- 41. [Towertalk] mast stress (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:03:27 -0600
- A 240' person on the mast isn't anywhere close to that sort of stress. How much does this 240 foot person charge to bend down and install an antenna on my 55 foot tower? -- You May be a CheeseHead if
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00753.html (6,730 bytes)
- 42. [Towertalk] lightning-slightly off topic (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 06:21:53 -0500
- But you may find this interesting. You'll notice the water tower in the background isn't hit. http://lightning.pwr.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lrg/temp/plane.html -- Practice safe eating- always use condiments
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-10/msg00183.html (7,745 bytes)
- 43. [Towertalk] need outdoor box for coil/tuning cap (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 13:30:49 -0500
- I have a large (12"x4") tuning cap and equivalent coil I wish to use to tune my 160 inverted L on 80 meters. I've looked through online Fair Radio and couldn't find anything appropriate. Any body hav
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-10/msg00306.html (7,543 bytes)
- 44. [Towertalk] Balun Location (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:34:40 -0500
- Shouldn't you use the esiwkcolc technique of balun winding???? -- My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping. -- Bill H. in Chicagoland w9ol@billnjudy.com www.billnjudy.com h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-10/msg00413.html (7,848 bytes)
- 45. [Towertalk] counterweights (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:55:38 -0600
- Concrete blocks are big and bulky. Plastic bottles with water can freeze. Plastic bottles with anti-freeze can still break and spill. Let's look what the pro's use. Being hooked on the Sopranos, I ch
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-10/msg00830.html (7,493 bytes)
- 46. [Towertalk] rotator identification (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:52:34 -0500
- Seems I saw a site that explained how to tell exactly what model of HyGain rotator you have. I've acquired a bell shaped rotator. It has CD45 2 SER 1 Sep 83 D00 50370-00 2 stamped on the mounting pla
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00117.html (7,571 bytes)
- 47. [Towertalk] Rotator Identification (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:45:46 -0500
- Thanks to all who helped identify the rotor. -- My wife always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading. -- Bill H. in Chicagoland w9ol@billnjudy.com www.billnjudy.com http://files.billnjudy.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00123.html (7,059 bytes)
- 48. [Towertalk] I THINK its 25G (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:39:36 -0500
- 10 foot sections, Z (rod) bracing with approx. 12" face. a pointed top section with a tube for the mast. almost 7' to top of the mast tube. two rotor plates that have U bolts to hold it to the tower
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00155.html (7,913 bytes)
- 49. [Towertalk] I think It's 25G (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 16:46:02 -0500
- easy which I went and counted, there are 8 horizontal elements and 7 diagonal elements on each of the 3 sides. The Z bracing is one continuous rod. I found a Rohn sticker on the rotor plate. -- When
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00160.html (7,169 bytes)
- 50. [Towertalk] Wilson Crank up round tower (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:47:39 -0500
- Mark I have a Wilson also, and I have the fold over raising fixture. I also was a concrete/stone mason and I used expansion bolts and epoxys all the time. It was my major specialty in restoring Landm
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00304.html (7,895 bytes)
- 51. [Towertalk] cinders for tower drainage (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 08:46:13 -0500
- I recently was asked if I thought using coal cinders at the bottom of a hole would be ok instead of gravel. He was going to use the cinders mixed with sand and cement to pour his tower base. The pers
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00319.html (7,983 bytes)
- 52. [Towertalk] Exceeding tower wind load ratings (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 21:08:35 -0500
- One of the failures I was asked to help at was a aluminum crankup, overloaded, that was not lowered in advance of a summer tstorm. I bent just above the top of the first section but did not fall all
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00348.html (9,752 bytes)
- 53. [Towertalk] color wire order for CD-45 (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 16:35:26 -0500
- I seem to remember a mnemonic that suggested a color code for the 8 conductor CD-45 rotor. I know the Black and White wires need to be used on the higher current terminals. Thanks in advance. -- When
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00453.html (7,249 bytes)
- 54. [Towertalk] oops forgot to ask (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 16:44:32 -0500
- If you are using the bottom mast bracket. Should you also use the round spacer plate that you would use if you were mounting the rotor inside the tower? In other words, would the round plate be insta
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00454.html (6,891 bytes)
- 55. [Towertalk] Optibeam (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 18:05:09 -0500
- very good to hear these type of messages. The Optibeam. OB16-3. I have had an Optibeam OB16- 3 up for about 5 months now. First I must say I have never seen such a good job of packing. About 60% of t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00501.html (8,444 bytes)
- 56. [Towertalk] Rebar Cage (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:10:06 -0500
- As a retired mason contractor, I can see where you are going. You want the verticals stable so you can easily wire the horizontals on while in the hold. Ideally, rebar should not extend through the c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00657.html (9,590 bytes)
- 57. [Towertalk] plastic cover for I.C.E. boxes? (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:32:27 -0500
- I buy KMart brand Tupperware. Put the gizmos inside, cut a slit in the cover for the cables and position upside down. Most are a hazy color that protects from the sun and the slits allow any condensa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00660.html (9,419 bytes)
- 58. [Towertalk] plastic cover for I.C.E. boxes? (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:57:14 -0500
- I just use the cable ties. I have a bunch of black UV resistant and they hold fine. Usually you want to get into the box long before the ties degrade. I have a small box under the rotor plate. It hol
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00662.html (8,945 bytes)
- 59. [Towertalk] WARNING: Do not try this at home! (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:22:45 -0500
- He 'WAS' a brain surgeon till he went into something that paid better..... -- Original Message -- From: "David Jordan" <wa3gin@erols.com> To: "Peter Sundberg" <sm2cew@telia.com> Cc: "Paul McInnish -
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00732.html (10,747 bytes)
- 60. [Towertalk] Cracked Leg on Rohn 45G (score: 1)
- Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick)
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:19:49 -0500
- not sure how high the crack/split is above ground. But if the cause of the water accumalation is due to the legs being clogged in the base, you may consider checking that leg below the crack as well.
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00892.html (7,472 bytes)
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