- 101. [TowerTalk] (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:44:33 -0700
- Hi Carlos, I am not aware of any differences between the various lower mast mounts for these rotators. I have some spares and you can have one for $20 U.S.D. plus shipping but it is the casting only
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00422.html (8,337 bytes)
- 102. [TowerTalk] Ubolt Dimension Table (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 23:38:53 -0700
- Towertalkers, I have added a complete table of dimensions to my web page for the mechanically galvanized antenna Ubolts I have for sale: http://www.reprise.com/antronics/antronics_hardware_table.asp
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00511.html (7,277 bytes)
- 103. [TowerTalk] MARC question (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 10:15:27 -0700
- Hi Jerry, I, personally, have never used the MARC program but I think it was based on the article I wrote years ago tht got published in the NCJ about "Mast Strength". Anyway, the article described h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00053.html (8,643 bytes)
- 104. [TowerTalk] HDBX- 48 (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 10:24:55 -0700
- Regarding investing in a Rohn Catalog for BX information: I noticed in my last shipment of catalogs from Rohn, that the BX information has been left out of their Commercial catalog since they no long
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00055.html (8,457 bytes)
- 105. [TowerTalk] Wide spaced Yagis (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 10:42:24 -0700
- Well, I don't think you are missing anything really mysterious here. 54 foot booms are hard to make strong enough to stay up through years of rough weather. It has been done but it wasn't easy (or ch
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00057.html (9,754 bytes)
- 106. [TowerTalk] AN Wireless (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 11:39:24 -0700
- Hello AN Wireless (who ever you are!) Apparently, you are the new sponsor for this reflector. I would like to download your web page but Netscape just gives me a nearly blank page with no useful info
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00090.html (7,235 bytes)
- 107. [TowerTalk] Hardline to F connector (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 18:02:03 -0700
- Gilbert Engineering in Phoenix, Arizona makes just about any type of hardline connector you can imagine. I have seen hardline connectors that terminate in a type F. Unfortunately, I don't know if Gil
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00207.html (10,218 bytes)
- 108. [TowerTalk] Rohn galvanizing quality (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 17:24:44 -0700
- As a Rohn Dealer, I can tell you that talking Rohn about this stuff is just like talking to a stone wall . . . Stan w7ni@easystreet.com List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00208.html (8,074 bytes)
- 109. [TowerTalk] side mounts (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 02:13:06 -0700
- Hi Mike, I have successfully mounted a HyGain Explorer 14 on a 300 degree rotating sidemount. Yes, I had to offset it because the driven elements (this is a dual driven element tribander) are in the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00327.html (9,294 bytes)
- 110. [TowerTalk] Wattmeters and 75 ohm Coax (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:05:57 -0700
- Hi Bob, I went through this exact issue about 26 years ago and could not find the answer, even from the Bird rep in this area. The result was that I bought a special 75 Ohm version of the Bird 43 wat
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00452.html (9,961 bytes)
- 111. [TowerTalk] Securing feedlines to tower legs (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:02:51 -0700
- Hi Jim, I use short lengths of #12 insluated house wire. I run the cables on the outside of the tower so a single cable can be removed, replaced, or added easily. The pieces of house wire are just ha
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00453.html (9,982 bytes)
- 112. [TowerTalk] Wooden Pole Info; Source (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:30:07 -0700
- Hi Pat, Comments below: That's good reason to use them. You HAVE them. The rest of us don't. According to an early Rohn catalog that I have, guyed Rohn 25 is good for about 18,000 pounds vertical loa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00490.html (11,735 bytes)
- 113. [TowerTalk] What about hams with small lots??? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:23:53 -0700
- Do you still have a job or another hobby? They have to go . . . (You said you have plenty of money so certainly you don't need a job!) Stan w7ni@easystreet.com List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wirel
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00758.html (11,282 bytes)
- 114. [TowerTalk] Mast coatings (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:03:58 -0700
- Hi Eugene, I just took down a steel mast that has been up since 1973 (28 years). I bought this mast so long ago that I don't know the alloy but I remember specifically asking for a strong one . . . i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00233.html (10,680 bytes)
- 115. [TowerTalk] Pointy Top / Mast Binding - Tips? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 06:31:19 -0700
- Actually, you can do this test horizontally, like you are doing, just fine. Is there any chance that the 2 inch alumnum mast is really a little larger than 2 inches? Or could it be slightly warped? I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00318.html (11,451 bytes)
- 116. [TowerTalk] Rohn hardware sizes?? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 06:50:27 -0700
- Wow! I second that motion! On the shipment of 45G I got from Rohn about two weeks ago, the bolts were coarse threaded. I have bolt kits available for 45G in two types of plating. Look at my web page:
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00319.html (9,011 bytes)
- 117. [TowerTalk] Rohn hardware sizes?? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 06:56:20 -0700
- Rohn does ship tower bolts in the legs of 25G. I have never known them to do this in 45G. Stan w7ni@easystreet.com List Sponsor: Are you thinking about installing a tower this summer? Call us for inf
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00320.html (8,074 bytes)
- 118. [TowerTalk] Question - Routing of Coax around Rotator Shelf (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 00:36:50 -0700
- Hi Bill, I don't generally route cables inside the tower. It is much easier to add or remove a cable from the bundle if they are not inside the tower. Stan w7ni@easystreet.com List Sponsor: Are you t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00372.html (9,864 bytes)
- 119. [TowerTalk] New Source for Yagi Ubolts (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 14:06:14 -0700
- Let me add a little more data to this for you. First, it is a Telrex antenna and that means it is OLD so it has had quite a lot of time to deteriorate. Personally, I would like my antennas to outlast
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-06/msg00057.html (11,745 bytes)
- 120. [TowerTalk] Guy wire resonance (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@easystreet.com (Stan or Patricia Griffiths)
- Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 13:55:24 -0700
- Tom has found very good prices on guy hardware, indeed! Better than my costs as a dealer in most cases. I suspect the grips he found for $1.65 each are not really "Big Grips" like Rohn sells but rath
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-06/msg00144.html (10,005 bytes)
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