[SMCARA] Antenna Party
Daniel Metcalf
kb3uun at gmail.com
Thu Aug 1 09:29:06 EDT 2013
Tom,
I greatly appreciate all efforts in this matter. There are very few in the
club who have such expertise as climbing and installing components on a
tower. So again I will say Thank You to all involved!
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS <
frederic.clarke at navy.mil> wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> Latest update. Pete has spoken with a tree service with a bucket that
> fits our needs and is reasonably priced. We are looking at either the 9th
> or the 16th for the next antenna party. Pete will let us know when he gets
> verification on the truck availability. If we can do it on the 9th, that
> will get you the beam in time for the QSO Party, otherwise the dipole will
> do the trick.
>
> 73 Tom
>
> Tom Clarke
> Wyle, Inc Aeronautics
> P3 Product Lead, PEO(A)
> USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office
> Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P
> (301) 995-3793/DSN 995-3793
> Fax: (301) 342-3776
> Cell (301) 904-2053
> frederic.clarke at navy.mil
>
> “A good Navy is not a provocation to war.
> It is the surest guaranty of peace.”
> President Theodore Roosevelt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Metcalf [mailto:kb3uun at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 9:15 AM
> To: Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS
> Cc: smcara at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [SMCARA] Antenna Party
>
> Roger all, Wasn't sure the dipole was up to the task.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS <
> frederic.clarke at navy.mil> wrote:
>
>
> Depends on availability of bucket and Pete/Gene. Antenna is ready
> (up on the roof now). If not, the triplexer will work with the dipole,
> still allowing simops.
>
> Tom
>
> Tom Clarke
> Wyle, Inc Aeronautics
> P3 Product Lead, PEO(A)
>
> USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office
> Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P
> (301) 995-3793 <tel:%28301%29%20995-3793> /DSN 995-3793
>
> Fax: (301) 342-3776 <tel:%28301%29%20342-3776>
> Cell (301) 904-2053 <tel:%28301%29%20904-2053>
> frederic.clarke at navy.mil
>
> "A good Navy is not a provocation to war.
> It is the surest guaranty of peace."
> President Theodore Roosevelt
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Metcalf [mailto:kb3uun at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:39 AM
> To: Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS
> Cc: smcara at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [SMCARA] Antenna Party
>
>
> Is there any chance we can have the beam up by the 10th and 11th
> of August for the MD QSO Party? Tom Shelton was looking forward to using
> the triplexer for a voice station, a cw station and a digital station.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Daniel Metcalf <kb3uun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Thank you for making the effort and good call. Safety
> first.
>
> Dan - KB3UUN
>
> On Jul 26, 2013 10:18 AM, "Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS" <
> frederic.clarke at navy.mil> wrote:
>
>
> Well, the weather was great, we had a good crowd
> of helpers, the bucket
> was there, what could go wrong? It seems the buck
> was about 10 feet too
> short to reach the top of the tower!
>
> After a quick conference, it was decided in the
> interest of safety, not
> to attempt any "MacGuyver" solutions to the issue.
> The issue is that
> this is a relatively light weight, unguyed house
> bracketed tower and it
> moves around quite a bit with a climber and
> antenna up on top. During
> the last effort it was estimated that the top was
> moving around about a
> foot.
>
> Pete is going to try to find another bucket truck
> appropriate to the
> height we need and we will reschedule the beam
> installation.
>
> The dipole is connected to the rig in the museum
> and will be fine for
> the weekend contest operation.
>
> 73 Tom/W4OKW
>
> Tom Clarke
> P-3/C-130 Program Support, PEO(A)
> USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office
> Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P
>
> (301) 995-3793 <tel:%28301%29%20995-3793>
> <tel:%28301%29%20995-3793> /DSN 995-3793
> Fax: (301) 342-3276 <tel:%28301%29%20342-3276>
> <tel:%28301%29%20342-3276>
> Cell (301) 904-2053 <tel:%28301%29%20904-2053>
> <tel:%28301%29%20904-2053>
>
> frederic.clarke at navy.mil
> "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only
> because rough men stand in violence on their
> behalf."
> George Orwell
>
>
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> Dan Metcalf -- KB3UUN
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> Dan Metcalf -- KB3UUN
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