It's a super nice BOOK!
Don/W6AM was a GREAT Ham and did super things!
He had a REAL Antenna FARM!!! WOW...
ONE of HAM Radio's BEST........D.W. W6AM
William Beyer/N2WB
----- Original Message -----
From: Al N6TA
To: David Greer ; K7GJX ; towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:20 AM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] W6AM book availability
I looked for used copies on Amazon yesterday and found one generous offer of
a VG++ copy for only $150!
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of David Greer
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:38 AM
To: K7GJX; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] W6AM book availability
Hi everyone,
I found this information in the TowerTalk archives.
The information is from June 2001 so I don't know if
it's still up to date:
"For those who have been asking recently, there are
tons of the Don C.
Wallace, W6AM, Amateur Radio's Pioneer books still
available. They are in
stock at the offices of the company Don Wallace
founded 76 years ago. The
cost is $29.95 plus current freight charges. Don's
son, Bill Wallace,
W6TCG, is still there as is Ron Camp, K6EVR and
myself.
Regards,
Don Werner, WA6KKR
Wallace and Wallace
Manufacturers' Representatives
11823 E. Slauson Avenue, Suite 38
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
562-945-2908
562-693-6313 Fax
WA6KKR@arrl.net
--- K7GJX <K7GJX@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi David: What is the title of the N6AW book? I
> would like to do a web
> search and see if I might locate a copy.
> 73, Doug K7GJX - Apache Jct, AZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Greer" <davidgreer73@yahoo.com>
> To: "Dave Hough" <w7gk@qsl.net>
> Cc: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wooden tower
>
>
> >
> > I have that book, the Don Wallace biography,
> written
> > by N6AW. Don's 140-foot high wooden masts for his
> > rhombics were wooden utility poles. He would take
> two
> > 70-foot poles and splice them together with
> four-foot
> > long pieces of angle iron 2-inches stick -- one
> bolted
> > on each side of the pole. Don often climbed the
> poles
> > himself to do maintenance. N6AW's book is
> wonderful
> > reading about amateur radio and the very history
> of
> > radio technology itself. It's a big coffee-table
> sized
> > book with many, many photos and was pricey new but
> if
> > you ever get hold of a used copy, don't let go. I
> > treasure mine -- besides I got a new copy for half
> > price ($30) a few years ago at Dayton. I think
> it's
> > the best book on amateur radio ever written but
> it's
> > definitely written for hams and not the general
> public
> > because it's full of ham jargon, etc. But still a
> > wonderful book.
> >
> > 73, Dave, N4KZ
> >
> >
> > --- Dave Hough <dlhough@citlink.net> wrote:
> > > If you ever get a chance to read the biography
> > > about Don
> > > Wallace,
> > > W6AM, you'll see in a number of photos Don's
> use of
> > > wood to
> > > construct antenna support structures. There are
> > > even photos of
> > > Don climbing them.
> > >
> > > Dave, W7GK
> > > Elko, NV
> > >
> > >
> > > | ----- Original Message -----
> > > | From: <ersmar@comcast.net>
> > > | To: "Jack" <K4WSB@arrl.net>
> > > | Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>; "DeVinneys"
> > > <devinney@vtc.net>
> > > | Sent: Wednesday, 25 February, 2004 11:50
> > > | Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wooden tower
> > > |
> > > |
> > > | | TT:
> > > | |
> > > | | At the age of 13, too, I used the same
> 2x4
> > > mast, set in
> > > | about a half-cuft of concrete (I said I was
> > > 13!)and guyed to
> > > the
> > > | back yard fence. A half-inch carriage bolt
> served
> > > as a pivot
> > > for
> > > | lowering the thing for antenna servicing -
> usually
> > > putting the
> > > | hoisting lines back onto the pulleys. It also
> > > supported my
> > > first
> > > | dipole array - a spider web of 80/40/20M
> dipoles
> > > fed off one
> > > | feedline. The far end of the 80M wires draped
> > > over the roof of
> > > | my parents' two-story frame house. The wires
> > > literally rested
> > > on
> > > | the shingles!
> > > | |
> > > | | Point is that these lumber-based
> antenna
> > > supports work
> > > | when properly constructed. Keep in mind the
> early
> > > antenna
> > > | support towers were made from wood - Marconi's
> and
> > > Armstrong's
> > > | structures are first to come to mind.
> > > | |
> > > | | 73 de
> > > | | Gene Smar AD3F
> > > | | > In 1959 when I was innocent and a new ham
> (13
> > > years old and
> > > | broke), I
> > > | | > constructed the mast that was in the
> handbook.
> > > Made out of
> > > | 2x4's and
> > > | | > carriage bolts. I used it for one end of
> a
> > > dipole. Worked
> > > | good and I
> > > | | > still have a picture of it. If memory
> serves
> > > me, my
> > > neighbor
> > > | (now K5RC)
> > > | | > also used it as a support for his dipole.
> > > | | >
> > > | | > At 05:34 PM 2/24/04 -0700, DeVinneys
> wrote:
> > > | | > >I remember an ARRL antenna book about 30
> > > years ago had
> > > plans
> > > | for a wooden
> > > | | > >tower made out of 1X2's. I never tried it
> > > because the
> > > 1X2's
> > > | we get in AZ and
> > > | | > >NM would make it look like a corkscrew.
> Think
> > > I'll wait a
> > > | few years on the
> > > | | > >poly tower to see how it holds up to
> > > sunlight!KA5W
> > > | | >
> > > | | > Jack Hartley
> > > | | > K4WSB
> > > | | > ARRL - QCWA - OOTC
> > > | | > DXCC Honor Roll
> > > | | > http://www.ultimatehat.com
> > > | | > 10% discount to fellow Hams
> > > | | > Put your call on the order
> > > | | >
> > > | | >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > | | >
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> > > | "Wireless Weather
> > > | | > Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll
> Free,
> > > 1-800-333-9041
> > > | with any questions
> > > | | > and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
> > > | | >
> > > | | >
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