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121. [TowerTalk] Delta loop tuning. (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:06:12 -0700; Hi TT'ians. I just discovered something that probably lots of people already know, but I didn't. This morning I put up a delta loop antenna, apex up, and was doing some tuning on it. I put the 1/4 tr; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00361.html (7,145 bytes)
122. [TowerTalk] CC XM-240 (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:05:18 -0700; Hi Mohammad I think the 'LXC directive works here. "Use the factory settings." All of the antennas I've ever built have resonated low in the band close to the ground and come into place once it is ra; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00365.html (7,135 bytes)
123. [TowerTalk] Gamma match 2 el beam (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 20:05:35 -0700; Hi TT'ians. I have a 2 element 20 meter beam on a 16 foot boom. The distance from the center of the boom to outer tips is ~24 feet. Is that too long to gamma match toe boom for 17 meters. I imagine t; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00424.html (6,960 bytes)
124. [TowerTalk] Portable Antennas for Nomadic Winabago People (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 21:37:27 -0700; Hi Lee The best thing I've ever used while RV'ing was a Hustler mobile antenna. I took a quarter wave piece of wire and hooked it to the mast just below the resonator and threw the other end over a t; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00521.html (7,703 bytes)
125. [TowerTalk] T2X terminals and wx (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 21:04:13 -0700; Vaseline also works great! Keeps down the corrosion and it's easy to clean off if you need to take things -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00566.html (7,664 bytes)
126. [TowerTalk] best antennas at low height above ground (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 03:24:18 -0700; Hi Jim. I had a quad up here for a long time till the wind blew it into the next county. It was at 30 feet and worked quite well. One thing you can do in an ice area is to put the quad in a diamond c; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-09/msg00677.html (7,767 bytes)
127. [TowerTalk] Tri-bander? (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 03:08:22 -0700; Hi TT'ians I'm in the process of doing some antenna work for the upcoming season and I have a question. I'm putting up some 2 el yagis for 10-15-20 meters. If I put them on top of the tower and feed; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00264.html (7,214 bytes)
128. [TowerTalk] $/db (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 19:26:46 -0700; Hi Brian What in the heck kind of wire are you going to use, Gold?? I just bought a roll of wire at a garage sale, about 5 pounds of stainless steel wire, looks like nr. 20 for $4.00. It is what is u; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00315.html (8,123 bytes)
129. [TowerTalk] Tower on a downslope (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:45:27 -0700; HI Rod. I'm in about the same situation here. My tower is on the NE slope of a hill. When pointing NE, my antenna thinks it's a lot higher and works great, but when pointing NW, it thinks it's laying; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00382.html (7,666 bytes)
130. [TowerTalk] 9913F, etc (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:13:54 -0700; HI All I'm using 100 ft. of RG-58 on the 80 meter dipole, 50 feet on the 20 and 10 meter beams with no problem. Yeah, I know there's some loss on 10, but not enough for me to worry about. I use abou; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00482.html (8,284 bytes)
131. [TowerTalk] Thanks for input (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:04:30 -0700; Hi Nat I'm using some 2 element monobanders here for 10-20 and they work surprisingly well. Living right on the ocean here, the lower FB helps when a Pacific station pops on frequency and I don't hav; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-08/msg00533.html (7,499 bytes)
132. [TowerTalk] Tilting a beam (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 01:10:53 -0700; Hi All A friend of mine is in kind of a bad spot. There is a big hill just to the Northwest of him. When beaming in that direction, he beams right into the side of the hill. If he were to tilt his be; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00099.html (7,128 bytes)
133. [TowerTalk] Three vertical array (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 03:29:37 -0700; To all who sent me the SASE for the info, I got the copies made and they will be in the mail tomorrow. GL and 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towe; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-07/msg00142.html (6,671 bytes)
134. [TowerTalk] Feedline (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:40:47 -0700; HI All. I hope everyone had a great holiday this weekend! We went out camping and I took my radio and antenna along. I made a center fed antenna with TV twinlead for a feeder. I had 50 feet of feedli; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00002.html (6,997 bytes)
135. [TowerTalk] Re: Easy method of digging (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 16:08:22 -0700; I don't know how it is where your at, but here in Coos Bay, if you put up a sign saying "Free dirt", it will be gone in an hour. People seem to want dirt for some reason. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW:; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00003.html (6,897 bytes)
136. [TowerTalk] RE: Feedline (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 23:45:45 -0700; Howdy! I got lots of replies from the question about coiling up the twin lead and the concensus is not to do it again. It causes all sorts of bad things to happen. Thanks and 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on W; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00005.html (6,718 bytes)
137. [TowerTalk] FD antennas (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 01:25:13 -0700; Hi TTian's I'm rigging up some antennas for FD and was thinking about using some verticals. I am thinking about putting the base of the verticals just above the top of the camptrailer, on the left si; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00040.html (7,080 bytes)
138. [TowerTalk] 3 vs. 4 el Verticals (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 02:35:12 -0700; Hi All I have a 3 element phased vertical array on 40 that works real well. It is set up to switch in 6 different directions. What advantage would there be going from a 3 vertical array to a 4 square; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-06/msg00237.html (6,826 bytes)
139. [TowerTalk] Securing cables to trees (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 05:07:57 -0700; I have used a double-nail clamp arrangement in the past, but as HI Denny You have to be careful when hooking something to a tree. I have some guywires on my tower hooked to some screw eyes screwed in; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-05/msg00048.html (9,074 bytes)
140. [TowerTalk] Radial Fixing (or could that be gender fixing) (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:41:21 -0700; seen in the "Women's" section also buying plastic hair curlers >(supposedly for standoffs) HI Steve Don't laugh--those curlers have nifty little pieces that snap them into women's hair, and they make; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00092.html (7,527 bytes)

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