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161. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:03:53 -0400 (EDT)
I'll be 68 next month and still climbing my three 200 footers as well as two shorter ones. K4XS/KH7XS In a message dated 8/27/2014 4:55:10 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time, towertalk@contesting.com wr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00462.html (8,031 bytes)

162. [TowerTalk] Climbing age (score: 1)
Author: Warren Wolff via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:54:27 -0400 (EDT)
I stopped after my first try at age 19. Warren; W7WY, ex-W5KKW Send TowerTalk mailing list submissions to towertalk@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lis
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00478.html (21,744 bytes)

163. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: Rod Greene via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:04:32 -0700
Don't here, age 71 Rod/w7zrc My wife wants to know how may of us are still climbing our own tower after age 68. If you don't any longer, please tell when you stopped. (Now I gave my age away) Best 73
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00486.html (10,097 bytes)

164. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:36:13 -0400 (EDT)
I'll be 69 in November (seems to be a lot of November birthdays mentioned). No big towers and no 25G if I can help it (I really don't like 25G). Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH - Professional tower se
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00488.html (8,294 bytes)

165. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: C Allen Baker via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:18:35 -0700
Tell your wife that my wife climbs my towers for me.  She does not want me to climb lest I fall and she be left without her soul mate.  Since she was a circus trapeze artist when we met, I bow to her
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00493.html (10,463 bytes)

166. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:39:16 -0700
Ditto. I'm just a bit under 60 years olde and one of the few smart things I did was install my US Tower TX-472 crankup (w/ tiltover fixture).  Even better, the multisection boom on my Force12 C-4XL c
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00494.html (9,996 bytes)

167. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:39:35 -0700
Ditto. I'm just a bit under 60 years olde and one of the few smart things I did was install my US Tower TX-472 crankup (w/ tiltover fixture).  Even better, the multisection boom on my Force12 C-4XL c
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00495.html (9,889 bytes)

168. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:40:43 -0700
Ditto. I'm just a bit under 60 years olde and one of the few smart things I did was install my US Tower TX-472 crankup (w/ tiltover fixture).  Even better, the multisection boom on my Force12 C-4XL c
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00496.html (9,743 bytes)

169. Re: [TowerTalk] Short Survey (score: 1)
Author: "Dick Allardyce \(N4RA\) via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:23:48 -0400 (EDT)
Still climbing at 70. I don't climb to the lower guys before using the lanyard any more. I use a lanyard all the way up and down. I now use a fall-arrest lanyard whenever I'm not moving. I didn't alw
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00500.html (8,429 bytes)

170. Re: [TowerTalk] Topband: Shunt feeding tower (score: 1)
Author: Mike Fahmie via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:02:47 -0700
It would seem logical to expect that that RF voltage on the cables would track that of the tower at the same height so bringing the cables off the tower at the lowest possible height should result in
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00501.html (14,623 bytes)

171. Re: [TowerTalk] short survey (score: 1)
Author: GALE STEWARD via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:15:30 -0700
I just turned 67 and still climb. The knees and hips are still pretty good. The difference from years gone by is that my wife and daughter made me promise not to climb when no one else was home. I us
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00502.html (10,858 bytes)

172. [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1)
Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:22:08 -0400 (EDT)
I have bought my last item from MFJ/Ameritron. Over the years I have had several items of MFJ/Ameritron manufacture and always had great customer service. Over the last couple of years that satisfact
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00519.html (8,942 bytes)

173. [TowerTalk] C31XR and Prosistel ring rotator (score: 1)
Author: Tom_N2SR via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:02:14 -0700
Not sure if I am the first one to have this combination, but I figured I would ask the group for help. I have a Force 12 C31XR mounted on a Prosistel ring rotator at 80 feet.  Before we got the anten
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00531.html (9,208 bytes)

174. Re: [TowerTalk] Servicing an MFJ 259B (score: 1)
Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:09:03 -0400 (EDT)
Customer service defines what a company is all about. You treat the customers as though each one is important...because they are. Without the customer, there is no business. Many companies serve a "n
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00539.html (11,465 bytes)

175. Re: [TowerTalk] Tree eliminator ! (score: 1)
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:32:49 -0700
That's a useful machine if you have several dozen trees to remove and have a place for the refuse. However, for two years ago, I "rented" three guys w/ chainsaws and a bucket lift to remove a dozen 6
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00548.html (8,833 bytes)

176. [TowerTalk] Fwd: Guy anchors in shallow soil (score: 1)
Author: Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:59:39 -0400 (EDT)
If it is bedrock, you are better off digging down to it and drill for a anchor directly into the rock. Just be aware that "bedrock" sometimes can be a large rock that will move when you put some load
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00581.html (9,089 bytes)

177. Re: [TowerTalk] MFJ repairs (score: 1)
Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:56:53 -0400 (EDT)
I for one, never said they weren't good guys. I simply stated their customer service stinks. As for their assimilating Hy-Gain and other companies, they did not do this as a public service. They did
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00585.html (9,023 bytes)

178. Re: [TowerTalk] MFJ repairs (score: 1)
Author: Tom_N2SR via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:29:07 -0700
Oh?  Hy-gain was in business long before MFJ Cushcraft was in business long before MFJ Ameritron was started as a separate company in 1980. Mirage started off as a separate company (to the best of my
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00591.html (9,685 bytes)

179. Re: [TowerTalk] MFJ repairs (score: 1)
Author: Bill via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:24:30 -0400 (EDT)
No old disgruntled curmudgeon here. If you read my first post as well as my second you'll see I stated I was happy with their service until a couple of years ago. To go into detail have dealt with Am
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00593.html (9,048 bytes)

180. [TowerTalk] Fwd: Guy anchors in shallow soil (score: 1)
Author: Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 10:42:45 -0400 (EDT)
Rick, In my case I used a sledge hammer and a large break bar. i screwed the anchor in as far as possible, hit it with the sledge and turned it again. I proceeded that way until the anchor was in dee
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00006.html (8,886 bytes)

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