[K6BW] Damage at K6BW

[David Mueller]

I was actually thinking a fake (broken) camera might
do the trick.  Something could probably be found cheap
at a ham fest.

I just took another look.  The 80M dipole might be
able to be rescued.  The rope hasn't pulled all the
way out of the pulley.  The end of the rope is hanging
about even with the top of the star.  I'm not
comfortable with heights but I'll climb - but I won't
do it without a spotter.  All bets are off if the wind
picks up, plus Im not sure if something is wedged up
higher, preventing the rope to fall out completely. 
The 2el 40 never really worked, and I was going to
take it down anyway.

The damage definitely occured yesterday, since I was
using the antenna yesterday morning.

73, Dave


--- Joy Best <best at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Is there any chance we could "acquire" a surveilance
> camera to watch the 
> area.   Coast Guard may have something they aren't
> using.   Alan K6AJB
> 
> David Mueller wrote:
> 
> >The kids were at it again - sometime over the past
> two
> >days, some kids used wooden matches to melt all but
> >one of the antenna support ropes tied off at the
> base
> >of the tower.  As a result, the new 2el 40 and the
> 80M
> >half wave sloping dipole came crashing down.  The
> >other ropes weren't connected to anything on the
> other
> >end (that I'm aware of).
> >
> >The 160M antenna was tied higher up on the tower,
> out
> >of their reach.  I should have done the same at
> least
> >with the 80, since that's one of the pulleys Bill
> >installed at the top of the tower, and will be
> >difficult to replace.
> >
> >73, Dave N2NL
> >
> >
> >
> > 
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