I met with Elliot Tuesday morning at the Florida Medical Center to exchange the antenna.  I could not bring up the repeater from my mobile. 

Upon arriving, Elliot called me and said that the elevator to radio room was not operational!  He had brought all of his tools and belt to take care of the antenna exchange, and of course, he refused to try to get to the radio room, hauling a bunch of tools on a hand truck up the stairs!  We cancelled the antenna swap!

I didn't have as much to carry, so I offered to use the stairs to check out the radio room.  We wanted to check and assure that the radio room had power, thinking that the non-functional elevator, could possibly be related to a power failure.  Power was fine at the radio room.  I checked the repeater and noticed a red led "PA Fail" light was lit.  I rebooted the repeater and tried to bring it up.  The "PA Fail" LED re-lit.  So.. K4FK/R is down temporarily.

I unboxed the antenna and took a look at the instructions for assembly.  The Chinese instructions were ridiculous!  I didn't have time to decipher the instructions, so I took the antenna home. for assembly.  I will be going back to K4FK this weekend to see if the elevator has been repaired and to deliver the antenna.

I will send another email advising the membership if any progress is made!

Very 73,
Randy N4QV