[SMCARA] Antenna Party

[Daniel Metcalf]

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/DSN 995-3793
>> Fax: (301) 342-3276
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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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