Thanks Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: Net?


>    John:
>
> I just checked with the XYL, and it looks like my main helper from 
> yesterday
> didn't give me the book that came with the mast.
>
> I think it's a Channelmaster 1630 30-foot mast.
>
> The retail cost "on line" was $119, although I bought it from a dealer 
> about
> 100 miles north of me for $149.
>
> My ham friend was able to pick it up and spare me the greater expense that
> would have been involved with freight shipping, since the box was almost 
> 11
> feet long.
>
> I checked back in my files, and here is some basic info on the mast that
> Steve from the list provided:
>
> Tom,
>
> Go to channelmaster.com and you will find several telescopic masts.
> Shipping is a bit steep, but you might call channelmaster and see if they
> have a distributor/dealer near you, i.e. Grand Rapids.
>
> Description
> The Channel Master CM 1630 is a high quality galvanized steel 16 gauge
> mast used for TV antenna mounting as well as other antenna and specialty
> applications.
> The mast is weather resistant, strong and durable and comes with guy
> rings, mast clamps and platform pins making it ready to install.
> . 30' Ft
> . 16 gauge steel galvanized Telescoping Mast
>
>
> I hope this helps a little more.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "john vernaleken" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 7:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Net?
>
>
> Tom,
> If not too much trouble, could you send me the information?
>
> Thanks
>
> John  KC2QJB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Net?
>
>
>>    John:
>>
>> I settled on a 30-foot channel-master mast.
>>
>> I think the model number was something like 1630, but I can get you the
>> correct info if you'd like.
>>
>> We put a 10-foot piece of PVC pipe on top of that to give me a total of 
>> 40
>> feet.
>>
>> We have guyed the whole arrangement, although we are going to have to
>> tweak
>> it a bit since the PVC is very slightly boed toward the top.
>>
>> But, at least, we're making progress now.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "john vernaleken" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: Net?
>>
>>
>> Tom,
>> Somehow I missed what mast you finally decided upon. Please let me know.
>>
>> John  KC2QJB
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: Net?
>>
>>
>>> Hey Tom, That sounds really good.  I tried yesterday for a few minutes 
>>> to
>>> look for the net, and I called QRZ a couple of times, but I had an S9
>>> noise
>>> level, and I couldn't hear much.  I will get some wire up one of these
>>> days
>>> and leave my screwdriver for portable or emergency use.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 5:21 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Net?
>>>
>>>
>>>>    Wow, Lloyd!
>>>>
>>>> Congrats on the great score in the CQ WW contest!
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully, I'll be back in the contest mode here before too much 
>>>> longer!
>>>>
>>>> To give everyone a quick update, we had another work session at the 
>>>> home
>>>> QTH
>>>> today.  We got my 30-foot telescopic mast up and guyed.  We also raised
>>>> my
>>>> Alpha Delta DXCC antenna quite a bit higher, which now allows it to
>>>> perform
>>>> much better, and the SWR's to look more reasonable.
>>>>
>>>> We also got my Carolina Windom 160 compact in the air, but the SWR's on
>>>> that
>>>> antenna are nowhere near where  they should be, so something is clearly
>>>> wrong somewhere.  I've written to the maker of the antenna for
>>>> troubleshooting suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully, now that I at least have one antenna working, I'll be able 
>>>> to
>>>> be
>>>> on the blind ops net again, starting next Sunday afternoon.
>>>>
>>>> Given my location, the time of day of the net, etc., I'm not sure I'll
>>>> be
>>>> able to effectively serve as net control, but certainly I can take
>>>> relays
>>>> and participate in the net in other ways.
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 7:13 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Net?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I didn't try to start a net because I was spending much of my weekend 
>>>> in
>>>> the
>>>> CQWW CW DX contest.  For the first time, I made a million points,
>>>> barely.
>>>> I
>>>> also heard K4LTA and worked GM3WUX on two bands, so I know that some
>>>> blind
>>>> hams were quite active in this contest.
>>>> 73,
>>>> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
>>>> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>>>> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>>>>
>>>
>>
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