[Hallicrafters] Re: [AMRadio] It Happened Again!

[Roger (K8RI)]

> CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest - All weekend
> Pete, wa2cwa

I knew I picked this week end to work on antennas for a reason. I fired up 
the old rig out in the shop early this evening and all I heard on 40 were 
contest exchanges, the logic of which I was trying to figure out. I think 
it's the report with the zone, but not sure.

At any rate, the only antenna I have up that is working right now is a 
center fed, half wave, sloping dipole with the top end around 90 feet. Even 
my AV-640 quit, but it never was right after the Wasps built their nests 
(plural) in there.  When I took it down the first time it quit working the 
matching network was packed with nests and the bottom covered with bee goo. 
Apparently there is some truth that an intense RF field can be hazardous to 
your health. Or it certainly is when you build your home on a matching 
network being fed by a KW. I'm also in the process of replacing the 1 1/2" 
EMT in the shop with 2" EMT. I have already reached the 10 pounds in a 5 
pound bad stage for the old conduit so I should have used 2" to start. It 
would have saved a lot of time and money. Two inch EMT Thin wall conduit is 
almost $18 a section now. At this rate it looks like it'll be a couple of 
weeks before I can get the old SX101, HT-32 and      HT-33B hooked up.

I did make a working climb earlier this week and found the tribander was 
held in place by one very loose bolt. I had put it down on the tower top 
plate at 100 feet and apparetnly there was enough vibration from the wind to 
loosen the nuts. The one still holding was holding by two threads.  The 
antenna had blocks to prevent it from moving, but had that bolt come out it 
could have tipped forward or back and fell which would probably have been a 
bit hard on the garage roof as well as the antenna.

As all of the antennas have to come down so I can get at the top ones, I'm 
currently building a tram to make it easier to get them down. That and 
eliminate the need for two extra ground helpers.

IF I'm lucky I'll be able to do the repair work this week and get them back 
up next week end which is probably being a bit overly optimistic.

BTW, any one know where I can find about 5 sections of ROHN 25G?

73

Roger (K8RI)
>
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:18:25 -0700 "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> writes:
>> At 00:01Z 20M came alive with "CQ CONTEST"! The band has been dead
>> for weeks, At least here in Puget Sound.
>>
>> But everytime there is a contest I am able to see if my receivers
>> are still working!
>>
>> Bob Macklin
>> K5MYJ
>> Seattle, Wa,
>> "Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
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