- 1. [TowerTalk] Re Stainless Steel shims (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:46:55 -0500
- The last time I looked all over for SS stock for a different purpose, I found I had it right on the shelf in the shack. I used the SS on a floppy disk! May be too small for what you want. JACK W1WEF
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-11/msg00413.html (6,727 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Stainless Steel Hose Clamps on antenna elements (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:35:06 -0500
- Went up the tower today to look into an intermittent problem on my middle TH6. I had rebuilt it probably 5 years ago, and noticed a couple days ago SWR was way up on all three bands. That night it wa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2003-11/msg00542.html (7,876 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] 40-2CD (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:03:22 -0400
- There was another by W4KG (K4KG?...the one in Al!) which was simpler than Dave Leeson's but worked fine for me on two antennas. I dont have it here, but maybe someone else can forward it to you. 73 J
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00007.html (6,984 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Rohn 25 50 ft tower (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:10:15 -0400
- Very good condition, in my garage in Ct, includes rotor shelf, new concrete base, and top section which accepts up to a two in dia mast. $295. JACK w1wef@arrl.net ____________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-07/msg00008.html (7,053 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Rohn Torque Bars (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 09:21:50 -0400
- I am in the process of replacing guys on my 108 ft Rohn 25 tower, and am planning to eliminate the TB25 torque bars. I was told a few years ago that Rohn discontinued them because they decided they w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-08/msg00018.html (7,447 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 20, Issue 4 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:08:38 -0400
- Hi Bob. If you think about what it takes to replace existing guys, you will see why it's easier to go w/o them and put the new guy directly on the tower rather than where the old one was. I have had
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-08/msg00034.html (28,085 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 20, Issue 4 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:10:28 -0400
- handle, now any that continue being the any just time) for the purpose of improving the situation to Europe. I have a big drop off that goes from about West to about 20 degrees going clockwise. At ab
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-08/msg00035.html (27,559 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Re 6 guys...from K4OJ (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:50:47 -0400
- I remember when Jim told me that the only towers still standing after Hurricane Andrew were the ones that were "star guyed", so he guyed the towers at his folks new house that way. Looks like I start
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-08/msg00085.html (7,024 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Re Rhombics (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:05:26 -0400
- An interesting comment at lunch the other day (I think by W1JR) was that when W6AM was active with his rhombic, many other 6's were reported by Europeans to be much louder than W6AM. JACK W1WEF _____
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-08/msg00295.html (7,100 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Re Tower Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:38:41 -0400
- Just curious whether anyone has ever seen a bolt in a Rohn 25 or 45 tower leg fail from by sheering off? I cant imagine that you can buy a bolt for Rohn 25 or 45 tower legs that wont stand the sheer
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-08/msg00326.html (6,676 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Re Tower Cost (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:46:05 -0400
- Just thought I'd figure out what it would cost me to duplicate my tower today, and pass it along. I have 108 ft of Rohn 25, which I bought used. Figuring on the high side... 11 sections Rohn 25 used
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-08/msg00472.html (7,138 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Re: Hy Gain traps (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:27:47 -0400
- I am not sure if you took the traps apart from your comments. You should clean them up inside the cover, make sure the screws at the ends of the coils are tight and not rusty. The screw that grounds
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-09/msg00004.html (33,936 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] K4OJ/W1YL HAM QTH FOR SALE (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:58:44 -0400
- Ellen White, W1YL (K4OJ's mom) asked me to spread the word that her place is for sale in Seffner Fl with antennas and towers on a cul de sac. We visited Ellen and Bob a few years back, and it was a v
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-09/msg00020.html (7,020 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Grounding Rotor Control (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:41:11 -0400
- I dont know if the G450 is similar to my G1000 control boxes, but mine have a "Jones" type connector on the rear of the control box. I always thought that was a nice feature, because I could disconec
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-09/msg00233.html (7,638 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 35 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:49:51 -0400
- I have the small white insulators but not sure if they are 502's or if there was a 501? I'd like bigger ones ...maybe if you can give me the dimensions of your 504's I'd know. Mine are 2 1/4 long by
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-09/msg00260.html (31,076 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Re Verticals in Woods (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:07:20 -0400
- My phased 4 squares on 80 work fine. I have 8 wire verticals suspended from trees, most folded over the top for up to about ten feet, with 12 elevated radials on each. Biggest downside is maintenance
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-09/msg00307.html (7,351 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] Broadband dipole (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:21:34 -0400
- Sounds like you may be interested in a broadband dipole...eg for 80 cw and 75 ssb. I've been using a simple approach for years. Cut the dipole resonant for the middle of the band portion you are inte
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-09/msg00319.html (7,337 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Re anniversary of vacuum tube (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:06:14 -0500
- You guys are bringing back memories...Terman, Middendorf, RCA tube manuals. I remember I was taking a speech class in my freshman year in 55 ...I think that's what the class was. Anyway, I gave a tal
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-11/msg00433.html (7,571 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] Re Rohn guying (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:20:06 -0500
- Probably once I say this, the tower will collapse, but I have a 60 ft Rohn 25 tower up for 15 years with about 30 percent guying in 4 places. The tower withstood Hurricane Bob with a TH6 with no prob
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-12/msg00281.html (7,217 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Re tower guying again- Whoops! (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Schuster" <w1wef@intergate.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:22:24 -0500
- Just realized I dont have 30%...I have 30 ft on a 60 ft tower. JACK _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stat
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-12/msg00283.html (6,848 bytes)
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