- 1. [TowerTalk] Installing telephone poles (score: 1)
- Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace)
- Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 18:44:47 +0300
- Commercial practice is to bury 1/3rd the length of the pole in the ground. 5 feet doesn't sound right to me, but I am not an engineer. Call your local power company -- a quick conversation with one o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-12/msg00466.html (9,900 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Installing telephone poles (score: 1)
- Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace)
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 09:20:12 -0700
- Hi everyone -- No I was NOT certain of my statement -- which is why I said "I am not an engineer". But it served the purpose: it got data out from more qualified people! So, I am only slightly embarr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-12/msg00487.html (8,774 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Tower Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace)
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 20:41:22 -0500
- SS bolts and nuts will gall and stick together. That's why nickel anti-sieze compound must be used. (I've seen people learn this lesson the hard way on boats.) -- Eric K3NA I don't recall any comment
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-11/msg00244.html (9,028 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] TOWER SELECTION (score: 1)
- Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace)
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:57:30 +0300
- Working at 20 foot height while safety-belted onto a tower is MUCH safer than working at 20 foot height standing on an extension ladder. -- Eric R3/K3NA But it surely is convenient not to have to cli
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-11/msg00568.html (8,805 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] TOWER SELECTION - Virginia ridge tops (score: 1)
- Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace)
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:36:19 +0300
- Hi Chris -- You are not sufficiently aware of weather conditions on ridge tops of this elevation in western Virginia. Wind will exceed 60 mph in gusts on a regular basis. As pointed out by K7LXC, man
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-11/msg00569.html (13,642 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] DAMAGED TOWER RESCUE (score: 1)
- Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace)
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:25:09 +0400
- Hi Tom -- I would consider this a very dangerous situation. The internal condition of the legs can not be ascertained. You referred to the "good leg" -- but, most likely, only the outside is visibly
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00771.html (15,206 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] A "better" ground. (score: 1)
- Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace)
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 04:39:19 -0500
- Hi Mike -- There is no problem tying in your ground system to a well casing, and, in fact, it is probably an excellent idea. Note that I said "ground system". That means the ground rods around the to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00861.html (12,084 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] rope sealing... replacing metallic guys (score: 1)
- Author: scace@uu.net (Eric Scace)
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:05:34 +0200
- I'm passing along tips from another competitive hobby of mine (racing catamarans): sealing the ends of rope: a) if the rope will melt under heat: -- wrap the place where the cut will be made in maski
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00359.html (8,250 bytes)
- 9. Great Circle Bearing map software (score: 1)
- Author: scace@UU.NET (Eric Scace)
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:48:22 -0000
- Great circle bearing map-generation software has not been made = available to date because it is not easy! I learned a bit about it when = I was working with the author of GeoClock. Geoclock's databa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1996-12/msg00277.html (10,473 bytes)
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