- 1. [CQ-Contest] Re: [TowerTalk] Optimum Height for 10M Beam (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 20:22:30 -0500
- Hello all. A few years ago when I put up my rotating tower here at the new QTH, I put my trusty 205 Hygain at about 85 feet. This seemed like a good place because it was right above my second guy rin
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00331.html (11,834 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] band pass filters and ICE phone # (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 10:51:44 -0400
- Hello all. I'm possibly in the market for an automatic switched band pass filter. I know that I.C.E makes one and that Dunestar makes one. Any comments from the gallery on the merits of either?? And,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-10/msg00018.html (7,427 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] "anodized" aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:42:17 -0400
- Hello Dennis, On this issue, I think your friend is wrong. ENGINEERS DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING, contrary to what some of them might think. I DO know something about the process and how it's typically us
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00674.html (10,773 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Maxcom Summary (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 15:10:03 -0400
- Ed, still think you got 'ripped off'! Steve, NJ4F -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesti
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00736.html (6,973 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Welding Chrome Moly (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 09:36:34 -0400
- Finally, something where I can add my two cents worth! Besides the obvious problems associated with the skill and knowledge of welding, heat treatable alloys present another problem. I think this is
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00057.html (10,588 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Insurance claims (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 08:34:51 -0400
- FWIW, A couple of years ago I got a lightning induced surge into the shack caused by a near hit on a big tree. Although I thought I was disconnected, I still had the control line to my long beverages
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-07/msg00694.html (7,412 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Texas Towers (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 17:27:30 -0400
- Maybe so, Bill, but the bottom line is it's driving customers away. I was given some needless petty crap over the phone when I wanted to order some tubing. Not much of a purchase, but I needed to do
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00473.html (9,501 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Nicropress and 'real men' (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 20:53:54 -0500
- Howdy all, Will tell you one thing, it takes a real man to put the end of a piece of 5/16" EHS thru a large insulator and turn it back to slide the sleeve up. I'm not talking about putting it 3 feet
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00064.html (7,550 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] removing silicone (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 09:37:35 -0400
- Good idea, but a couple of comments. To those who may be 'cranially challenged' read 'hot' to mean 'volatile', not, as having been heated. This is the last thing you want to do with Lacquer thinner!
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00197.html (8,938 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:49:49 -0400
- Besides, you came into the world in the fetus position, might as well Besides, it makes it easier to kiss you backside good bye! 73 de Steve, NJ4F -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00291.html (9,455 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Aluminum Oxidation (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 18:57:18 -0400
- Hello, Larry. I think you have come to the right place. In years past one of my duties was heliarc welding. There was a product called 'Weld-o" (real original, huh) which looked kinda like Pepto Bism
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00858.html (9,053 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Insulated yagi elements (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:52:17 -0500
- Hello all, Question for the masses..... I am building a couple of 15 meter yagis in preparation for good propagation in the coming years. I know the cost of 6061-t6 aluminum when used as boom to elem
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00253.html (7,587 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Sommer Antennas - Warning: contains strong language (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:44:12 -0500
- I'll go on record saying it's a crappy antenna based on the performance or lack there of, which I have experienced. There are lots opinions out there. If someone looks long enuf, he can find someone
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00563.html (7,382 bytes)
- 14. Re; Cleaning Aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 07:56:56 -0500
- Hello all. If you want to save a few bucks (and who doesn't?), instead of buying Scotchbrite, go to your local industrial supply house or well stocked hardware store and purchase some of those round
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00292.html (6,853 bytes)
- 15. Rotor disconnect (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:23:29 -0500
- Cliff, go to your local auto parts discount store and check out their selection of trailer light connectors. The most common one you will find is flat, supports 4 conductors and is polarized. Have 8
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00497.html (8,065 bytes)
- 16. Force 12 C-3 Tribander (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 17:28:23 -0500
- Keep the A3 and get a new wife. Just kidding Jack. Don't put your wife on my case. Nice to see you at the PVRC dinner the other nite. 73 de Steve, NJ4F W4NF ** DX4WIN Windows logging software "..the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00180.html (8,444 bytes)
- 17. Plymouth 85 CW (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 08:51:36 -0500 (EST)
- ....rip....cut ....tear Hello all, This just jogged my memory. There is (or was) another product out 'there' that I have found to be very useful for sealing stuff like CoaxSeal. I believe CoaxSeal is
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00308.html (8,503 bytes)
- 18. Penetrox is a disapointment (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 07:45:36 -0500
- DARN! Now you tell me...I have already placed an order for a case of the stuff. I figured it would help me get my 5BDXCC, WAZ and WAS all before X-mas. Disapointed in Virginia, Steve, NJ4F ** DX4WIN
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-11/msg00119.html (7,184 bytes)
- 19. not da birds -- da wasps! (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 11:05:12 -0400
- Hello all, Someone told me years ago that the wasps you see swarming around your tower this time of year shouldn't bee ( pun intended) a problem. The way I understand it, they are drones and are rea
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00152.html (9,208 bytes)
- 20. not da birds -- da wasps! (score: 1)
- Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 18:39:15 -0400
- Hello all, Someone told me years ago that the wasps you see swarming around your tower this time of year shouldn't bee ( pun intended) a problem. The way I understand it, they are drones and are rea
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-10/msg00159.html (9,182 bytes)
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