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141. [TowerTalk] Guy wire interaction (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 21:44:44 -0700; Interesting thread! One thing I'm wondering, if the guywires interact, are they radiating, or is the RF just sitting there. It must be going somewhere. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesti; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00172.html (8,673 bytes)
142. [TowerTalk] Ground Rods (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 21:44:09 -0700; Some time back, I bought some ground rods from Radio Shack. They were copper coated steel. Are they useless? I just can't seem to get the ground to work right here. They are 3 feet long and I put 2 o; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00197.html (8,913 bytes)
143. [TowerTalk] Ground Rods (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:24:41 -0700; pipe for a ground rod. There is no way I could pound >that soft stuff into the concrete hard soil around here though, but >maybe a piece of steel rebar would fit inside the copper pipe. Hi Jim I've h; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00217.html (9,010 bytes)
144. [TowerTalk] R.V. antennas (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:37:55 -0700; HI all I used to have a rig set up in my camp trailer a few years back. I found one antenna that worked really well was a Hustler mobile antenna with some wire added to it. I was playing around on 75; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00444.html (7,608 bytes)
145. [TowerTalk] R.V. antennas (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:42:25 -0700; Hi all. OOPS, I made a mistake in my posting about the R.V. antenna using the Hustler. I meant I hooked up a QUARTER wave wire to the Hustler not a 1/2 wave. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.co; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00445.html (6,959 bytes)
146. [TowerTalk] Antenna Rotor (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 15:58:13 -0700; the pot inside with a pencil eraser. I also greased the >bearings a little and in general cleaned up the inside. It has >worked great over five years now. HI All I'm having a problem with my AR-40 ro; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00467.html (7,763 bytes)
147. [TowerTalk] Bringing Ladder Line into the house ?? (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:21:17 -0700; window interface HI All In regards to the balun, how does it work when the impedance of the line keeps changing? If you use a 4/1 balun, some frequencies will be 300 ohm impedance and it will work, b; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00657.html (9,018 bytes)
148. [TowerTalk] Ant switching (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 21:31:10 -0800; Howdy! What is the best way to switch 5 antennas between 2 rigs. I've been trying to figure it out without having to use to many switch's etc. What I had figured was a 5 position box from each radio; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00104.html (7,975 bytes)
149. [TowerTalk] RE: ant switching (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 00:00:14 -0800; WOW! Got a bunch of great ideas. Now to mull them all over. What a great reflector!! 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Admi; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00111.html (6,775 bytes)
150. [TowerTalk] TH-3 Traps for sale (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:15:47 -0800; Hi All. I recently dismantled my TH-3 and replaced it with some 2 element mono-banders (they work much better). If someone wants the traps, they can have them all for $50.00 plus shipping. I was havi; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-02/msg00410.html (6,983 bytes)
151. [TowerTalk] Hazer and good platform grounding (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 22:12:58 -0800; Hi Jim Hazer does make a set of wheels for the platform. A friend of mine here in town got them and it works slick as heck. It cranks up and down a lot easier, too. It still wouldn't be a perfect con; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00001.html (7,495 bytes)
152. [TowerTalk] Antenna vis Power (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:53:24 -0800; DX rule #4a: You can't work 'em if you can't hear 'em. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00048.html (7,457 bytes)
153. [TowerTalk] How much can a chimney support? (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 21:25:06 -0800; HI Dave Boy, that's the truth. I had a TH-3jr up about 15 years ago, right next to the fireplace chimney. After one winter, the antenna became inoperative. I took it down, and it was covered with soo; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00169.html (8,122 bytes)
154. [TowerTalk] C4 Complete, but... (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 02:51:37 -0800; Hey, just be glad you found out before it went up on the tower 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: t; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00218.html (7,955 bytes)
155. [TowerTalk] Prop Pitch Speed Up (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:45:19 -0800; Hi All Here's something I found in the 1949 June QST that might be of some interest to the guys with prop pitch motors. The article was "Speeding up prop pitch beam rotors" Here's a way to speed up t; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00255.html (9,003 bytes)
156. [TowerTalk] Prop Pitch Speed Up (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 04:03:48 -0800; Oops--guess that wasn't such a good idea! Got lots of replies that was not the thing to do. Sorry about that! I never used one. Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Su; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00264.html (7,962 bytes)
157. [TowerTalk] 2 el monobanders (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:49:29 -0800; Hi All After this weekends NAQP, I've just about come to the conclusion that 2 el monobanders would be better than the TH-3 I'm currently using. Right now, the TH-3 is cut for the CW band, and as man; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00313.html (8,622 bytes)
158. [TowerTalk] Ant stacking (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 03:58:12 -0800; Howdy boys (and girls) Well, I scrapped the TH-3 today and started building some 2 element monobanders. I got the 20 meter one done and on the tower and it works great! Nice wide bandwidth, etc. Now; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00423.html (7,379 bytes)
159. [TowerTalk] AC operated relays for ant switching (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:48:53 -0800; HI All. A friend of mine was using 120 VAC for his relays, and he got the leads mixed up and switched the relays with the TR switch in his transceiver and blew up the switching circuit. You have to b; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00549.html (8,738 bytes)
160. [TowerTalk] TWO VERTICALS One Fed 90degrees Behind The Other (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 23:25:17 -0800; Hi Dave. I have 3 phased verticals on 40, and I tuned them all separately, one at a time. I resonated them at 7.050, and they work across the entire band. When you adjust one antenna, you have to gro; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-01/msg00560.html (7,852 bytes)

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