[SFDXA] Tower work almost done

Pete Rimmel N8PR n8pr at bellsouth.net
Sat Apr 18 18:13:21 EDT 2015


Many thanks to the 17 intrepid hams who came up to help replace the tower and put up the new Waller Flag/6 meter antenna, replace the rotor, and put in a 12 ft mast for the two antennas.

We almost got it all done, but just ran out of steam after 8-1/2 hours on the roof.  

We plan to be up there Tomorrow, Sunday at 9 AM to finish the project. 

If you have time to join us, I think that we can get it all done by lunch time... 

We have to put up the TH-11 and then test the cables and permanently fix/adjust the shortened top guy cables ( phillystran) 

Our big delay today was the time it took to dig the bottom of the tower out of 35 years of roofing tar to get to the bottom section bolts.  A dirty job, but it got done. 

No real mishaps, and only a little spilled blood.

Thanks again to everyone involved. 

73,  PeteR  N8PR



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