[OKDXA] Revoltin' development...

[Kim Elmore]

I should mention that MRC will but a "basket" on the end of the 
crane.  I've been up about 60 feet that way. If your tower cranks 
down, you may be able to do this with a much cheaper bucket truck. 
And, I have a climbing belt, if you need someone to go up there and 
give it a shot.

Kim, N5OP

At 07:43 PM 1/23/2007, you wrote:
>Gene,
>
>Thanks much for the nice offer.  I failed to mention that I had my knee
>worked on a week ago and am still getting around rather poorly.  It will be
>a few weeks before I'm even in any shape to mess with the antenna.
>
>Actually, the rotor could be removed from the top section of the tower
>without disassembling it if I could rent one of those bucket rigs like
>linemen use to ride up and work on power poles.  I've not ever heard of
>anyone using one on a ham tower, and yet it would let me leave the tower up
>enough that the top section is exposed down to the rotor.  I'll have to do
>some measuring and thinking and fail-safing on that idea.
>
>Anyway, I appreciate the offer!  Thanks.
>
>Ken K5KC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>On Behalf Of Gene Lewis
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:12 PM
>To: Discussion of OKDXA
>Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Revoltin' development...
>
>Dang, Ken,  that IS a revoltin' development indeed.
>Very sorry to hear of your predicament.  There were some days during the
>cold weather where I was wondering if I had rotator problems but it
>eventually thawed out.  Sounds like getting yourself up and going again is
>going to be a major undertaking.  I'm not much on tower climbing but if
>you're needing any kind of help other than going aloft, please let me know,
>I'd be happy to lend an extra pair of hands and a reasonably strong back and
>
>a
>willingness to help.
>Gene
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "K5KC" <k5kc at suddenlink.net>
>To: "'Discussion of OKDXA'" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:24 AM
>Subject: RE: [OKDXA] Revoltin' development...
>
>
>Kim,
>
>Be thankful!  My rotor froze up and all checks on it indicate a mechanical
>problem in the rotor.  My tower is a crank-up.  To safely replace the rotor,
>I must remove all antennas, lay the tower over, fix or replace the rotor,
>and then go back with everything.  That is about 5 days of work plus time to
>get the parts.
>
>Needless to say, I'll be missing a bunch of DX for quite a while.
>
>By comparison, you should feel much better now!
>
>73 Ken K5KC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
>Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:33 PM
>To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [OKDXA] Revoltin' development...
>
>Well, dang it!  My rotator done froze up. Must've been some sleet
>built up around it. I finally got it rocked loose, but it cost me a
>good hour an a half of checking and fiddling to make sure everything
>was OK. At least nothing is broken...
>
>Kim, N5OP
>
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