[ADXA] Tower work completed

[Rory Bowers]

Hey George,
I had that problem myself and it was a real shocker!  The center conductor
had broken somewhere in the middle of my jumper between the 1/2" heliax and
the balun input on the hexbeam.  It was creating a lot of
intermittent issues in the SWR.  We found it and verified it with an Ohm
meter.  I replaced the LMR400 jumper (solit center conductor) with a piece
of RG-213 (stranded center conductor) and no more problems.  Your tower
project explains where you have been this week hi hi.  Glad you are making
progress while the weather is nice.  Oh... disregard my message on HOIP, I
think we have it figured out after some help from Jay.  I have requested a
new TQ6 and am just waiting for HQ to issue it.  I will probably get hold
of Sharon this week and verify what I am trying to do with the remote
station logging to LOTW.  I have another lengthy stay in the hospital
coming up the 25th.
73,
Rory, K5CKS


On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 9:39 PM WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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