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21. [TowerTalk] MFJ 259 accuracy?? (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:37:47 -0800; Hi Will I have used one on my 160 inverted "L" and never could get a true reading with it. Swr was never below 3-1 anywhere on 160. A check with the SWR meter in the shack showed the same as yours, e; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-10/msg00884.html (8,240 bytes)
22. [TowerTalk] CDE 40 rotor (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:38:02 -0800; Hi All I'm using a CDE AR-40 here on the 20 meter beam, and it quit stopping where it was supposed to. It just keeps going 'round and 'round. What causes this. I had to put a switch in line with the; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-10/msg00984.html (6,762 bytes)
23. [TowerTalk] Re: ATR-30 and Palstar tuner (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 18:05:19 -0700; Hi Tom. That is right!! I had a FT-102 with the matching antenna tuner. It was rated at 1200 watts SSB, but burned it up on 80 with 800 watts and on 20 with 600 watts SSB. It was a real piece of junk; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00011.html (7,141 bytes)
24. [TowerTalk] Newbie help, please... (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 01:53:25 -0700; Hi Dick. Don't worry about the height. Just put it up and work DX and have fun. It'll work. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.c; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00033.html (7,185 bytes)
25. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 02:54:55 -0700; HI Ted. You might try getting a line over the boom somehow and physically move it with a rope or something. I've done that before. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.h; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00205.html (8,568 bytes)
26. [TowerTalk] Mismatch Loss and Tuners (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:44:05 -0700; Boy, this has been a long thread!!! Tom W7WHY Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@con; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00224.html (8,617 bytes)
27. [TowerTalk] Re: [CQ-Contest] Pile-Up Procedures (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:47:08 -0700; HI Chris. If you ever listen to the good ops, ZD8Z, OH2BH, etc, they ID after every contact, and they do all right. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00225.html (7,092 bytes)
28. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 21:56:24 -0700; Hi Steve. If the tower is lowered, doesn't that loosen the guylines?? Don't say you climb an unguyed crank-up. When I lower mine just a little, the guys get awfully slack. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW:; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00232.html (9,023 bytes)
29. [TowerTalk] Verticals with Elevated Radials (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 04:14:57 -0700; Are your radials just laying on top of the ground? Mine are insulated and just meander around the back 40 on top of the brush and ground. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towerta; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00318.html (7,898 bytes)
30. [TowerTalk] 160 inverted "L" (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:06:17 -0700; Hi fellow TT'ians I want to make a linear loaded inverted L for 160. The vertical part would be 65 feet long, and the linear loaded part would be 30 feet. I want to hook one side of the stub to the t; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00401.html (7,536 bytes)
31. [TowerTalk] Rope End Sealing (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:41:01 -0700; seal >therope ends, something better than the black electrical tape the >vendor used. Hi Terry. I used to do a lot of line splicing when I was rafting logs on the Coos River, and we used to burn the; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00409.html (8,750 bytes)
32. [TowerTalk] Wanted: P.E. Stamp (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 04:52:44 -0700; Which do you think would be the best bargain? Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@con; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00473.html (7,592 bytes)
33. [TowerTalk] have you ever used a (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:00:20 -0700; Hi Jim. I have gone to muffler shops to get ends swagged on aluminun tubing for beams and it worked OK. You might take the add to a muffler shop and ask them how it would work. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00488.html (7,573 bytes)
34. [TowerTalk] 160 ant problem (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 19:38:57 -0700; Hi Lane. That would be a good antenna. If you had to, you could hang some drop wires off the ends of the horizontal section to make it a litle longer. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contestin; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00574.html (7,378 bytes)
35. [TowerTalk] More on the fiberglass/KT34XA problem (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18:08:51 -0700; Yep, it's murder on ant's, etc. :-) Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.co; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00656.html (7,754 bytes)
36. [TowerTalk] 80/160M antenna help (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 18:12:33 -0700; Hi Chuck I'm using an inverted "L" on 160 and I like it really well. I only run 100 watts on 160, but it seems to do OK for that power. I have about 60 feet vertical and the rest horizontal between a; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00657.html (7,354 bytes)
37. [TowerTalk] 160 mtr Delta loop problem (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 03:49:58 -0700; Hi Dick. It sounds like something is getting hot. How is your 75 ohm stub connected to the feedline? I have had some of them get so hot it melted the insulation in the barrel connector. 73 Tom W7WHY; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00668.html (7,572 bytes)
38. [TowerTalk] 160 delta loop problems (cont) (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 15:48:06 -0700; The one thing of interest Hi Dick. It most likely is something getting hot! I took the PL-259's and barrel connectors out of the feedline and soldered the feedline directly to the 1/4 wave stub, and; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00674.html (7,451 bytes)
39. [TowerTalk] B&W Broadband Folded Dipoles (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:38:07 -0700; Hi Dave Save your money! They don't work at all. They make a great match to the rig, but that's about all. Spend the money for a good parallel tuner and put up a wire with tuned feeders and you'll be; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00753.html (8,955 bytes)
40. [TowerTalk] B&W Broadband Folded Dipoles (score: 1): Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:57:13 -0700; Hi Barry. I've heard some good things about the Carolina Windoms. They are like a parallel dipole in a way and work pretty well. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.htm; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00755.html (9,115 bytes)

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