[ADXA] Tower work completed

[WB5JJJ]

After 75 trips around the sun completed last week, I spent this Saturday
doing tower work.  I suspected a broken center conductor on some 10yo
coax.  Have not checked it yet, but it sure is stiff, probably broken in
the rotor flexing area.  Also got 2 old runs of coax off the tower.  One
was probably 25yo and was not used for many years.  Also took down the
multi-conductor cable from my original Heathkit weather station and its
side arm.

The new RG-214 jumper is in place from the antenna feed point to the
LMR-400 and its "N" connector about a foot below the rotor.  The LMR-400
runs all the way to the antenna switcher in the shack.  This coax was
originally for a 2m and a 70cm horizontal loop antenna that really didn't
work out, so they were taken down as well.

Now onto DX chasing again.  I don't need the current DXPeditions as I have
them from many years ago, but I could use a few Challenge points to stay
ahead of John.  So I'll do some serious looking starting tomorrow.  Great
rain this evening, another half inch or so.

The lift was a 45 footer.  Mosley is about 35' up.  Got the tower pretty
much cleaned up during a morning lift of 1hr 30m and after lunch for about
another hour.  Could not get to the 6m match or the base of the V/U Diamond
on the top as there was just too much metal in the way.

Here are a couple of pictures of the events.  BTW, the lift cost me $350
from 2pm on Friday to 8am on Monday.  Neighbor paid half as he used it
after I was done to do some tree trimming of both dead and very low hanging
branches.

73's
George - WB5JJJ
HoIP - 100105
HH - 4969
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