Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-27 Thread Mark Holman
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? I still have a couple quart cans of the graphite oil for your car. Would a couple of ounces per tire work? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-24 Thread albemarle7
Graphite source is any hardware store. Extra Fine Graphite Manufactured by AGS Co. Muskegon, Mi 49443 and Lub-a-Spray manufactured by Panef Manufacturing Co., Inc Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Both come in a handheld plastic squeeze tube about 5 inches long and 1 inch diameter. Remove plastic cap,

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-24 Thread Al
I still have a couple quart cans of the graphite oil for your car. Would a couple of ounces per tire work? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-24 Thread Q
Dont use oil! Only use graphite in powder form in your tires! - Original Message - From: Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? I still have a couple quart cans

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-23 Thread Cecil Ferguson
Had much of that trouble back in the '50s We used powdered carbon. I have no clue on availability today, but to install, jack vehicle, rotate wheel so the valve is at the bottom position, remove valve core which will deflate tire. Lower the jack with the valve stem still in the bottom

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-23 Thread Q
Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? Had much of that trouble back in the '50s We used powdered carbon. I have no clue on availability today, but to install, jack vehicle

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-20 Thread Daron J. Wilson
- From: Mark Holman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 6:09 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? I will answer that , your antenna cable is using that stuff intead of foam like the RG series coaxes run

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-20 Thread Mark Holman
- Original Message - From: Chuck Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 6:48 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? I now fill my tires with Invar to eliminate the expansion and contraction due to temperature, otherwise

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-19 Thread Richard
Awww... you took all the fun out of it - I was going to try it and see if it works! Richard ,N7TGB -Original Message- From: NØATH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:58 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Mike WA6ILQ
It's graphite powder. Any good locksmith will have a lead on where to get it. They use it as a dry lube in car door locks, etc. My local guy buys it by the pint bottle and loads up a small squeeze bottle that has a tiny metal tube for a tip. Once you have some in hand, spin out the cores in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread John J. Riddell
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 4:11 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? | | | Not repeater related so much, but I thought the great minds here | might know... | | One of my corporate bosses, a ham, is having his bridgestone tires | generate static while

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Q
, November 17, 2004 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? Dave, Last year I bought a set of Toyo tires for my Chrysler Concorde and had very bad static on the low end of the AM dial. Toyo said they never heard of this before ...(Not surprising) The static

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Mark Holman
. Mark Holman, CRO AB8RU - Original Message - From: Q [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? And can you imagine the path is thru your wheel bearing? Can you believe

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Tony King - W4ZT
months. I hope this helps. Butch From: Rogers, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:58:58 -0500 Dave: I remember when this was a problem that seemed

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread NØATH
Yep, It was powdered Graphite . You can get it at most of your truck stops that do tire work if you cannot find it any other place. Dave / NØATH na6df wrote: Not repeater related so much, but I thought the great minds here might know... One of my corporate bosses, a ham, is having his

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread NØATH
everyone. Mark Holman, CRO AB8RU - Original Message - From: na6df [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 4:11 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? Not repeater related so much, but I thought the great minds here might know

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Tony King - W4ZT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:58:58 -0500 Dave: I remember when this was a problem that seemed to surface years ago more with fiberglass belted radial

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread KA9QJG
That was such a good explanintion about tires , I recall seeing fittings on Large coax at the Police Communications Center and I ask the radio Man what it was for and He just said it was Nitrogen. and I was just a Police Sgt and a Ham and would not understand , Nice Guy Yea Right So what

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread KI4AWK
: Tony King - W4ZT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:22 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? At 01:11 AM 11/18/2004, Don KA9QJG wrote: That was such a good explanintion about tires , I recall seeing fittings on Large

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Chuck Kelsey
-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:58 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? I believe you'll find the following interesting: Gay-Lussac and Avogadro's Law * At a given temperature, the number of moles of a gas is directly proportional to its

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Tony King - W4ZT
At 01:11 AM 11/18/2004, Don KA9QJG wrote: That was such a good explanintion about tires , I recall seeing fittings on Large coax at the Police Communications Center and I ask the radio Man what it was for and He just said it was Nitrogen. and I was just a Police Sgt and a Ham and would not

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Buley, Kenneth L \(GE Consumer Industrial\)
Coordinator KY4DES -Original Message- From: Chuck Kelsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 6:48 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? I now fill my tires with Invar to eliminate the expansion and contraction due

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread John J. Riddell
-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:11 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? | | That was such a good explanintion about tires , I recall seeing fittings on | Large coax at the Police Communications Center and I ask the radio Man what | it was for and He just

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Jim B.
Butch Kanvick wrote: snip The tires lose about 1 pound of air per month. That is why the tire companies recommend that you check the air in your tires once a month and every two weeks during the winter months. I hope this helps. Butch grumble I haven't had to touch the air in my tires

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread safari_tim
-Original Message- From: Chuck Kelsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 6:48 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? I now fill my tires with Invar to eliminate the expansion and contraction due

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Buley, Kenneth L \(GE Consumer Industrial\)
-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:39 AMTo: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? Old School. Wrap your windshield wipers with aluminum foil. When you

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread Daron J. Wilson
Many types of gasses can be used for different purposed in tire inflation. Hydrogen - I think this is used mostly in movie production, as you may have noticed on most movies almost any car crash results in an instant explosion. Charging the tires with Hydrogen gas assists in this explosion

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-18 Thread NØATH
Daron J. Wilson wrote: Helium - we use this on almost every trip up to the repeater site. We find that we can load the truck down very heavily at sea level, and it is often all we can do to keep it on the ground once we get up to about 6,000 feet. It is a tremendous mileage booster, though

[Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-17 Thread na6df
Not repeater related so much, but I thought the great minds here might know... One of my corporate bosses, a ham, is having his bridgestone tires generate static while they are rolling, interfering with AM radio reception. I know somebody used to sell a powder to put in the tires that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-17 Thread Mark Holman
- Original Message - From: na6df [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 4:11 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? Not repeater related so much, but I thought the great minds here might know... One of my corporate

RE: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-17 Thread Rogers, Ron
@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static? Not repeater related so much, but I thought the great minds here might know... One of my corporate bosses, a ham, is having his bridgestone tires generate static while they are rolling, interfering with AM radio reception. I know

Re: [Repeater-Builder] radial tire static?

2004-11-17 Thread Ralph Mowery
--- na6df [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not repeater related so much, but I thought the great minds here might know... One of my corporate bosses, a ham, is having his bridgestone tires generate static while they are rolling, interfering with AM radio reception. I know somebody used