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.  

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