- 21. [Towertalk] 25GSSB New? Baseplate (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 18:47:03 -0500
- Tom (et al)-- In general I agree with you on the EARTH holding up the tower in typical self supporting tower installations. BUT I have just been involved with installing four 80 ft SSVs with lots of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00046.html (10,017 bytes)
- 22. [Towertalk] Tailtwister won't turn. (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:36:48 -0500
- We are talking POLARIZED electrolytic caps here--it DOES matter. You can get away with it (sorta) with audio because the voltages typically are not that great--but they really need to be back to back
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00103.html (9,879 bytes)
- 23. [Towertalk] Tailtwister won't turn. (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 20:47:01 -0500
- I read the following to mean that it didn't matter how you hooked them up--guess I didn't catch the back-to-back part--my attention was just diverted by the cutesy the "pluskies or minusers" part. Gu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00110.html (9,548 bytes)
- 24. [Towertalk] Cable Clamps and Phillystran (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 17:28:21 -0500
- Depends on the formulation of the jacket and how it is applied. This changed over the years. If you have old Philly like I do then potting heads are the only option. Later versions allowed the use of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00199.html (9,767 bytes)
- 25. [Towertalk] Coax opinions (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:27:11 -0500
- Bob-- Just as long as you don't equate non-contaminating with suitable for direct burial. They are two different things. Non-contaminating means that the plasticizers in the jacket won't migrate thr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00211.html (9,131 bytes)
- 26. [Towertalk] Coax opinions (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:31:22 -0500
- Bob-- Just as long as you don't equate non-contaminating with suitable for direct burial. They are two different things. Non-contaminating means that the plasticizers in the jacket won't migrate thr
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00212.html (9,371 bytes)
- 27. [Towertalk] Coax opinions (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:31:56 -0500
- Mike-- Others may or may not be mil spec--just depends. And to what mil spec. C17D or C17F or whatever. Belden used to be (don't know if it still is) calling their RG-8 RG-213. Let me explain. RG-8
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00213.html (11,978 bytes)
- 28. [Towertalk] Cable Clamps and Phillystran (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 20:23:39 -0500
- Hi, Mark! I probably made a mistake by writing my note as a reply to your note--giving the impression I was questioning you and/or Bill. Just that there had been a number of comments on this thread a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00215.html (9,944 bytes)
- 29. [Towertalk] Cable Clamps and Phillystran (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:36:15 -0500
- Hi--Jerry Maybe it is and maybe it isn't! ;-) The "1/2" is something that Burghardt has added in their price sheet--not something straight from Phillystran. No where in the Phillystran data sheet is
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00222.html (8,691 bytes)
- 30. [Towertalk] Antennas vs. Antennae and Lightning vs. Lightening (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:12:15 -0500
- Dear Towertalk Reflectorites, I was pleased to see QST publish the letter from K0OVQ (Sept. 2002 QST, page 25--lower right hand corner) explaining that the plural of antenna is antennas, not antennae
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00508.html (9,920 bytes)
- 31. [Towertalk] Antennas vs. Antennae and Lightning vs.Lightening (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 09:33:30 -0500
- (With all due respect to Britney Spears--see below) I have already had well over a dozen responses (mostly private) but I feel that I should respond publicly with a note to the reflector to make my
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00521.html (12,872 bytes)
- 32. [Towertalk] Antennas vs. Antennae and Lightning vs.Lightening (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:06:46 -0500
- Hi, Ron, I didn't want to bring this back to the Towertalk reflector--Steve has been exceedingly patient with me. But I am not willing to capitulate based on your statement made without any research.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00558.html (10,445 bytes)
- 33. [Towertalk] yagi (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:40:49 -0500
- Dick-- Wilson Electronics has a nice little 800-900 MHz Yagi for cell phone use. Model Y8009EL claims is 13 dBi (Wilson = Jim Wilson, N7JW) It is a rear mount and is about 3 ft long. There web site d
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00643.html (7,699 bytes)
- 34. [Towertalk] yagi (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:18:05 -0500
- Sure do--and I KNOW the difference. I just make that mental error a little too often when typing in a hurry. But it is the consistent use of "lightening" (and antennae, not to mention rotor) that dri
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00646.html (7,608 bytes)
- 35. [Towertalk] Towers in Hurricanes (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:09:54 -0400
- I sure do recall the mess. I just came over to see if Bill needed to cover the hole in his roof and was surprised at just how big the chimney was and how it fell anyway. I could understand it if it
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00759.html (9,404 bytes)
- 36. [Towertalk] Cutting Plate? (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 07:21:51 -0500
- Hi, Mark-- Don't know about exploding grinding wheels--but using them on aluminum ruins them. Fills up the pores with aluminum and they won't work on anything after that. You can use a diamond dressi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-07/msg00561.html (10,112 bytes)
- 37. [Towertalk] cutting a MAST (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:21:22 -0500
- Probably the best way to do it. Just use a "chop" saw or cutoff saw-- same thing--with a steel cutting (abrasive) blade. Lots of sparks--but harmless. (Although I wouldn't do it outdoors in any state
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-07/msg00608.html (8,058 bytes)
- 38. [Towertalk] Coupling phyllistran to ehs (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 19:32:52 -0500
- This is really bad practice. The guy grips are pretty brittle and cannot handle being hooked back to back without thimbles. USE THIMBLES or some other large diameter object like insulators or pay up
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-07/msg00768.html (8,425 bytes)
- 39. [Towertalk] Teflon sources (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:02:27 -0500
- The proper material to use for mast/tower bearings is UHMW polyethylene Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene is used for all kinds of bearings. The white version appears similar to Teflon althoug
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-07/msg00805.html (9,306 bytes)
- 40. [Towertalk] [OT] weatherproof tape for antennas? (score: 1)
- Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:41:16 -0500
- Scotch 33+ and Scoth 88 are pretty ubiquitous. Certainly a Lowe's has them (just got some there today) as well as Home Depot. The formulations are now the same--only difference is that 33+ is 7 mil t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-06/msg00252.html (8,320 bytes)
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