[SJDXA] Antenna project etc Friday?

[Karl F. Bowman DVM]

Quick questions re: pipe used for coax runs: 

1.  Are you planning on having access portals along the route so that access to coax, threading of new chase lines, or drainage of sagging pipe can be done?
2.  Are you planning on installing the pipe along a gradient so that any water entering the pipe will flow to one, dependent location for draining?
Obviously, these concerns may not be important since you are using continuous PVC irrigation pipe.   I just worry about long-term maintenance.  

Please accept my apology for any problems these questions may cause.  My intentions are to be helpful.  

73, Karl W4CHX

Karl Bowman, W4CHXNC COML Type III AHIMT NC0039ECD / NC SS-AUXCOMM Instructor
ARRL NC Section Manager5509 Shimer Farm LaneRaleigh, NC 27614-6301919-669-6068 (mobile)tuvets at bellsouth.net


 

    On Monday, November 11, 2019, 10:18:18 AM EST, Bob Schenck N2OO <n2oo at comcast.net> wrote:  
 
 
SJDXA members,

Last week Beth and I escaped for several days to the Lancaster area. It was Beth’s week off from pre-school! It was a welcome diversion for both of us.

I think we might be running out of time to accomplish much with our project, but we really should get something done.

Jeff N2SQA suggested that we use flexible irrigation pvc pipe for our coax and rotor cable runs. He found a price of $108 for a 250’ roll from a supply house.

I think this would work well.

Digging a trench might be a little easier than originally thought. Not only would this pipe provide a continuous run that both wires SHOULD push right through, but we could more easily route the pipe “off” the paths where they would not necessarily need to be buried. They really only need to be buried wherever they would cross an open area or path. As long as this is OK with HM. 

I am beginning to think that at the very least, we could get this PVC and prepare our coax and rotor cable runs to the two towers before winter sets in.

If we do not get to putting up the 15 meter beam, we should probably take it down from leaning in the tree and partially disassemble it and store it someplace safe. Just take the elements off the boom.

If we can get ALL of our hardware prepared now, we should be more ready for a Spring antenna raising project.

Things that we can do over the rest of the Fall and the winter are selecting and testing our rotors. We may need some U Bolts for mounting as I recall that some may have been missing on the lower mast mounts.. Acquire and prepare boxes similar to what is on the HM shed to mount on each tower where we could terminate our coax and rotor cables in a weather proof box to ease future maintenance and testing. 

As you know, we now have all coax and rotor cable stored. 

  

I am looking at the weather for this week. It looks like the best weather day so far would be this Friday?

(Tuesday says rain/snow, Wednesday a high of 35 degrees, Thursday is no good for me, doc appt., so Friday looks like a high of 55 and partly sunny??)

  

  

Can I have a roll call of who might be able to come to the site on Friday around 9:30 AM?

  

  

  

See ya' in the Pileups!

73!

Bob Schenck, N2OO

President SJDXA

GO SJDXA!!! www.sjdxa.org

  
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