- 201. [TowerTalk] another "geo888" problem? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 07:41:07 -0500
- Let's not all pile on this one...the list moderator will see one post. However, has anyone else noticed that GEO888@cs.com has NOT returned undeliverable for quite a while? Several weeks, in fact. It
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00086.html (7,358 bytes)
- 202. [TowerTalk] withdrawn (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:03:22 -0500
- I take it back. Previous msg about Geo888 was incorrect. (he determined by having posted said msg.) Guess I've been too efficient with the delete key. Was looking at an admin. mailbox address in the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00089.html (6,815 bytes)
- 203. [TowerTalk] Bowlegged towers (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:41:49 -0500
- Folks, Before we get too carried away bashing Nello, or anyone else....I acquired some new rohn 45g 4 or 5 years ago... and found the legs wouldn't align. It's clear that some of the mfg. jigs Rohn w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00134.html (8,109 bytes)
- 204. [TowerTalk] phased amps... (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:48:20 -0500
- Some of you may recall my posts on this topic a few years back, when I was considering driving two LPDA's with separate amps. The notion of controlling phasing at low levels in intriguing. But in ord
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00135.html (7,288 bytes)
- 205. [TowerTalk] w1gkk & big arrays (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 04:05:59 -0500
- If I recall the story on GKK, which ran in either QST or CQ, a few years back, not only was his philosophy "be there when they're there"...it extended to "they'll always be on 20". As a result his an
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00226.html (8,597 bytes)
- 206. Re: [TowerTalk] w1gkk & big arrays (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:40:25 -0500
- Hi Tom & Peter.... Yes, I noticed the aurora on northern latitude stations, even as far south as Hamburg. One DL and I noticed the AU, and I mentioned it to him..and asked his qth. It's hard to notic
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00232.html (10,373 bytes)
- 207. [TowerTalk] GKK, big antennas & location (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:47:09 -0500
- I commented on Peter Sundstrand and Tom Rauch's comments off-reflector. Brief summary: I'm aware of the aurora, although I didn't mention it. The tendency is NOT to notice things that AREN'T present.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00234.html (7,899 bytes)
- 208. [TowerTalk] yaesu connector (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 04:04:57 -0500
- Did you start by calling the vendor, and find them out of stock? n2ea jimjarvis@ieee.org _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00325.html (7,821 bytes)
- 209. [TowerTalk] w2irt's antenna dilemma (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:06:09 -0500
- I think you're under-rating the SteppIR, Peter. As I said in my private mail, I had a 3 el in Vermont and was quite pleased with it. I'd STILL have it, if it weren't for relocation...and another one
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00335.html (9,608 bytes)
- 210. Re: [TowerTalk] w2irt's antenna dilemma (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:42:58 -0500
- Turns out that sign companies have boom trucks to 85', capable of lifting a man plus 300 lbs payload. Prices run lower than crane companies, for whom a ham tower is a very light challenge. Worth expl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00353.html (10,881 bytes)
- 211. [TowerTalk] SteppIR gain (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:04:53 -0500
- Steve, N2IC wrote, in comment to Dave, N6LL's comments: <snip> Those Steppir gain figures are very questionable. They are significantly higher than the gain figures for optimized yagi designs in the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00401.html (8,534 bytes)
- 212. [TowerTalk] steppIR Gain--test method (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:27:45 -0500
- TT: If I recall correctly, Mike and Jim have their own range, with the unit under test on one tower, and an HP spectrum analyser connected to a dipole on another tower, many wavelengths distant. Towe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00406.html (7,609 bytes)
- 213. [TowerTalk] lightning & trees (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:53:14 -0500
- It was written: Tulip Poplars are Very prone to Lightning hits. I have quite few on my place that show evidence of hits above 40-50 ft. A Tulip Poplar that has been hit will show a "Y" or a "Zag" whe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00454.html (7,159 bytes)
- 214. [TowerTalk] antenna cost c3 v. steppIR (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:30:43 -0500
- I think it would be more valid to compare the 3 el SteppIR price ($1200) against the C3 ($700). The price of convenience and flexibility is thus $500. Not that I'm trying to talk you into anything. I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00479.html (7,469 bytes)
- 215. [TowerTalk] FW: antenna cost c3 v. steppIR (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:16:26 -0500
- Tony's right...I forgot to add in the price of a warc antenna, coax and/or antenna switch. Probably brings it to a wash. Which makes the steppIR convenience and performance almost free. Jim Jarvis 41
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00484.html (8,944 bytes)
- 216. [TowerTalk] antenna attributes (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:30:51 -0500
- OK, look... Ya pays yer money 'n takes yer chances..... True, the steppIR won't tune >1 band at once. But that means your rx doesn't have all that out of band crap to intermod with. (look at 21 MHz &
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00507.html (8,151 bytes)
- 217. [TowerTalk] Porcupines on the Tour Eiffel (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:42:38 -0500
- Somehow, around this time of year, we always get threads which tend to devolve...it's a pre-Dayton phenomenon. Or maybe cabin fever. Today's "porcupines on the Tour Eiffel" comment triggered a recoll
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00568.html (7,788 bytes)
- 218. [TowerTalk] static bleed & lightning discharge (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:20:48 -0500
- We've got experts onboard here, but it's still worth observing that static drain devices...be they hedgehogs on tower tops, or short whips trailing from several points on aircraft wings are STILL lim
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00584.html (9,520 bytes)
- 219. [TowerTalk] Carbon fiber & lightning (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:53:16 -0500
- Got a peripheral question, which relates to the lightning thread. Would be interested in the groups thoughts. Been considering two sailboats. One has a traditional guyed aluminum mast, grounded in a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00611.html (7,224 bytes)
- 220. [TowerTalk] (no subject) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:19:49 -0500
- Extensively snipped....comment below The plans for the new QTH proceed apace... many thanks to all who have tried mightily to set me straight! I learn more from this list than any other. In the past
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00614.html (8,528 bytes)
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