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61. [TowerTalk] Replacement cable for crankups (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:16:01 -0600; TTians, The reason for my phone calls/E-mail to Hy-Gain the last few days had to do with replacing the cable on the factory gin pole for the HG54HD. I finally got the spec on the cable today. I knew; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00239.html (8,490 bytes)
62. [TowerTalk] Replacement cable for crankups (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:02:57 -0600; OK, I found some at a contractors supply house. After looking at it, I think the rest of the stuff offered by the other stores was probably galvanized also, just not marked that way. Price is .42/ft; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00248.html (7,984 bytes)
63. [TowerTalk] Who wrote me about having Rotor at HyGain? (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 19:58:08 -0600; Please, only the one person I had a couple of exchanges with regarding their having a rotor at Hy-Gain for repair and being told it would be returned unrepaired, drop me a note. Have some info and di; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00278.html (7,068 bytes)
64. [TowerTalk] Wire Rope Info (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 15:36:33 -0600; Pretty steep. Paid .20/ft in precut (100 ft.) pieces in the local farm supply store. Watch it! Bulk cable is sold for $1.20/ft for 3/16" and precut is $0.20/ft!!! It's the same stuff. Gary -- Please; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00322.html (7,160 bytes)
65. [TowerTalk] Re: tower, vs. telpole, vs. whatever? (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 22:11:48 -0600; Umm...why would you have an unguyed Rohn 25??? I'm not trying to be a SA, these seem like logical questions to me. ;o) Gary -- Please notify your ISP if you don't receive this. -- FAQ on WWW: http://; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00329.html (7,398 bytes)
66. [TowerTalk] Speaking of thrust bearings... (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:29:34 -0600; When I took my "new" tower down at the ex-owner's QTH, I discovered the TB was not a bearing at all, but more of a bushing. The top is a steel collar and the bottom has a bronze insert for the collar; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00335.html (7,693 bytes)
67. [TowerTalk] Speaking of thrust bearings... (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 09:34:14 -0600; If this is true, I'll have to clean it up the next time I get a chance. Can someone in the know confirm this? Roger? Steve? Gary -- Please notify your ISP if you don't receive this. -- FAQ on WWW: ht; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00345.html (7,454 bytes)
68. [TowerTalk] Traps (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 09:14:21 -0600; Can't recommend them at all. Have had several sets and they all have the same problem. The plastic shrinks and cracks, leaving the outside wound wire falling off. Several attempts to have them replac; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00366.html (7,748 bytes)
69. [TowerTalk] More on TRAPS (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:34:41 -0600; One problem I didn't mention was the secondary problem caused by the cracking. After they crack, but before they shrink, the first symptom is arcing of the trap. This takes place because the cracks a; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00377.html (7,931 bytes)
70. [TowerTalk] Easy method of digging (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 00:15:59 -0600; I just went through this. Let me say right off, it will depend highly on what your soil is like. I was surprised when I saw how easy mine was to dig. I hired a guy from Job Service for $6/hr. I told; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00404.html (11,210 bytes)
71. [TowerTalk] 4 point guying...how? (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 08:41:36 -0700; I don't know if I can adequately describe this to get the point across or not, but I'm wondering about a variation that would equalize the load. How about two legs with a single guy each, and the thi; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00008.html (10,395 bytes)
72. [TowerTalk] 4 point guying...how? (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 23:12:49 -0700; Thank you for that. I think I understand it and agree. You blew my idea out of the water as it needed to be. ;o) Thanks for pointing it out. Gary -- -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalk; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00036.html (8,233 bytes)
73. [TowerTalk] Gin Pole Strength (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 23:44:31 -0700; Hans, I said the same thing, but I think I've been converted. I'm the one who first posted a rebuttal to the original comment about decreasing the load with a 3:1 block and tackle. I really thought I; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00037.html (9,732 bytes)
74. [TowerTalk] Re: Gin pole loading (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 00:59:13 -0700; You don't add it to either side of the gin pole. You replace the single pulley at the top of the pole with a block and tackle. That's what I originally said also. But, if you revert back to my last d; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00039.html (9,123 bytes)
75. [TowerTalk] Gin Pole Strength (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 15:36:50 -0700; That screws up all the numbers. Being on a hill, you're further away from the center of the earth, decreasing gravities pull, so you weigh less. ;o) Seriously though, there are many posts, and I'm so; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00062.html (9,742 bytes)
76. [TowerTalk] Gin Pole Strength (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 20:25:49 -0700; BRAVO!!!!! Works for me. Gary -- -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: o; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00069.html (8,814 bytes)
77. [TowerTalk] X9 or C31XR (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 22:31:37 -0600; One thing I've wondered is what effect the vertical tower member has on the pattern, especially as size increases from R25 to R45, etc. I assume this has been modeled by someone. Gary -- -- FAQ on WW; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00135.html (7,850 bytes)
78. [TowerTalk] Ground Rods (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:12:47 -0600; I'm curious if this is the same book they used to give away several years ago. Anyone know? Gary - AGØN mcduffie@scottsbluff.net -- -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html S; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00278.html (9,259 bytes)
79. [TowerTalk] Retuning TH-7DX (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:55:17 -0600; Has anyone experimented with moving the TH-7 down band? I'm about to put one up. The previous owner had marked in the book what he measured for VSWR and I'm a little worried. I would like to shift th; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00279.html (8,283 bytes)
80. [TowerTalk] Tower windload with trees blocking (score: 1): Author: mcduffie@scottsbluff.net (Gary McDuffie, Sr.); Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:10:24 -0600; I'm curious about the good or bad effect of uneven wind load on a tower and its wind rating. When I read a wind load rating, I assume that the manufacturer assumes the load will be applied nearly equ; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00281.html (7,930 bytes)

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