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system: You are Richard Webb, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Sarosi about "[HAMLIB]".

They wrote:
RW> Are these ascii?
WS> No. Just a list of people to contact that have the manuals. You
WS> contact the person and then make arrangements for copy and postage.
WS> His node is 1:261/3000. Here's his latest posting on HAMLIB:

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assistant: Hi Wayne,
On (14 May 96) Wayne Sarosi wrote to Richard Webb...
I've a manual for it, just need to get it into format other than on the
printed page <g>.
Ascii or something.  Thought I had somebody reading it on tape, but her
tape deck that I loaned her died.
Gotta find other avenyues now.
Tnx for that info.  I've filed it for future reference.
73.
Richard Webb, kb0ruu
... It's always darkest before you step on the cat!
system: You are Ray Wade, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ed Kriston about "Setting up a tower".

They wrote:
EK> Hello all,  I am presently doing a contract to buy a single family
EK> house and rid myself of this restrictive Condo Townhouse.  I have a
EK> 40' tower withrotor and have been driving myself crazy trying to
EK> figure out how to get everything arranged.

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assistant: On (10 May 96) Ed Kriston wrote to All...
The very FIRST thing you should do is check for any deed restrictions on
the property. In fact, you should have done that before you signed the
contract. If there are none (look at the "covenants") against towers and
such then check the local City codes office for the same thing. You may
also have to get a building permit.
The worst thing that can happen to you is to get your tower up, then
find that it is illegal in some way. I did all my "homework" and *was*
legal but that did not stop my neighbors from bringing a lawsuit against
me over my tower. This was before I put it up. Four years (and
*thousands* of dollars) later following a final hearing at the Oklahoma
Supreme Court level I did get to put it up.
In no event let your neighbors know you are even THINKING of putting up
a tower. That was *my* mistake. When you are legal in all respects get
it up FAST. Over a week end is best since they can't get injunctive
relief until Monday. If it is already up, they *might* think they are
too late.
All your ideas are good, including the ground radials under the tower.
More advice will follow after you tell us you are OK with the law.
... Alex, I'll take "Things Only I Know" for $1000.
system: You are Bill Rister, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richard Plasencia about "Antenna Polorization".

They wrote:
RP> BR> Given that configuration, what would be the polarization?
RP> BR> So far I haven't had the ambition to build an antenna like
RP> BR> that to find out.  But somewhere in the back of my mind I
RP> BR> seem to recall seeing such a configuration years ago on a
RP> BR> commercailly built antenna.
RP>
RP> You did see it. In fact almost  all commercial antennas except
RP> Hy-Gain were fed in this manner. Hy-Gain chose a diamond
RP> configuration as a sales gimmick.
RP> For the Quad you illustrate the polarization is horizontal.

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assistant: On 05-10-96 Richard Plasencia wrote to Bill Rister...
 Ha! My memory hasn't faded as much as I thought!  Your explaination
 certainly makes sense to me.  Thanks for the information.
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system: You are Bill Rister, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Chris Boone about "Antenna Polorization".

They wrote:
CB> In the case you posted, it would be horizontal......however,
CB> polarization does not always end up 90 degress from the feed point...
CB>
CB> case in point....a Skeleton slot antenna....Basically take a sheet
CB> of metal and cut out of the middle a 1/2wave long dipole say for
CB> 2mtrs....feed the remaining sheet at the middel of the cut open area
CB> with coax..one side of the coax feeding one side of the open slot,
CB> etc....
CB>
CB> Take the sheet and roll it into a tube......
CB>
CB> Now guess what polarization it is?
CB>
CB> -------------
CB> |           |
CB> |           |
CB> |    ___    |
CB> |    | |    |
CB> |    | |    |
CB> |   x| |x   |
CB> |    |_|    |
CB> |           |
CB> |           |
CB> |           |
CB> |___________|
CB>
CB> With the coax attached (shield to one side/ceneter to the
CB> other) at point x (which is not centered), what
CB> polarization will occur?

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assistant: On 05-10-96 Chris Boone wrote to Bill Rister...
 Well, offhand I'd say you have a dead short!  But since you stated
 that things don't appear as they seem, I'll say vertical polarization.
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system: You are Chris Boone, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ed Kriston about "Setting up a tower".

They wrote:
> I am figuring on running a6m/2m/440 base antenna from Diamond as the
> vertical at the top of the mast and mounting a 2m beam below it.  Is
> there a set distance that I should keep them separated?  Any
> suggestions for a relatively inexpensive beam for 2m SSB?
>
> When mounting the standoff arm to the tower for the G5RV,  How far off
> the tower must it be for best results?
> Would putting radials in the ground for for tower grounding be a good
> idea? There would definitely be a good ground rod attached to the
> tower!  Should the radials be run under the G5RV antenna?  What would
> be the best possible set up for this tower?

