[South Florida DX Association] K4FK update

[Bill Dzurilla]

Thank you, gentlemen, great news!

73, Bill NZ5N

--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Ed Callaway <n4ii at arrl.net> wrote:

> From: Ed Callaway <n4ii at arrl.net>
> Subject: [South Florida DX Association] K4FK update
> To: "SFDXA" <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 1:19 PM
> This morning N4PL (Wald Sierocinski,
> Motorola ARC President), K4XF, and I
> worked on the K4FK antenna issues.  Upon climbing the
> tower, N4PL found that
> the suspect clockwise limit switch wire was broken at the
> rotor terminal.
> He repaired it, and another that had similarly corroded and
> failed at a
> touch, and added a strain relief to the rotor cable so the
> others might last
> longer.  He then turned the beam to due South (where
> the controller thought
> it was) and tightened the yagi-mast U-bolts, which had
> worked loose.
> 
> Back on the roof, we lowered the 40/30m dipoles (they're on
> a pulley system)
> and repaired the 30m dipole, which had a broken wire. 
> This is just a
> temporary fix, though, as its wire is really not made for
> antenna use and it
> will fail again soon.  I plan to purchase some #14
> Copperweld or equivalent
> in Orlando to make a more permanent fix for the
> dipoles.  Back in the shack,
> we reconnected the rotor controller to its cable and
> recalibrated.
> 
> Everything now works, although the 30m dipole seems a
> little short.
> However, the Pro III's tuner takes care of any
> mismatch.  The rotor now
> rotates again and, best of all, points in the correct
> direction.  To test it
> out, we worked T32BJ on 20m CW and someone else I'm
> forgetting at the
> moment.
> 
> Thanks to N4PL and K4XF for getting K4FK back into
> operation!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ed Callaway, N4II.
> 
> 
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