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1. Re: [TowerTalk] Reuse PL-259 (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:50:49 -0800
"I've dug connectors out of the mud, pulled them out of puddles, and found them in musty basements...Now the punchline: I have never had a connector failure!" This brings back memories of older conne
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00049.html (7,424 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Reuse PL-259 (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:44:12 -0800
It's not possible to re-use a properly soldered UHF male connector! 20+ years ago, I used a selection of tools to refurbish connectors. A special holder, soldering irons with custom made tips that ma
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00057.html (9,629 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Reuse PL-259 (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 23:16:30 -0800
Please tell me how it is possible to melt solder for the surround soldering of the shield, remove the coax stub, and shake out the solder inside the shell? That requires a very large heat source and
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00062.html (11,041 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Cable Work (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:36:54 -0800
"I then use ¼ inch flooded heat shrink on the incapsalated live and tail end of the phillystran." Can phillystran be heated without degradation? I have T&B 3:1 glue lined thick wall heatshrink on a 3
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-02/msg00136.html (8,367 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] pulley advice (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 14:30:22 -0800
I need to replace pulleys used to haul up 80 meter dipole ends. I need to find sources for good quality pulleys, perhaps stainless steel types used on sailboats? When I was doing some mast/tower work
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00060.html (9,025 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] Glen Martin Hazer roller bearings (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 22:07:07 -0700
I am looking for ideas for homebrew roller bearings, since there do not seem to be any available with GM not selling Hazers any longer. Mine seems to hang on R25 Z braces in a couple of spots. Not ha
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00289.html (8,068 bytes)

7. Re: [TowerTalk] Re; Ground Rod Plating (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 13:38:06 -0700
"What's the C of a 8 ft long, 1/2" diameter cylinder with a few mils of oxide dielectric?" AND, compare that, to the rest of the scenario. What the rod interfaces with, from the surface of the rod, o
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-04/msg00050.html (7,548 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] WTF??? Lessons to be learned (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:07:14 -0700
Just try to change a tail light bulb on a recent automobile! (One before LED's, though.) My 2015 Outback requires disassembling the whole rear end of the car. Designed by those with marketing notions
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-04/msg00138.html (9,605 bytes)

9. [TowerTalk] OT: Lessons to be learned (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:22:38 -0700
Also discovered a great site, IFixit, for those who are determined to their own repairs. I have an entry in there, or maybe it was FixYa, it's been a while, how to test, and diagnose for issues with
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-04/msg00140.html (8,659 bytes)

10. Re: [TowerTalk] OT: Lessons to be learned (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:21:39 -0700
"My favorite example is my mother-in-laws Nissan Murano. Requires the engine to be dropped to change the plugs!!" My old '03 Taurus. Disconnect, and drop everything in front of the windshield to put
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-04/msg00144.html (9,406 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] Guys, and anchors (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:23:29 -0700
"You want very little sag? Better be prepared to have significant lateral stress, and make sure your anchors and guying system is designed for it." I use 6' "thimble eyes", 5/8" thick, rated at somet
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-04/msg00179.html (7,935 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] Air Dummy Loads (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 15:28:43 -0700
I bought an MFJ-264 years ago. The resistance was something like 20 some-odd Ohms (for some reason 17 Ohms just popped into my head, so maybe that was it), and there were various issues inside, misse
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-05/msg00046.html (7,772 bytes)

13. Re: [TowerTalk] TOWER LIGHTS (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 21:45:09 -0700
"Here its( was) 200 feet and over and they had to be an approved type. Different blink pattern day/night." Don't rule out uneducated, and reactionary imbeciles, either... We had a 199.9' tower put in
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-06/msg00023.html (10,123 bytes)

14. Re: [TowerTalk] TOWER LIGHTS (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 23:43:18 -0700
I was curious if it was the local gov't wanting lights or the licensing authority.  I also wonder if it is the locals if they understand what is going up and it is not commercial. That crossed my min
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-06/msg00032.html (8,123 bytes)

15. Re: [TowerTalk] TOWER LIGHTS (FOLLOW UP) (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 14:01:13 -0700
"You pay $350 USD to a retired general who comes out to the site to "approve it...He was the one who wanted the lighting...$350 USD is about what most of the people make in a month." I see the proble
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-06/msg00042.html (7,100 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Light (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:42:16 -0700
"Still messing around with the best/cheapest way to light the tower.  Generally, what is the DC voltage of an LED on a string light set once it is converted from 120VAC?" Is this the tower in Belize
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-06/msg00046.html (6,899 bytes)

17. [TowerTalk] Tower lighting idea. (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:59:10 -0700
I've seen/read about a lot of kluges/clusters for tower lighting. About 20 years ago, I modified an LED solar powered table lamp with a high intensity flashing LED, and mounted on top of my flagpole,
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-06/msg00047.html (8,653 bytes)

18. Re: [TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:34:55 -0700
Are we no longer using telegraph, telephone, and power wire T's, taps, and splices (all the ones for perpendicular wires)? One is even called an "Aerial Splice", for guess what...? I'd check that one
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-07/msg00051.html (10,198 bytes)

19. Re: [TowerTalk] Phillystran Tension Gage (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:27:43 -0700
After searching far and wide to come to the conclusion there is none commercially available, I built my own tension gauge I'm super confused here. I haven't looked for tension gauges since putting up
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-07/msg00064.html (9,584 bytes)

20. Re: [TowerTalk] Dipole center connector (score: 1)
Author: KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:23:49 -0700
"I believe that Thomas & Betts also makes very good cable ties." I use T&B 3:1 thick wall shrink-tube with adhesive liner in direct Sun on antenna connections in central Nevada. No issues in 8 years.
/archives//html/Towertalk/2021-07/msg00107.html (8,380 bytes)

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