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assistant: *** Quoting Ed Kriston to All dated 05-10-96 ***
I would mount the vertical at least 19 inches above the 2mtr beam...shoudl be
no interaction really at any spacing but that should be enough just in case.
A beam for 2mtr SSB? Anything that works in the 144 range (make sure it is
rated AT 144 and not 146..some beams cut for the FM range do not work well at
144 Mhz)...Cushcraft makes a dual yagi...a horizontal and a vertical beam on
one boom...you could have FM AND SSB on one antenna!..
*** Quoting Ed Kriston to All dated 05-10-96 ***
Any distance should do as long as the antenna is not parallel with the tower
in the vertical mode...also keep the G5RV away from any guy wires.....the
farther the better..in hanging an antenna off the side of a tower, I usually
go a foot minimum.....and up to 3-4 ft or more depending on the bracket
support....
*** Quoting Ed Kriston to All dated 05-10-96 ***
The best ground for a tower (for lightning...not for RF unless you intend to
feed the tower as a vertical sometime in the future) is a ring around the
base buried about 2 ft or so down attached to several round rods at points
alon the ring......then a sloping wiring from each leg of the tower to the
ring to offer the least resistance to a strike...use #8 or larger wire on
this (and in commercial sites, the word larger means 2-0 or bigger!)
I dont know about using radials on a G5RV...not sure if it requires it but
they cant hurt!
Hope that helps and good luck on the project....will be looking for you on 6!
73
Chris
WB5ITT
system: You are Michael Moore, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Henning Hertz about "XVERTERS & 6 METERS".

They wrote:
HH>I have here an old Kenwood TS 520 with a TV 502 2m transverter.
HH>Does anybody know if such a thing as a TV 506 6m xverter was ever made?
HH>If so, my personal nostalgoteque would like to be informed.

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assistant: Yes they did make one and they are in short supply and great demand.
  I would like one for my 520S also. The two meter ones are also hard to
  find.
 73, Mike...K6SQJ
system: You are Michael Sizemore, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Chris Boone about "Antenna Polorization".

They wrote:
-> True...there is quite a bit of polarization rotation in HF work...but
-> horizontal polarization on RX gives the rcvr less noise as noise is
-> vertically  polarized...so for the rcving station, it can help with
-> weak signal to noise  reception.
->
-> 73
-> Chris
-> WB5ITT
->

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assistant: Chris!  A further clarification on antenna polarization....
While I must profess some ignorance on "practical HF propagation"
wouldn't the horizontal polarization of an antenna tend to allow more
signal to be radiated into the ionosphere at different "angles" to the
reflecting layers?  These different angles provided by such polarization
would enable an HF signal to return to the surface of our good planet
over a larger area?
(I'm not doing a great job of wording my query here, but I do hope that
you get my drift)
Any enlightenment that you could provide would be appreciated!
Michael
N8QNO
system: You are Mike Turner, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Larry Mcneilis about "Transverters".

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assistant: Hi Larry...chech out Ten-tec's "T-kit" line.
They have transverters that go from 2m to 6m and 20m to 6m.
they are available in kit form or built.  The kit for the
20m to 6m version is $95...an excellent value.
You should write or call them for their T-kit catalog.
Regards!
system: You are Mike Mcmahan, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richard Plasencia about "Antenna Polorization".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Richard Plasencia to Mike Mcmahan <=-
RP> Well, it looks like that question is resolved: Chris and everybody
RP> else agrees that the polarization is as Chris Boone states.
RP> Other than this question is motivated by the License Manual, what
RP> difference does the polarization make assuming we are talking about
RP> HF. Any over the horizon path involving ionospheric
RP> reflection/refraction will also yield an unpredictable amount of
RP> Faraday rotation of the wave front. This fact renders the selection of
RP> a launch polarization mode an academic triviality.

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assistant: <clip>
Good point!
I guess I forgot to mention that the antenna in question was built for
2-meters, where it would make a difference.
73 de KE6JNF - Mike
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system: You are Fred Mckenzie, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richard Plasencia about "Antenna Polorization".

They wrote:
RP> This fact renders the selection of a launch polarization mode an
RP> academic triviality.

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assistant: Richard-
     For practical purposes, you are right.  However, vertically polarized
signals are affected by conductivity of the earth near the point of
launch, especially at lower frequencies.  I-R losses in the soil, cause
the signal to "tilt" toward the direction of propagation.  I don't know
the magnitude of the resulting loss in signal, but suspect it is trivial
for Ham frequencies.  It may be significant on AM Broadcast frequencies,
however.
     73, Fred, K4DII
 This copy of Freddie 1.2.5 is being evaluated.
system: You are Fred Mckenzie, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Sarosi about "6 Meter J-Pole".

