[Lowfer] HiFER UWL and The Code

[Jay Rusgrove]

Peter

For what it's worth...have had good luck using a piece mast material (1.5
inch galvanized water pipe) as a lever to fix moderate alignment problems -
much easier if you have two people up there. If the fit is way off you might
have to slightly bend a crossbrace, mate the two sections, and then
straighten the crossbrace. If done carefully with a plastic deadblow hammer
the galvanize should remain intact.

Another tool that occasionally comes in handy up high is a small scissors or
bottle jack. At least Rohn 25 moves a lot easier than 45 and up.

Jay

Peter Barick wrote:

> >>> eric@willow.nutstreet.net 07/16/03 10:18PM >>>
> HiFER UWL:
> I can't wait any longer.
> ...
> I'm going to put the beacon together in a temp fashion until the
> enclosure
> arrives.  Again, hope to be up by the end of the weekend.  I'm going to
>
> try to squeeze into the 13555 group.
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Fine. Even then, in 10 days, it may not have arrived. So bypass the
> main dish and on to the desert.
> That's a good location with other active and seen sigs.
> ---------------------------------------
>
> The Code:
> Ok boys -- you're not going to believe this:  I may be the only person
> in
> the history of history to learn Morse solely by logging NDBs!Eric,
> KD5UWL
> Eric, KD5UWL
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Silly sounding at first but if it works, fine. One advantage I see is
> the repetition of chars, albeit just a few per NDB. Still, by that means
> you'll be deficient on numerals and punctuation. So, in time, do spend
> some time on 80 cw, there you'll also be exposed to the context and
> style of "amateur" cw.
>
> I will not be able to listen for a while. Now all my ants. are down as
> I reconfigure my "outback" towers. I ran into a flaw. The legs (seems
> one of them) of a top section of Rohn 25 are not aligning and I'm unsure
> how to adjust it up high, they are stiff and well braced. I'll likely
> spend the weekend with that problem.
>
> Peter
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