[SixClub] Best laid plans...

[K8RI on Six]

On 8/31/2012 1:42 AM, K8RI on Six wrote:
> I believe it was about a week ago, I said I hoped to have the BU antenna
> up the next day...Welll... The new AV640 is finally together and on the
> saw horses next to the R8 vertical.
> Seems as I ended up on weight restrictions for a while...Again!
> At least no more heart attacks or strokes.

Success!

<snip>

This morning I swapped the AV-640 for the R8. I left the dimensions as 
the set up called for. The book also calls for leaving the top hats full 
size rather than cutting them as shown in the manual.

I only had to adjust 40 20 and six.
I over shot on 40 and under shot on six depending on how you look at it. 
  20 was close enough to use.

Due to the multi band nature, if you get too far off frequency on some 
of the bands like six it gets a bit strange, which is where the VNA is 
really handy in setting up the bands.

I still need to shorten the radiator a couple inches for 40 meters and 
lengthen it about an inch or so on six, but both are currently close 
enough to use without an auxiliary tuner.

I think I may have mentioned that I can let the antenna down, make 
adjustments and crank it back up into position in just over 5 minutes, 
but I do show that winch handle a lot of respect.


So...where were all you guys on 6 this afternoon?


>
> Sooo... N8ERF came over and move the AV-640 out to the saw horses which
> have the R-8 laying on them, still mounted on the 24' mast. I just need
> to remove the R-8 and install the AV-640 onto the mast.  BTW after
> running all the bands on the R-8 through the VNI I never even put power
> to it.  Unfortunately my wife broke up the shipping boxes and they went
> to the recycler yesterday.

Actually after I let the R-8 down and disconnected the guy lines "some 
one" ran over both screw in anchors with the lawn mower.   I've gotta 
pull the mower deck, but I have a feeling that it was harder on the deck 
and spindle bearings than it was on the anchors. Those anchors are 1/2" 
spring steel rod with a triangular top with the rest coiled up so they 
can be screwed into the ground. They are  about 18" over all in length. 
  The mower deck straightened out the tops and part of the coiled part 
while pulling them completely out of the ground.

At any rate the AV640 is up and useable. It may be my backup antenna, 
but after a little more tweaking comes the top section for the 25G and 
the tribander.  I've pretty much decided to just put up the tribander 
and forgo the WARC 7.  I'd rather concentrate on the 3L 4 and 7L 6-meter 
antennas

73

Roger (K8RI).

>
> So I'm a good week behind, but making progress.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
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