They wrote:
WS> And you should put the center conductor to the long side and the
WS> shield to the other.

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assistant: Wayne-
     Isn't the J-Pole feedpoint actually balanced?  What if you used a 2:1
BALUN?  The attachment point would be a little higher, and therefore may
be a little less critical.
     73, Fred, K4DII
 This copy of Freddie 1.2.5 is being evaluated.
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Greg Thompson about "Kenwood TR-7625".

They wrote:
> WS> Check with Paul Maserang N5PCA. He has the own and svc manuals.
GT> How do I get ahold of him? Does he lurk in this echo?

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assistant: In a message to Wayne Sarosi <09 May 96 12:36> Greg Thompson wrote:
He drops in from time to time here on HAM_TECH and on HAM.
I included his call so you can also look him up in the Call book.
-WS
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Fred Mckenzie about "6 Meter J-Pole".

They wrote:
> WS> And you should put the center conductor to the long side and the
> WS> shield to the other.
FM>  Wayne-
FM>     Isn't the J-Pole feedpoint actually
FM> balanced?  What if you used a 2:1
FM> BALUN?  The attachment point would be a little higher, and therefore may
FM> be a little less critical.
FM>     73, Fred, K4DII

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assistant: In a message to Wayne Sarosi <11 May 96 13:49> Fred Mckenzie wrote:
I believe it's resonate more than balanced. The 'sweet spot' is only one
point on the antenna. It's not a typical antenna to feed from a coax.
There's no ends or matching device save the quarterwave. JMHO.
I couldn't say what that would do, Fred. A 2:1 BALUN would be interesting
but would the balun and the new point of placement change the antenna's
pattern or reception? I couldn't say. I just don't know.
-WS
system: You are Paul Williams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "More Wierd Coax".

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assistant: All right experts, here comes another one to overload your
brain cells. :)   Picked up about 200'+ coil of coax at the local
flea mkt.  It's the size of rg-58/9, has a clear outer jacket, appears
to be 95% or better silver(coat) braid, has a bnc conn. on each end, and
the last known use was as a delay line for a radar test system.
  It has a paper label running the entire lenght of it marked as follows,
FEDERAL CABLE - R.E.C. - DIV. OF I.T.T.  AN TYPE RG-55/U     005#### /FT
  the #### being 4792 through 5021.  Obviously that's the length marks, but
I can't find anything on it.  The only cable/coax guide I have at present
is a Belden master catalog from '87-'88, and it jumps fron RG-6 to RG-58
with nothing inbetween. :(  I'd *like* to use it for my 2mtr antenna run
but without any specs on it..............
  Thanks for any help on this one.
                                          73
                                            Paul
                                           KB5IVG
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system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "[LPIV, sad news]".

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assistant: Log-Periodic Inverted Vee Antenna Update:
The project was canceled along with four others. I have taken the
Proto-type (30-600 MHz antenna) home with me since the
componets were out-of-pocket. I will, however, test it here.
When it meets my setup parameters, I will take it back to work
and test it there with a network analyzer on my own time. Since
the antenna project was scrapped for cost savings (some excuse
since it was out-of-my-pocket costs so far) it now is an amateur
antenna.
Some of the things they cut to save money is crazy. Sorry to inform
everyone of this mess but I will continue to develope and test it
as time allows.
-WS
system: You are Wa4Mjf Ronnie, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bruce Legrande about "GENERAL RADIO CATALOG".

They wrote:
>    A couple years ago I heard something about an equipment catalog
> that listed most of the new and old amateur radios in it, gave their
> specs and a picture of ewhat the rigs looks like.  I believe the
> document/catalog was in the form of a stapled multi-page mailer
> (like the yellow sheets).  Has anyone else heard of this and/or know
> where I can obtain it ???

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assistant: Associated Radio in Overland Park, KA has a catalog like this.  73
system: You are Billy Joe, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mike Mcmmahan about "Wiern Antenas".

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assistant: Well I can spell can't I.  I once heard of someone using a Coathanger as an
antenna.  Hows that.  By the  way he was wearing the coat at the  time and he
wasn't using the antenna to receive radio waves.
system: You are Bill Rister, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wa4Mjf Ronnie about "General Radio Catalog".

