The recent discussions about putting up towers reminded me of a somewhat
humorous incident from a few years ago.
A friend of mine was getting ready to install a 70' tower. He mentioned this
at his local club meeting one night, mostly to see if anyone had a few good
sections of 25G for sale. Well, the "expert" heard this and advised my
friend that he should use 25G for the bottom two sections and then use 20G
for the other five because in a big wind you want the tower to "sway" with
the wind!!
No guys needed!! If it stayed too rigid it might break right off at the
bottom!!
Fortunately, my friend also knew W0AIH (who, rumor has it, knows a thing or
two about towers!!!)
Mike N0BSH
>From Doug Grant <0006008716@mcimail.com> Wed Aug 17 04:15:00 1994
From: Doug Grant <0006008716@mcimail.com> (Doug Grant)
Subject: CQ Loops
Message-ID: <42940817031524/0006008716NA5EM@mcimail.com>
I remember the time I was operating at W2PV on 15 SSB, and things got slow
on Sunday afternoon. I opened the drawer of the desk and found a whole bunch
of tape loops, many of which were unlabeled.
I had a ball trying each one out to find out whose voice got the most answers.
Seems to me that K1RX's voice held the watt meter up most consistently, while
K2TR's voice seemed the most animated.
The CQ SS loop wasn't too effective in the WW though.
Doug K1DG
>From Robert Wood <w5robert@blkbox.COM> Wed Aug 17 04:18:31 1994
From: Robert Wood <w5robert@blkbox.COM> (Robert Wood)
Subject: crank up towers
Message-ID: <9408162218.aa14558@blkbox.COM>
I had a coax arm support break on my Wilson crank up tower.
Any ideas on replacements, as Wilson is long out of business.
--
73
Robert Wood
WB5CRG
w5robert@blkbox.com (blkbox is NOT blackbox, inc.!)
w5robert@blkbox.com@menudo.uh.edu
>From Robert Penneys <penneys@brahms.udel.edu> Wed Aug 17 05:15:18 1994
From: Robert Penneys <penneys@brahms.udel.edu> (Robert Penneys)
Subject: Need NERDS for NAQP phone!!
Message-ID: <199408170415.AAA02958@brahms.udel.edu>
Just got back on line and we still need some team members for the
N.E.R.D.S. NAQP phone this weekend. C'mon!! Bob
Bob Penneys, WN3K Frankford Radio Club N.E.R.D.S.
Internet: penneys@brahms.udel.edu Work: Ham Radio Outlet, Delaware
U.S. Mail: 12 East Mill Station Drive Newark, DE 19711 U.S.A.
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