Hi Gene-
I agree with your cogent comments completely. I, for one, am very tired of
KB1GW's snotty and totally misguided attempts to police the contents of this
reflector and discourage open discussion of issues which clearly _are_
contest related and important.
73,
Steve, WS4F
stevews4f@aol.com
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From: ezimmerm@DGS.dgsys.com (Dr. Eugene Zimmerman)
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Glenn
I dont understand how your examples indicate that
> . . . this reflector getting to the point where it resembles...
>
> "rec.radio.amateur.misc" ??
If discussion of WRTC (positive OR negative) is NOT appropriate for a
CONTEST reflector, where should this be discussed? WRTC purports to
determine the best contesters in the world in a head to head combat that
eliminates as many variables as possible. In 1990, the winners were K1AR
and K1DG. The format must be pretty good because I doubt that any
readers of this reflector would argue that those two worthy gentlemen
(and I use the term advisedly) should not be ranked at the very top of the
list of contesters.
And what do you mean by
> . . . . (non-radio-related) government policy,. . . . .?
Give us a specific example.
As far as
> . . . . . What's next: No-code pros and cons?
if that discussion involves how no-code licensees might become
contesters, it certainly would be appropriate for this reflector. I will
be discussing just that subject in relation to VHF contesting in an
upcoming column in CQ VHF.
Trey Garlough, who administers this reflector, does an admirable job of
telling people who post non-contest subjects that the posts are not
appropriate (mostly privately, I suspect). That does not happen often but it
does happen. When the bandwidth is overfilled with an important subject
like contest score reports, we have been given alternatives like the 3830
reflector to reduce the load (thanks - Bill Fisher).
I for one am not at all disturbed by the range of subjects that are
covered on this reflector. Who knows, maybe we might learn something
interesting and useful. And it's good for the mind.
73 Gene W3ZZ
>From aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) Thu Mar 14 14:54:54 1996
From: aa4lr@radio.org (Bill Coleman AA4LR) (Bill Coleman AA4LR)
Subject: Re[2]: Rohn 25G Summary
Message-ID: <v01540b01ad6de1794951@[206.28.194.40]>
>de N4XY:
>
>> Reading this I wondered why someone didn't measure tension by measuring
>> the force required for a given perpendicular deflection of the wire
>> under tension?
>
>It seems to me that a widget to measure exactly that is made for
>tensioning the
>standing rigging on sail boats. An old friend with a trailerable boat was
>telling me about his aquisition of just such an instrument -- but I wasn't
>listening very carefully... Any sailors out there want to comment?
I'm no sailor, but there is such a instrument used to test the tension on
aircraft control cables using perpendicular deflection. However, I doubt
these instruments are in the correct range of tension. Most light aircraft
use phenolic pulleys in their cable control systems, and I doubt they would
withstand 400 pounds of pressure. 40 pounds of tension is more like it. Of
course, this is for 1/8 inch cable (or so), so it may not apply as well to
tower guys, which are typically larger.
Speaking of cross-application of technology, rather than swaging the ends
of guys, couldn't you just get a huge Nicopress tool and use that? Seems
good enough for aircraft....
Bill Coleman, AA4LR Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "Not in a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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