They wrote:
WR> > A couple years ago I heard something about an equipment catalog
WR> > that listed most of the new and old amateur radios in it, gave
WR> > their specs and a picture of ewhat the rigs looks like.  I
WR> > believe the document/catalog was in the form of a stapled
WR> > multi-page mailer (like the yellow sheets).  Has anyone else
WR> > heard of this and/or know where I can obtain it ???
WR>
WR> Associated Radio in Overland Park, KA has a catalog like this.  73

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assistant: On 05-19-96 Wa4mjf Ronnie wrote to Bruce Legrande...
 Great!  Just what I've been looking for too.  Can you or anyone else
 reading this please supply a mailing address and/or telephone number?
 Thanks so much for the info... Bill de KC5EZQ
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system: You are Sid Ashen-Brenner, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bill Rister about "General Radio Catalog".

They wrote:
WR>> Associated Radio in Overland Park, KA has a catalog like this.  73
BR> Great!  Just what I've been looking for too.  Can you or anyone else
BR> reading this please supply a mailing address and/or telephone number?

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assistant: Hello Bill!
In a message to Wa4mjf Ronnie <05/21/96> Bill Rister wrote:
Associated Radio
Pricing & Order line : 1-800-497-1457
Used/Trades : 913-381-5900
FAX : 913-648-3020
E-Mail : assocrad@tfs.net        (tfs.net aka The Fileshop BBS in KC)
8012 Conser                      (is / was a Fidonet node)
Box 4327
Overland Park, Ks.  66204
Catalog & used equipment list $3.00
So says thier add in the June '96 issue of CQ magazine pp. 91  Knew there
was a reason that magazine was sitting here next to the computer!   :-)
Sid Ashen-Brenner Salina Packet Systems BBS
... I KNOW it was a tornado Toto, but you wizzed on my carpet!
system: You are Ray Vaughan, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Chris Boone about "Re: MICOR".

They wrote:
CB> Voters can be cheap or expensive......Doug Hall makes
CB> one for about 400...also look in a recent QST....there
CB> was one in there available as a kit for less than 250
CB> I think...and it used DSP.....NICE!!!

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assistant: Hi Chris, its been a while.
I found a real cheap one in an old issue of QST (Oct 1992).  2 in, one out,
nothing fancy.  Total cost about $40 or so.  Got two built, about to install
them.  I'll report when I have them on line.  Sure, no DSP, but for a simple
2 source selection, it may be the ticket.
Ray, KD4BBM
system: You are Ray Vaughan, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ray Brown Kb0Stn about "re: 6 meter J-pole".

They wrote:
RBK>   Maybe so, but for sheer simplicity, I'm sold! In
RBK> fact, I'm debating on trying one out and
RBK> compute/tune it on 47.42 (the Red Cross freq), it
RBK> looks like it should do a nice 3rd harmonic on 2m! :-)

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assistant: Let me know how it works out for you.  I also need an omni on 47.42 for a 1/3
kW TX I'm putting in for the local Red Cross Chapter.
Thanks,
Ray, KD4BBM
system: You are Ed Kriston, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Blake Bowers about "Setting up a tower".

They wrote:
BB> Ed, just caught this thread, but if you are in Cecil county, you most
BB> likely will not have much problem with the people around you, for just
BB> a 40 foot tower.
BB> Across the river in Harford county, it seems to be like
BB> a total difference,
BB> maybe the Baltimore influence coming in.
BB> Of course, if you really want a great location, I have a house for sale
BB> out on Turkey Point, in the middle of Elk Neck state park..(GRIN)

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assistant: Hi Blake,  Hoping to not have any problems with any neighbors.  You know that
there will have to be one <hi..hi>.
 Now there's a location!  Wouldn't mind that except for the drive to work
everyday.  Probably have fished somewhere near it.  73 de N3WJA
system: You are Ed Kriston, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Stan Phillips about "Setting up a tower".

They wrote:
SP> is a heavy ground wire from the tower to the point where the co-ax
SP> enters the house and at that point I have another 10 foot long ground
SP> rod. The ground wire continues to where the  hydro enters the house
SP> be a good ground with all points connected together.
SP> Where the co-ax cables enter the house, there is a lightning
SP> suppressor on each of the cables.  While I have not yet got to it.
SP> I intend putting suppression on all the rotor cables too.
SP> ---

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assistant: Hi Stan,  You sound about as cautious of lightning strikes as I want to be.
I surely don't want results that it can cause happening to my equipment and
house.  I intend on having the tower grounded with ground rods and probably
underground radials away from the house.  Inside I will have a copper
grounding plate that will be connected to a separate ground rod and to the
water pipes.  Also figure on installing a separate ground rod with a bus bar
style connector to plug the antennas into when the weather dictates.  Hoping
for a safe and well grounded shack.
BTW, love the tag line:
Politically Correct" is a contradiction in terms.