I would if it was small and had a light load but not very likely if I had a
load of any noticeable amount on it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: accessible VHF equipment
>I don't think I would use that method for mounting a roof tower even though
> I am not in an earthquake zone!
>
> --Lou K2LKK
>
> At 01:45 PM 1/8/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>Honestly, the TS-2000 is a great pick, that is 12 volts, or 13.8 to be
>>exact. If you don't use the chimney for anything then you can use that I'd
>>think, another option though you're in an earthquake zone, but I'll put
>>this
>>out to help others is, a roof tower, but not bolted to a roof, just set up
>>there with sand bags holding it upright, I wouldn't do that in an
>>earthquake
>>zone, but that does work great, high winds might be a problem for a setup
>>like that too but I know people who do it. Anyway, any HF radio you'd
>>want
>>is about 100 watts, and any antenna tuner can handle that just about, the
>>built ones especially, you don't have to worry about that and if you get
>>an
>>external tuner, you can get them rated at different rates. I can't think
>>of
>>anyone who's killed a tuner at 100 watts unless he was really doing
>>something he shouldn't have like using a tuner rated at 50 watts and I
>>don't
>>know where that person got it, was probably a no name to begin with. You
>>can
>>always adjust the power on HF radios though, usually from 5 up to 100 in 5
>>watt steps, if not even finer then that of you can always adjust them for
>>an
>>amplifier. Most amps don't like to be driven with more then 80 watts, but
>>all HF radios output power can be adjusted so you're all set there.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:50 PM
>>Subject: Re: accessible VHF equipment
>>
>>
>> > good information! thanks. I have a tile roof and ain't no one gonna
>> > walk
>> > around on it putting up a tripod. The roof will last forever if the
>> > tiles
>> > aren't broken and there is no reason for them ever being broken.
>> >
>> > How about the Kenwood 2,000? I thought that it took a separate 12 volt
>> > power supply. Yes, I heard that it is 100 watts but since that seems
>> > to
>> > be
>> > the top of the line, I just assumed that there were 50 watt rigs about
>> > the
>> > same. 100 watts is just fine. Since you must have at least 50 watts
>> > to
>> > drive an amplifier I thought that 50 would be about right.
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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