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121. [TowerTalk] corroded connectors (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 19:37:37 -0600; Ok fellow Towertalkians. Happy Holidays to all. Now first off...I'm not penny wise and dollar foolish. But I'm not wasteful either. While cleaning the old junk box I found a couple of corroded barrel; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00542.html (7,559 bytes)
122. [TowerTalk] balun mounting (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:33:53 -0600; I used a black PVC Tee that slid over the boom. Wound the balun on a length of PVC and used adapters to fit it to the center of the TEE. Instead of PVC cement I used self taping screws to make sure i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00380.html (7,359 bytes)
123. [TowerTalk] Monitor Wavies was:How to mount choke balun? (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:59:08 -0600; As the new LCD displays get cheaper and cheaper, we will not only enjoy the increased useable screen size, but less noise in the radio and less susceptibility to power transformers. side rainbows. ht; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00422.html (12,490 bytes)
124. [TowerTalk] laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:32:42 -0600; Don't forget these very cheap laser pointers they are selling now. Good for a mile. Also you can rent those laser levels at most rental places. I used mine to prove my tower was NOT out of plumb to m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00430.html (9,634 bytes)
125. [TowerTalk] Xmas light antenna (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:43:39 -0600; They don't allow antennas, but they do allow Xmas lights. Anybody ever try to load a couple of strings of Xmas Lights? Would keying make them flash/blink? I'm repairing a few nonworking strings now.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00542.html (7,933 bytes)
126. [TowerTalk] measuring elevation (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:10:33 -0600; Here in the Chicago area, we don't use water in the water level. Too hard to read. We use auto anti freeze, the nice green color makes it easier on the eyes and doesn't freeze or change volume. jack; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00580.html (10,204 bytes)
127. [TowerTalk] Antenna Alignment (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 15:52:54 -0500; I spray paint a compass rose on the grass with the tower in the center. I can always align my beam....until I mow the lawn that is. not well it http://www.anwireless.com http://www.anwireless.com Lis; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00140.html (11,393 bytes)
128. [TowerTalk] Yellow Jackets on Tower (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:01:43 -0500; They sell the stuff at Home Depot. I tried it. All it did was make them mad! I'm not kidding. Tried a CO2 extinguisher. That made them COLD and mad. Finally hired and exterminator. Cheaper and safer; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00375.html (9,627 bytes)
129. [TowerTalk] RE: Yellow Jackets on Tower (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 19:05:14 -0500; Boys those IA farmers are tough. That stuff tasted terrible. I'd rather have the sting than that kind of cure. jug for http://www.anwireless.com List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Roh; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-10/msg00415.html (13,436 bytes)
130. [TowerTalk] Life's small mysteries (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:30:57 -0500; That's what swallowing that stuff will do to you. First you loose your ability to spell, and I'll let you guess what the second thing to go is. hehe ground supermarket, http://www.anwireless.com http; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00177.html (10,882 bytes)
131. [TowerTalk] Source for J-bolts (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 17:47:27 -0500; Funny you should ask this. Today I took my usual walk along the road they are rebuilding near me. (In Chicagoland EVERY road is under construction.) They are at a stage where they are pouring the con; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00295.html (9,487 bytes)
132. [TowerTalk] Form removal (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 17:25:39 -0500; form removal is not critical. Two days is more than enough. I was a licensed contractor in Chicago for many years. But what you MUST remember is that concrete hardening is a chemical process. Dependi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00409.html (11,253 bytes)
133. [TowerTalk] I am not a deviate (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 20:29:23 -0500; They couldn't make the charges stick. Just because I walked around in a rain coat is no reason to be harassed by magnetically deprived police. -- A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-09/msg00615.html (7,244 bytes)
134. [TowerTalk] finding resonant frequency of a shunt-fed tower for 160 (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 06:43:29 -0500; No, iron filings only grow to be Ironwood Trees. Great for hanging wire antennas but a bear to install a yagi into. What you need is Beanstalk seeds. Tall, straight, climbable and as high as you want; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00003.html (12,520 bytes)
135. [TowerTalk] antenna height (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:07:05 -0500; boy Larry, here's an easy one from my old Boy Scout days. I actually made Eagle. On a sunny day. Pound a pole of known height into the ground so it casts a shadow. Measure the shadow of the stick Mea; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00234.html (9,538 bytes)
136. [TowerTalk] Shortened 80m dipole/inverted vee (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 10:05:57 -0500; I had little success getting it to tune on 160. It was just marginal. But... I was able to work VK0H on 80 cw with it with my peanut whistle so I can't complain. It quality prior concerned...ur patte; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00420.html (13,021 bytes)
137. [TowerTalk] using that jelly in connectors (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:57:27 -0500; Well this time I got about 4 years out of the coax connector to the balun on the beam. Water got in from the weekends rain. Burned it pretty bad. I've tried all sorts of stunts, tape, shrink tubes, c; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-08/msg00524.html (7,652 bytes)
138. [TowerTalk] Telephone poles (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 18:31:42 -0500; If you are going to put up 4 poles for a horizontal loop, I'd definitely rent one of those powered bucket lifts. The ones like the electricians or painters use to reach high stuff. Here in Chicagolan; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00040.html (7,598 bytes)
139. [TowerTalk] raising a mast up out of a tower. (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:40:14 -0500; I have a older Wilson rotatable. I put a 24 foot 2" chrome moly mast in there. The mast can slide down almost to the end of the mast. I developed a way to lift the tower vertical without that long ma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00180.html (7,899 bytes)
140. [TowerTalk] Painting antennas, need advice (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:47:21 -0500; may be easier to spray paint the landscaping an oxidized gray, it will blend in better. back so bad -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Admini; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-07/msg00528.html (9,592 bytes)

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