Re: Today's Funny Story
Got my TA-33 back in 1978 and it was used (3rd , maybe 4th hand). Whoever had it last had left it laying on ground with trap drain holes looking at sky. Water got into traps and Northern Winter turned it to ice which cracked plastic coil forms in traps. Disassembled traps carefully and got to coil forms that were cracked. Heated up traps the metal part with a torch and quickly tapped forms back together with small hammer. Put TA-33 back up and it was an excellent performer for many years from 4 or 5 QTHs. It's been said that this was the best antenna "old man Mosely' ever designed which I tend to agree with. It's currently in storage in garage. Have intentions to use it again - someday. BTW, on 10m the SWR was pretty much flat from 28.300 up to 28.900. Jerry n9avy
From: "JEFF WALSH jeffwalsh1644@... [070]" <070@...> To: "070@..." <070@...> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [070] Today's Funny Story Jerry ...my TA33 has only been up for about 2 years on a 40' tower ... most it has been exposed to so far has been 60mph winds with no problems .... this has been a great antenna ! JEFF WALSH W3WMU #1673 BUBBAWOOD WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS STURGIS, MS. On Friday, July 21, 2017 8:23 PM, "Jerry n9avy@... [070]" <070@...> wrote: Jeff: My TA-33 survived 95 mph winds that ripped it off 80 tower back in 80's. Tower never moved. Jerry n9avy From: "JEFF WALSH jeffwalsh1644@... [070]" <070@...> To: "070@..." <070@...> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [070] Today's Funny Story Joe ...good info .... I will keep that in mind when shopping for the centrifuge ...... do you know how much a Mosley TA33 beam can handle ? .....this is just one of the many reasons I enjoy reading the posts on the reflector ...so much good info out there JEFF WALSH W3WMU #1673 BUBBAWOOD WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS STURGIS, MS. On Friday, July 21, 2017 8:04 PM, "'ljl2002@...' joe_molon@... [070]" <070@...> wrote: Jeff, No can do. Overkill. My vertical is only rated to withstand 2G. I like the bucket idea but I have made a fair amount of /MM lately so I'm good. ![]() Joe KA1PPV #1482 On Friday, July 21, 2017 4:36 PM, "Jerry n9avy@... [070]" <070@...> wrote: From: "JEFF WALSH jeffwalsh1644@... [070]" <070@...> To: "070@..." <070@...> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [070] Today's Funny Story Has anybody had any luck finding the " NASA 20G centrifuge" on e-Bay ? JEFF WALSH W3WMU #1673 BUBBAWOOD WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS STURGIS, MS. On Friday, July 21, 2017 12:55 PM, "Jerry Heien n9avy@... [070]" <070@...> wrote: No Jeff ... Works best when attached to a NASA 20G centrifuge Jerry Sent from my iPhone
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