- 281. [TowerTalk] Breaking up guys (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 22:25:16 -0700 (PDT)
- Porcelein Products type 500D works well. Stan w7ni@teleport.com. -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-R
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00569.html (6,777 bytes)
- 282. [TowerTalk] Is this pipe or mast (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 23:29:12 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Lynn, My personal opinion is that they sent you the wrong tube. Certainly, the OD is wrong as it is NOT what you ordered. You ordered 2 inch and they sent you 1 7/8". The dimensions you describe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00571.html (9,740 bytes)
- 283. [TowerTalk] More antenna woes! (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 03:20:22 -0700 (PDT)
- Chuck, I would seriously consider NOT putting it back up. The entire BX series of towers is rated to take beams with a MAXIMUM boom length of 10 feet. Your KT34XA SERIOUSLY overloads it. The BX seri
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00659.html (9,543 bytes)
- 284. [TowerTalk] Rohn 20g (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 03:20:26 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Dan, 20G is a lighter version of 25G. They take the same tower accessories. One way to tell the difference between a 20G section and a 25G section is to count the number of horizontal members. Th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-05/msg00660.html (7,420 bytes)
- 285. [TowerTalk] 70-ft Debris Radius? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 04:11:15 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Roger, A couple of years ago when Washington County was considering drafting new tower regulations affecting hams, the "anti-tower" group was trying to get tower setbacks from the property line e
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00193.html (8,995 bytes)
- 286. [TowerTalk] FALLING TOWER RADIUS (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 05:18:47 -0700 (PDT)
- You can't really do much to totally discourage a determined vandel that is just out for the fun of seeing the tower crash. If, on the other hand, he is after your tower because he thinks it will cur
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00217.html (7,890 bytes)
- 287. [TowerTalk] 70-ft Debris Radius? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 05:19:23 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi Paul, In our negotiations for reasonable tower regulations, we pointed out how much more dangerous trees are than towers. If the County Commissioners and tower opponents were REALLY interested in
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00218.html (8,641 bytes)
- 288. [TowerTalk] FALLING TOWER RADIUS (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 05:18:43 -0700 (PDT)
- I have to agree with Tony. Besides that, the safety loops I have seen in the Rohn books show fairly small cable and their function is to keep the turnbuckles from unscrewing themselves. If that big
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00219.html (8,227 bytes)
- 289. [TowerTalk] Simplicity of Advice (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 03:43:25 -0700 (PDT)
- With all due respect, I think the PE, lawyer, and crane advice is very practical. Hopefully, it will keep you from breaking your neck or getting sued into oblivion. If you can't follow that advice,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00464.html (8,937 bytes)
- 290. [TowerTalk] mast weight = a non issue! (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:13:58 -0700 (PDT)
- So with all of this in mind, I could swear that I read somehwhere that at least SOME HyGain/CDE rotator was designed for exactly 2" masts. I dug out my whole library of old and newer rotator manuals
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00525.html (12,666 bytes)
- 291. [TowerTalk] How long is a Rohn-25 section? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 20:39:47 -0700 (PDT)
- I assume you are talking about a regular 25G section. If so, the over-all length is 10 feet since it is made out of standard 10 foot lengths of steel tubing. The sections are joined by sliding the b
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00959.html (8,667 bytes)
- 292. [TowerTalk] Rohn Parts Sources? (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 20:40:07 -0700 (PDT)
- I have 20 sets of new ones for $1.44 per set plus shipping. How many do you need? (No minimum.) Haven't these guys ever heard of SERVICE? You don't stock and sell Rohn bolt kits for profit. You do i
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00960.html (8,325 bytes)
- 293. [TowerTalk] Cement tower base (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 01:55:16 -0800 (PST)
- The shape of a tower base and not just the weight of it has a lot to do with how well you tower will stay where it is supposed to. This is far more important for a freestanding tower than for a guyed
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00147.html (7,830 bytes)
- 294. [TowerTalk] 25g Torque Brackets (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 00:43:06 -0800 (PST)
- My vote goes to the TA25 (Torque Arm Stabilizer). Stan w7ni@teleport.com -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: tow
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00211.html (6,926 bytes)
- 295. [TowerTalk] 2 towers/2beams phased (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 02:18:02 -0800 (PST)
- I have never tried anything like this, but it seems to me that with careful spacing between towers, you should be able to get 4 good directions out of this setup instead of just two. I think if the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-03/msg00604.html (9,757 bytes)
- 296. 40M Beam and Mast (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 13:51:53 -0800 (PST)
- .375" would hold a KLM 2 EL. 40 meter beam (45lbs - 6 ft2 - 16' boom) 15 feet above the tower? I will be using a thrust bearing. Let me know what you think! Hi John, Why don't you calculate the stre
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00057.html (7,824 bytes)
- 297. Tower Loading (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 08:43:09 -0800 (PST)
- Tower #1: 11 sections of Rohn 25. 5 el 10 meter beam 10 feet above top of tower. 6 el 15 meter beam at top of tower. 4 el 10 at 70 feet. 4el 10 at 55 feet. 4 el 15 at 50 feet. Never actually calcula
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00074.html (11,975 bytes)
- 298. Concord - A Turn For The Worse (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:14:22 -0800 (PST)
- Actually, yes, Joe. I once had a tower decision go my way against the staff recomendation. It was a long time ago and I barely squeaked by. In 1973, I moved into a single family dwelling in Aloha, O
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00078.html (13,495 bytes)
- 299. Tower Loading (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 14:57:12 -0800 (PST)
- Again, we would ALL like to know that stuff. Believe me, we are not intentionally keeping secrets from you . . . How do you know this? It certainly is not obvious to me . . . This is what you learn
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00118.html (13,831 bytes)
- 300. Tower Loading (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 14:57:45 -0800 (PST)
- I guess this means you can't sidemount a Yagi or put one more than a couple of feet above the top of a tower . . . Stan w7ni@teleport.com -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html S
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-02/msg00119.html (8,385 bytes)
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