tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1543721575278237750..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Okay, It WorksRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-5406502680072533792010-12-20T00:42:37.466-05:002010-12-20T00:42:37.466-05:00Okay, I may have had a minor heart attack just loo...Okay, I may have had a minor heart attack just <i>looking</i> at that video.<br /><br />You hire out plumbing; I hire out anything above eight feet.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595960360013731640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-45610793750839226582010-12-19T11:29:09.508-05:002010-12-19T11:29:09.508-05:00Strange how many people who more commonly identify...Strange how many people who more commonly identify by call than name are also gun cranks. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-1702345596421082772010-12-18T11:21:43.367-05:002010-12-18T11:21:43.367-05:00I should note in passing that AT&T still refus...I should note in passing that AT&T <i>still</i> refuses to hook us up to their U-Verse VRADs just down the block...but I don't care anymore because (knock on wood) Comcast has been nearly flawless for several years, and from what I've heard about U-Verse, I'd just be madder than a wet hen at them most of the time. :)Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-10011611597034393182010-12-18T11:19:45.517-05:002010-12-18T11:19:45.517-05:00When that thing went up (about a mile away from ho...When that thing went up (about a mile away from home), I remember hoping somebody was going to stick a WiMax antenna on it and sell broadband wireless to folks like me who were stuck with Comcast HSI because AT&T wouldn't hook us up to their U-Verse VRADs just down the block.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-61209903490141467042010-12-18T10:50:00.845-05:002010-12-18T10:50:00.845-05:00Generally, total windload counts more than the (re...Generally, total windload counts more than the (relatively minor) imbalance across a platform, so compact, heavy counterweights are typical -- however, it's not unusual to see empty pole sections doing some of the counterweight work at the corners, since they suit FM and some types of TV antennas.<br /><br /> This one was intended to serve TV broadcasters on the platform top, using "top mount" type antennas, so they left 'em empty.<br /><br /> It was a good deal for the only station on it, a perennially cash-strapped UHF: the tower owner built it on spec, on their land, and gave them free occupancy in return for the right to put any other station (or whatever, from paging to cellphone to...?) on the tower. And the TV station does nothing except maybe check that the lights come on.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-91584198350866723192010-12-18T10:21:55.525-05:002010-12-18T10:21:55.525-05:00Usually they use a big pipe as a counterweight, do...Usually they use a big pipe as a counterweight, don't they?<br /><br />Using a pipe not only balances the weight but also the wind and ice loads...Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-69200016486178813242010-12-18T09:37:16.626-05:002010-12-18T09:37:16.626-05:00They are planning for the future! ... Or somethin...They are planning for the future! ... Or something.Linogehttp://www.wallsofthecity.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-37402286263891133582010-12-18T09:00:34.228-05:002010-12-18T09:00:34.228-05:00Sometimes that stuff is a little counter-intuitive...Sometimes that stuff is a little counter-intuitive. I once had an interesting evening involving a 2 meter handheld, an RS232 plug/cable, and a few coat hangers. What worked was not what was planned.Carteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.com