[K6BW] Tower at Building 549

Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:08:15 -0700

Unfortunately I have a conflict on Saturday at 9:00 am.  I can make it =
the
following Saturday.  I will check in later in the afternoon to see if =
anyone
is still there.  Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Bill Smith
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:48 PM
To: HWA QTH Reflector
Subject: [K6BW] Tower at Building 549

Thanks to Jack Troup, we now have all the pieces assembled to erect the
tower.  The tower base assembly will allow us to move the tower parallel =
to
the north side of the building, then use nearby trees to hoist the tower
into a vertical position.

There are still "issues" we need to resolve.  We are planning to meet at
9:00am this Saturday to take on this activity.  Here is a short list:

(1) We need to set a guy anchor down the hill from the north side of the
building.  This entails digging a hole and setting a guy anchor.
(2) Another anchor needs to be installed behind the telephone pole on =
the
east side of the building.  We plan to use the telephone pole as one of =
the
guy points, but the pole itself needs to be guyed.
(3) The cable crank on the tower needs to be checked, de-rusted and =
painted,
and greased.  The pulleys mounted on tower sections need to be greased.
(4) We have a good length of rotor cable, but it is old and sections are
bad.  It needs to be stretched out and verified (any) remaining good =
section
will be long enough to reach between the rotor and the operating =
position.
(5) The rotor itself has been checked (I think).  It probably should be
rechecked.
(6) A thrust bearing assembly needs to be mounted on a plate on the top =
of
the tower.
(7) The pole which extends from the rotor needs to be measured to make =
sure
the antenna can be properly mounted on the pole.
(8) We need to find coax to connect to the beam.  We have a balun. =20
(9) The antenna should be tested before it is installed on the tower.
(10) I forget, but we'll likely add to this list on Saturday.
(11) We need to borrow dollies and two heavy block and tackle rigs to =
raise
the tower.
(12) Trees will need trimming.

Can you help?

73 de Bill, AB6MT
[email protected]

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