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41. [TowerTalk] Re: Ground Rods & Ohms (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K jon zaimes); Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 03:06:31 -0400 (EDT); A former neighbor introduced me to a "post hole driver" years ago. It is basically a two-foot length of pipe with one end closed. The internal diamter needs to be bigger than the pipe you are driving; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00541.html (10,525 bytes)
42. [TowerTalk] Ground Rod Planting (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K jon zaimes); Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 15:02:00 -0400 (EDT); For removing the old ground rod, try taking the end of your garden hose and sticking it right next to the ground rod, pointed down into the ground. Turn the water on, and in a few minutes the rod sho; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00789.html (8,829 bytes)
43. [TowerTalk] re: saddles (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K jon zaimes); Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 10:21:08 -0400 (EDT); What a neat idea to keep from dropping the saddles! I've always found them a minor nuisance on my several boom-to-mast plates that use saddles and u-bolts. Since I don't do welding, and since some of; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00842.html (7,175 bytes)
44. [TowerTalk] Re: rotor cable alternatives (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K jon zaimes); Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 22:20:42 -0500 (EST); I've used 3 runs of half-inch CATVC hardline, buried for 200 feet, as control cable (FREE is about as cheap as it gets). Center conductor and shield gave me 6 conductors total. The starting capacitor; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00347.html (8,081 bytes)
45. [TowerTalk] Re: Rotator Cable Alternatives (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K jon zaimes); Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:26:10 -0500 (EST); To: <towertalk@contesting.com> of my T2X's a few years ago when the terminal strip threads stripped out. Even with a good terminal strip on the rotor, using the 3-foot pigtail is a good idea to avoid; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00372.html (9,363 bytes)
46. [TowerTalk] Re: Rotator Cable Alternatives (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K jon zaimes); Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 02:31:37 -0500; Hi Roger....That should work...but not sure how UV resistant those bags are. Sunlight might destroy them over time. I have used some old soda bottles (the 2-liter size) to cover hardline splices in m; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00492.html (9,058 bytes)
47. [TowerTalk] phillistran guy wires (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K jon zaimes); Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 07:55:05 -0500 (EST); Hi Steve.... I am still using some of the Phillystran guy material I purchased factory-direct in 1978. It's now at its third QTH, still going strong. There's no signs of any deterioriation of the out; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00686.html (8,855 bytes)
48. Shunt feed for 204BA on 30m? (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K Jon Zaimes); Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 08:12:01 -0500 (EST); I've seen several postings for using the 204BA boom as a shunt-fed dipole on 40 meters. Has anyone tried this on 30 meters or 17 meters? What dimensions for the shunt? 73/Jon AA1K -- FAQ on WWW: http; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00107.html (6,627 bytes)
49. tower loading (tower failures) (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K Jon Zaimes); Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 18:11:29 -0500 (EST); ... certainly a couple of them fell It was an EZ Way crank-up, tilt-over, about 20 feet or so, just two sections. A friend had given it to me in Connecticut and we hauled it with us to the new QTH n; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00160.html (7,961 bytes)
50. TB3 Thrust Bearing (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K Jon Zaimes); Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 19:49:54 -0500 (EST); I recently acquired a TB3 thrust bearing that had been in service for several years. When I removed it from the tower it was not turning smoothly; seemed like there was either serious dirt in there o; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00253.html (7,315 bytes)
51. T2X in Rohn 25 (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K Jon Zaimes); Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 20:14:20 -0500 (EST); I used T2X's in two separate Rohn 25 towers at my old QTH. Both were in the "standard" rotor position just a few feet down from the top of the tower, where there are no diagonals. The 100-foot tower; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00269.html (7,561 bytes)
52. TB3 Thrust Bearing (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (AA1K Jon Zaimes); Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 08:48:52 -0500 (EST); I had several requests to pass along the any info I received on my TB3 question. Here's a good tip from W0UN: To: <towertalk@contesting.com> -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00274.html (8,564 bytes)
53. Rotor leads (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (Jon Zaimes AA1K); Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 03:11:26 -0500 (EST); Hi Bob....I had almost the same distance to conquer at my old QTH in Bear, Del. The voltage drop was too great for the T2X. I found the easiest solution was to put a small transformer in series with; /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00139.html (9,060 bytes)
54. Rotator Plates (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (Jon Zaimes AA1K); Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 01:52:27 -0500 (EST); Hi Wendell... My AS45 plate basically looks like it is the size of the AS25 plate, but instead of the bent flanges at the corner of the plate as in the AS25, the AS45 uses a piece of angle iron at ea; /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00330.html (9,927 bytes)
55. narrow S/S towers (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (Jon Zaimes AA1K); Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:08:33 -0500 (EST); In this area a lot of 2-way commercial installations use a type of narrow self-supporting tower. Typically they appear to be 80-100 feet tall, with a base width of perhaps 2-4 feet. They are triangul; /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00224.html (7,772 bytes)
56. not da birds -- da wasps! (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (Jon Zaimes AA1K); Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 02:11:58 -0400 (EDT); It's great antenna weather in Delaware but it's also prime wasp time. I always wear a reasonably thick, loose long-sleeve shirt and pants. But there's always some exposed skin prone to a sting at gre; /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00148.html (7,418 bytes)

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