- 141. [TowerTalk] Which Small Tribander for My Roof (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:08:33 +0100
- On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:31:24 -0400 Jim Worthington <jimw@tstnet.com> writes: The antenna is rather tedious to assemble, but the manual is good, and you just grind through it. After you assemble the f
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00349.html (11,044 bytes)
- 142. [TowerTalk] ALL THE RIGHT ANGLES ? (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:12:16 +0100
- Ioncap requires that you specify the entire transmitting and receiving antenna system, and then it shows the parameters (snr, takeoff angle, etc) for the strongest propagation mode for that antenna s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00355.html (9,840 bytes)
- 143. [TowerTalk] Plastic Owls (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 16:12:01 +0100
- In my case, it worked completely and immediately on a flock of grackles that were messing up the place. It doesn't work at all on pigeons. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL San Diego, CA K6LL@juno.com _________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00431.html (8,549 bytes)
- 144. [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Designs (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 14:03:14 +0100
- I'm not a PE/ME, but I am a EE. I've tried to reverse engineer some of the Rohn configurations in their catalog without any success. I would like to see one set of Rohn engineering calculations to se
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-08/msg00547.html (8,949 bytes)
- 145. [TowerTalk] 4 guy wires OK? (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 04:58:24 +0100
- Look in the Rohn catalog at the drawings for the fk45 foldover towers. They show the details on attaching 4 way guys. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL San Diego, CA K6LL@juno.com ______________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00352.html (8,324 bytes)
- 146. [TowerTalk] KT-34XA problem during re-capping (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 15:15:23 +0100
- A friend of mine had the same problem with his used XA. Apparently some of the straps deform or stretch, depending on exactly how they are positioned when they are tightened down the first time. In h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00450.html (8,279 bytes)
- 147. [TowerTalk] Terrain question (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:16:52 +0100
- Mike, The answer depends on several different factors, especially the height of your antenna. You can download a copy of the program TA from the ARRL server and run the numbers through it. The answer
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00551.html (8,588 bytes)
- 148. [TowerTalk] KT-34XA & Tower Party (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:22:17 +0100
- The boom support is now made of Phillystran, rather than steel cable, but I don't think that's important to the functioning. At some point in the production run, KLM changed to a heavier-duty balun,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00697.html (9,161 bytes)
- 149. [TowerTalk] Wilson 40' pipe (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:44:48 +0100
- I just picked up a Wilson 40' crankup pipe, the kind that brackets to the house. Does anyone have the documentation on this tower? I'll pay for reproduction and postage. Is this exactly the same as t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00413.html (7,149 bytes)
- 150. [TowerTalk] Clicking? (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 01:45:51 +0100
- On Sat, 20 Jun 1998 17:03:52 +0000 John Kjos <W9RPM@centuryinter.net> writes: I can hear the same thing on my KT-34XA. It is static electricity jumping from the boom to the elements across the insula
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00744.html (8,155 bytes)
- 151. [TowerTalk] 6 meter sensitivity (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:14:49 +0100
- It depends on how bad the old line is. You can test the old line by connecting an antenna analyzer or Bird wattmeter to one end and measuring the swr with the other end open. loss (dB) = 10 log [(swr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00774.html (8,488 bytes)
- 152. [TowerTalk] Re: Quads not as good as Yagis (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 01:55:12 +0100
- I remember that article. I'd like to reread it. Does anyone have the reference for it handy? Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ K6LL@juno.com ___________________________________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00044.html (8,133 bytes)
- 153. [TowerTalk] Magical 1/2 wave Coax (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 23:31:26 +0100
- On Tue, 26 May 1998 14:26:25 -0700 (PDT) Pat Barthelow <aa6eg@cv.tmx.com> writes: L = n 492 Vf / 7.06 where: L = length in feet n = any positive integer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...) Vf = velocity factor 7.06 =
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00652.html (8,093 bytes)
- 154. [TowerTalk] re: Rohn safety factor (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 23:55:00 +0100
- Look at the assembly drawing for the tower section, e.g. Dwg # C630625 for Rohn 25. In the "Nomenclature" column, items C, M, and T are specified as "with 1/3 increase in allowable stress." That's al
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00653.html (8,706 bytes)
- 155. [TowerTalk] Which cable to use?? (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 18:12:18 +0100
- According to the program TL, here are the losses in 170 ft of some different types of cable: (best viewed with a fixed font, such as Courier) 28.5 MHz 146 MHz 3/4 inch CATV .6dB 1.54dB 1/2 inch CATV
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00761.html (9,318 bytes)
- 156. [TowerTalk] Comparing Structural Standards (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 12:32:33 +0100
- I just saw an article on CNN yesterday, where hurricane researchers were quite surprised to see an unexpectedly high wind gradient in the first few hundred feet above ground level. They found this gr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-05/msg00771.html (8,146 bytes)
- 157. [TowerTalk] Rohn questions (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 14:45:13 +0100
- I missed the original posting on this, but here's my two cents. In a guyed tower, lateral wind forces are converted to downward compressive forces in the tower legs, because the guys come down to the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00241.html (8,701 bytes)
- 158. [TowerTalk] Tower-Kids (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:00:34 +0100
- Hey, none of that kinky stuff on this reflector! Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ K6LL@juno.com _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet acc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00386.html (7,806 bytes)
- 159. [TowerTalk] Fwd: your recommendation? (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 16:53:04 +0100
- The Rohn fk2568 tiltover is only good for 100 pounds of dead weight at the apex. That includes antenna, mast, rotor, etc., so you can't really get too carried away with antennas up there, at least if
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00407.html (8,234 bytes)
- 160. [TowerTalk] 12 & 17 meters (score: 1)
- Author: k6ll@juno.com (k6ll@juno.com)
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:46:52 +0100
- The KT-34XA loves a 40-2CD mounted six feet or more above it, booms aligned. It's a time-tested winning combination. The 40-2CD also works great on 17M, with an SWR of about 1.9. Dave Hachadorian, K6
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-04/msg00793.html (8,183 bytes)
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