[NCARC] NCARC Tower info

[Glen Akins]

Does anybody have a picture of which tower is "our" tower? I've always 
been curious, but have never known exactly what is what on top of the 
mountain. Once you've been up there and seen everything up close, it's 
amazing how much stuff is up there.

-Glen


Steve's email wrote:
> Hi folks-
>
> It looks like our 4-bay 2M antenna may have contributed to the loss of the
> 1/2 Rohm cross-beam although this is currently speculation.  The antenna
> wind load was pretty high and may have caused the whole cross-beam assembly
> to snap off in the high winds last Friday.  It is amazing to think of the
> forces involved to snap this off.  The winds at Horsetooth must be amazing.
>
> There is one other company affected having lost their antenna. It is making
> replacement of the cross beam and antenna a bit more urgent to repair. It is
> looking like next week will be when things start to happen, but that isn't
> yet clear.
>
> I've been in touch with the tower owners/manager (Scott Burkhardt) with
> Crown Castle.  As George (AB0SF) has indicated, Scott has been very
> accomodating and is himself a ham. They are likely to replace the Rohm
> cross-beam at no charge to us,  and we may also be able to make use of their
> tower crew to put up a new length of hardline and antenna.  I believe the
> old antenna has been completely destroyed.  We will need to put up a low
> wind-load antenna-- maybe a StationMaster or something similar.  We also
> will need to supply a 125' or more length of 1/2" to 7/8" hardline and
> connectors.
>
> '73
>
> -Steve, N7GN
> NCARC President
>
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