm no antenna designer, but it seems to me that if the trap capacitor clamps were swapped such that the center rod were at the bottom, no water could then enter. Would that work? Barry - W1HFN _____
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2009-09/msg00078.html (6,480 bytes)
- 46. [TowerTalk] Yet another big LPA (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:37:03 -0500
- Another FAA facility, Boston Center in Nashua, NH http://wikimapia.org/13086328/FAA-Air-Traffic-Control-Center-Boston-Center Also casts an impressive shadow ;>) Barry - W1HFN ________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00745.html (7,813 bytes)
- 47. [TowerTalk] Fall arrest (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:45:16 +0000 (UTC)
- Has anyone seen this device before http://www.mountaineer-sports.com/ Watch the video. Would this be a viable system for tower work? The standard cable length is 30 feet, wonder if a longer one wo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-02/msg00162.html (7,094 bytes)
- 48. [TowerTalk] Budget 4-Pack? (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:40:21 -0500
- I have two HF radios and 4 different HF antennas. I would like to use each rig on any antenna, while obviously locking out that antenna for the other rig. The commercial products 6-Pack, 8-Pack, etc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00008.html (7,104 bytes)
- 49. [TowerTalk] Budget 4-Pack (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 21:17:43 -0500
- Many, many thanks to all the excellent ideas I received, either via the list or directly. This is a great resource (as I have always known)and I knew some good ideas would be forthcoming. Barry - W1H
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-03/msg00021.html (6,937 bytes)
- 50. [TowerTalk] FAA at Mil bases (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:01:55 -0400
- Can't remember who added this bit to the thread: When I was in the US Air Force stationed at Pease AFB, NH (a SAC base then) my work shop was located in the RAPCON. We had a full time FAA rep whose o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00156.html (7,984 bytes)
- 51. [TowerTalk] TH6 dissimilar metals query (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:06:05 -0400
- In the process of rebuilding a TH6 I broke the aluminum clip which shorts the Beta match wires to the boom. I can make a replacement from copper, but wonder if that is a good idea. A stainless steel
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00271.html (7,914 bytes)
- 52. [TowerTalk] dissimilar metals query (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Fox" <foxbw@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:50:19 -0400
- Thanks to all the TTers who answered my request for info. Great bunch of folks, lots of good advice. TNX / 73, Barry - W1HFN _______________________________________________ __________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00326.html (6,706 bytes)
- 53. [TowerTalk] Utility Pole costs (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 12:46:34 +0000 (UTC)
- I queried our local municipal power utility about purchasing and planting a utility pole in my yard. They quoted $300.00 for a 40 foot pole, including installation. It never happened as the auger
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-02/msg00127.html (6,884 bytes)
- 54. [TowerTalk] antenna analyzer (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:47:37 +0000 (UTC)
- For my 2 cents, (actually about $600.00) you cannot beat the Array Solutions AIM 4170C. I bought mine 2 months ago and every time I use it I find another great feature. Not only does it do all the us
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-10/msg00284.html (7,369 bytes)
- 55. [TowerTalk] AntennaAnalyzer (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 23:12:50 +0000 (UTC)
- In response to Jim, K9YC, request for antenna anlyzers / software here is my 2 cents worth I cannot heap enough praise on the AIM4170 analyzer. It is pricey, but quite likely the best investment I h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00130.html (7,435 bytes)
- 56. [TowerTalk] Antenna Analyzer (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:52:51 +0000 (UTC)
- Roger, et al; IMHO, and in my 2cents worth (actually $600.00) the AIM 4170C from Array Solutions. http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/AIM4170.htm#top%20of%20page Bought mine over a year ago, wor
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-07/msg00206.html (8,731 bytes)
- 57. [TowerTalk] More on AIM4170 (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:36:22 +0000 (UTC)
- One of the prime requirements for my purchase of an analyzer was it had to cover 6 and 2 meters. The AIM does, some don't. Now there newest model (AIM UHF) goes up to 1GHz. Barry - W1HFN ________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-07/msg00217.html (6,976 bytes)
- 58. [TowerTalk] Re; pole mount hdw (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:25:59 +0000 (UTC)
- No financial interest, etc. http://www.w9iix.com/ii00012.htm Scroll down to RM-2 Pole / Building Mount 73, Barry - W1HFN _______________________________________________ ______________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-07/msg00308.html (7,133 bytes)
- 59. [TowerTalk] W8JI curtain array (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 18:00:22 +0000 (UTC)
- I sent him an email several months ago (maybe even last year) asking the same question, never got a reply. Sure would like to know the answer myself Barry - W1HFN ___________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-06/msg00117.html (6,792 bytes)
- 60. [TowerTalk] static and Anderson PP (score: 1)
- Author: foxbw@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 15:47:10 +0000 (UTC)
- I spent 15 months in VO2-land with the USAF in the late 60s. At our VHF / UHF ground-to-air transmitter site, we had 16 antennas atop 60 foot utility poles. The coax entered the building then ran o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00084.html (7,204 bytes)
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