[NCARC] Help needed with tower

[Rick Huebner]

Hello Hams,

I think Steve is having problems with his posting, so I'll try it, too. 
  Please respond directly to him at steveh291 at comcast.net.  Also, 
Marilyn sent me the photo.

Cheers,
Rick, W0RCY

-------- Original Message --------

Hi folks-

Help--- need your assistance for a worthy project!!

Rick Huebner (W0RCY) received a message from a ham who needs some help
taking down an antenna (see message at the end of this email).  If you 
go out to http://www.questkit.com/13_09a.jpg  you can see a picture that 
Rick took at the site.  I'd like to organize a work party to safely 
dissassemble this antenna setup sometime between August 8 and August 14 
depending upon volunteer availability.


I'm looking for the following:

a) the whereabouts of the NCARC gin pole.
b) 2-3 volunteers, at least one of which has experience climbing towers 
and has experience doing this sort of work
c) someone who has a good quality climbing belt we can borrow (does 
NCARC have one of these and if so who has it?)
d) from anyone/everyone on this list--- pointers about what should (and
shouldn't) be done to safely accomplish this task  ;)

Pizza and drinks will be provided.  This will probably be an useful
education for those of us (myself included) who have never actively 
taken down a tower before.

Please reply back by August 7 with any information and your willingness 
to help (+ your schedule) so we can tell Marilyn (W9LUO) whether or not 
NCARC can help with this task.

'73

Steve Henry
N7GN Club Secretary
970-226-2817 (Eve)
970-898-9560 (work)




-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Help needed with antenna
Date: 	Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:10:37 EDT
From: 	MFGardner at aol.com
To: 	w0rcy at comcast.net



My late father's antenna in Fort Collins has a tower around 30 feet high
which starts on the ground and goes up next to a second floor deck on my
parents' house. It has a Mosley beam and rotor on the tower. I would
like to have this taken down so that I could bring it home (probably
have it shipped). I have no experience with towers and would like to
find some hams who could take the whole assembly down (there are a
couple of wire antennas going from tower to roof also). I can't afford
to pay a lot for this, but certainly pizza and soft drinks (or beer)
would be included for people who worked on this. I live in Evanston,
Illinois, and will be in Fort Collins from August 8 through the 16 (plus
evening before and morning after). The antenna is at 2502 Creekwood
Drive if anyone would like to look at it. My mother's phone number is
970-221-5647. Can anyone in the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club
help me with this? If you would help for a fee, please let me know what
that would be.

73,
Marilyn Tschannen Gardner
W9LUO, formerly KC9BYM