[SMCARA] Antenna Party

[Daniel Metcalf]

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
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> 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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