[SJDXA] Antenna project etc Friday?

[Jeff Thomson]

I'm good for Friday.

Jeff - N2SQA



On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 10:18 AM 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??)
>
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> Can I have a roll call of who might be able to come to the site on Friday
> around 9:30 AM?
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> See ya' in the Pileups!
>
> 73!
>
> Bob Schenck, N2OO
>
> President SJDXA
>
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