- 81. [TowerTalk] Vertical "dipoles" (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:36:44 -0000
- We're in violent agreement. IF you can control the environment within 2 wavelengths of the antenna, you can work miracles. If you cannot, you do what you can. Clearly, radials under the half wave, ce
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00251.html (7,852 bytes)
- 82. [TowerTalk] one man towers (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:45:10 -0000
- When this topic first came up, a month or so ago, I msg'd the VK folks, who pointed me to their California agent. In turn, the CA guys indicated they had inventory, and offered sale prices. It didn't
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00329.html (7,001 bytes)
- 83. [TowerTalk] SteppIR (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:37:42 -0000
- Al, I own a 3 el. SteppIR. Went through exactly the selection process you're experiencing now. Some thoughts: * Fixed element spacing can be accomodated, to some degree, by element tuning. The antenn
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00346.html (8,382 bytes)
- 84. [TowerTalk] steppir radio interface (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:23:59 -0000
- The SteppIR radio interface is a $65 option. One click on the callout in DX4win, and the radio, amp and antenna all go to frequency. The antenna follows the radio commands. What I'm contemplating is
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00390.html (7,748 bytes)
- 85. [TowerTalk] Steppir tuning noise (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 01:03:43 -0000
- Kelly, Good points, all. 1) tuning noise....I thought that might have been because I didn't treat the control lead properly...ran it down a guy wire, instead of down the tower to gnd. Did it in a bli
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00396.html (8,250 bytes)
- 86. [TowerTalk] RE: Rustoleum is the answer (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 22:07:46 -0000
- Jim Jarvis 410 439 1073 office 443 618 5560 cell jimjarvis@ieee.org Neal, Junking the thing isn't a bad idea, particularly if you spy any physical damage. If the rust is purely superficial, and cosme
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-03/msg00344.html (9,232 bytes)
- 87. [TowerTalk] stepIR fiberglass (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:19:07 -0000
- UV will surely degrade things, and at some point, you undoubtedly WILL get rash from the steppIR tubes. However...their telescoping tubes have an epoxy-covering now. They're quite smooth and easy to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-03/msg00514.html (8,100 bytes)
- 88. [TowerTalk] CC&R's (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 17:26:25 -0000
- TT'ers: Covenants and deed restrictions are private contracts. They can say anything they wish. HOWEVER, if they aren't filed with the government as a restriction upon a deed, then the homeowner MAY
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-03/msg00592.html (8,262 bytes)
- 89. [TowerTalk] CC&R's (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:42:14 -0000
- TT: As I said...CC&R's are private contracts. They were often written by original developers, who may not have been lawyers. You MUST read the fine print. The exchange below typifies this. -0- (My CC
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-03/msg00605.html (8,279 bytes)
- 90. [TowerTalk] Rustoleum...the answer? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:23:39 -0000
- Neil, I am not an advocate of anybody's 'cold galvanizing spray'. All it is is zinc bearing paint. OTOH, Rustoleum rusty metal primer...the red stuff, will do a reasonable job on tired metal, once yo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-03/msg00612.html (8,040 bytes)
- 91. [TowerTalk] 'falling derrick' tower erection (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:32:42 -0000
- Gerry Mathis, W3GM, used a slightly more formal version of this system with multiple 100' rohn 25 towers at his station. The towers were guyed 4 way instead of 3, and the "back" guyset was attached t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-03/msg00631.html (7,756 bytes)
- 92. [TowerTalk] coating the SteppIR (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 18:32:18 -0000
- I think painting this fiberglass is a bad idea... given the fact that the mfr has ALREADY provided an epoxy top layer. If you paint it, the odds are the tubes won't telescope properly, should you wan
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-04/msg00022.html (7,486 bytes)
- 93. [TowerTalk] w4an (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:33:18 -0000
- Wow...I'm shocked. Since I get the refectors in daily digest form, my reaction is delayed somewhat. Last QSO I had with Bill was a 3way mobile cw chat with W3BB, as I was driving in a snowstorm, en r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-04/msg00051.html (7,323 bytes)
- 94. [TowerTalk] house bracketing 25G (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 19:15:00 -0000
- Bob, Some factors to consider: * Rohn rates 25g for 2 sq ft. 30' above a house bracket. at least, that's what I recall. It was published in their commercial catalog, some years ago. * I would recomme
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-04/msg00083.html (10,247 bytes)
- 95. [TowerTalk] ground system plows (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:31:33 -0000
- At one point in my life, I founded a company called "Grounding Systems Specialists". We pulled in am bcdst array grounds, using a tractor towed plow. All we did to accomodate burying the radial wire
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-04/msg00157.html (7,449 bytes)
- 96. [TowerTalk] BeCu/SteppIR (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:44:10 -0000
- Guys...the speculation engine is running overtime, here. While it is true that Beryllium is harmful, when it's amalgamated with copper, it is very hard to get dust out, unless you use a sander. It's
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-04/msg00470.html (7,296 bytes)
- 97. [TowerTalk] BPL & politics belong somewhere else (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:07:37 -0000
- Gentlemen and gentle ladies: While you undoubtedly have good cause to be disturbed by political rhetoric concerning BPL, this is not the place to vent. At best, you should vent on RFI@contesting.com.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-04/msg00513.html (8,686 bytes)
- 98. [TowerTalk] insurance (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:18:00 -0000
- There was an interesting thread starting regarding ARRL insurance, homeowners and auto coverage. This is a tad afield, but may be worthwhile. I have an important message for you: THINGS HAVE CHANGED
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-04/msg00669.html (8,850 bytes)
- 99. [TowerTalk] steppIR (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 21:09:30 -0000
- Folks, In brainstorming how to 'make a steppIR cheaper'....you're misleading yourselves. First of all, the IDEA of the steppIR is not revolutionary. There's a design in one of my notebooks dated 1979
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00098.html (7,450 bytes)
- 100. [TowerTalk] SteppIR Redux (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 16:36:37 -0000
- Rob aka: Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E. E.F. Cross School of Engineering Walla Walla College http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/ wrote: If nobody creates new prototypes, then the state of the art never advances. It
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-05/msg00114.html (8,998 bytes)
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