[GCARC] VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

[JOHN HILL]

Tony,

I am intimately familiar with the IC-7300 and accessory cable connections, including the PC, so I will volunteer to record/tag the cable connections.

On area where the HF grounding differs from the VHF grounding is the need to ground a 1500 watt amplifier.  The KPA-1500 amplifier and power supply are in separate boxes, both which must be grounded.  Therefore, it may be necessary to locate the two boxes before the new ground buss is installed.  Consider me the KPA-1500 technical advisor.

John W2HUV

> On 02/06/2021 10:01 AM Tony Starr <tstarr1450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Greetings All:
> 
> In the next month or two, we will be starting work on the W2MMD grounding
> improvement project, and I am looking for volunteers for the HF station
> grounding task force. We already have a team in place to do the work on the
> VHF station, but I don't expect those guys to have to do it all. Plus, when
> the weather warms up, we will need an all hands effort to do the outside
> work, so in that regard, I will be looking for more volunteers anyway. This
> is a big project, but it can be done swiftly if we have enough hands.
> 
> The work on the HF station will involve removing the equipment, after
> carefully recording the cabling connections, and then installing the
> grounding bars and power strips on the wall. The grounding bars will need
> to be brought down through the floor for connection to the perimeter
> ground, which will be installed when the weather warms up. With proper
> planning, this portion of the job could be done in one weekend, and the
> station put back together. Ideally, the effort on the VHF station, being
> led by the Tech Committee, will be slightly ahead of the HF station effort,
> and the HF station task force would only need to roughly duplicate what was
> done in the VHF station.
> 
> If you are willing and able to help out, please contact me via email as
> soon as possible, and let me know if you have any particular skills or
> tools which would lend themselves well to the task at hand. As was reported
> by Jon Pearce and Ron Block at our last meeting, the largest hurdle that we
> need to get over with this is the labor to get it done. With well over 150
> members, this should not be a problem for us. We have, in our W2MMD
> station, a treasured asset that most radio clubs could only dream of. It
> was built over many years entirely with the volunteer labor of the
> membership. Let's keep the effort going and make W2MMD better than ever.
> Thanks.
> 
> Tony Starr - K3TS
> President GCARC
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