From dpease at adams.net Thu Aug 11 11:40:28 2016 From: dpease at adams.net (Danny Pease) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 10:40:28 -0500 Subject: [WIARC] Swapfest this Saturday Message-ID: <00df01d1f3e6$afcfe4c0$0f6fae40$@adams.net> This Saturday is our annual Swapfest and I want to encourage everyone to attend if at all possible. Officially, we start at 8:00 AM but people will be wanting to get in as early as 6:00 AM. Coffee will be available pretty early as will breakfast. This year we are glad to have the ARRL Illinois Section Manager Tom Ciciora, KA9QPN speaking at 9:30 AM. Tom will update us on Illinois Section news and will answer questions anyone might have, what Tom refers to as AMA, Ask Me Anything. This is a great chance to learn more about what the ARRL does at the state level. We will have at least three vendors this year, Amateur Accessories, D and L Antenna and Dit and Dash. We also have free tailgating in the flea market with paid admission and we will again have food and drinks available. A volunteer exam session will take place at the Red Cross starting at 1:00 PM and it appears that there will be a pretty good sized group that are wanting to test. We could use a couple more volunteers to help with the gate that morning, contact Bill, N9UPG if you can help with that. We also could use another body or two to help set up tables and to help unload vendors Friday evening after 5:00 PM. We will need a few to help the vendors load back up Saturday afternoon as well. There may be several small job that will pop up during the day Saturday, if you are available and willing, check with me and I can find something for you to do. If you cannot help in any other way, at least come out, purchase a ticket, eat breakfast or lunch with us and spend a few dollars with the vendors. I understand there is some kind of an auction going on at the Eagles main building that day as well. See you all on Saturday morning. Danny NG9R From dpease at adams.net Sun Aug 28 16:34:28 2016 From: dpease at adams.net (Danny Pease) Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 15:34:28 -0500 Subject: [WIARC] antenna work Message-ID: <047b01d2016b$9311a020$b934e060$@adams.net> A recent storm in Quincy took down one end of our wire antenna at the Red Cross. We have a chance to get our antenna work accomplished this week and looking at the weather forecast, it looks like Thursday morning may be our best bet. Anyone that can help this coming Thursday about 9:00 AM, please let me know. I don't think it will take even 2 hours as long as we have everything we need on hand. Thanks Danny NG9R From dpease at adams.net Mon Aug 29 09:37:16 2016 From: dpease at adams.net (Danny Pease) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:37:16 -0500 Subject: [WIARC] antenna work In-Reply-To: References: <047b01d2016b$9311a020$b934e060$@adams.net> Message-ID: <00b301d201fa$74f08fe0$5ed1afa0$@adams.net> Thanks Dave, At the last meeting, NR9Q said he would be available the last week of August. We talked Saturday and he told me to pick a day and ask for help, based on the weather forecast I looked at Sunday, Thursday looked like the best morning. Chris will climb the tower but we will need some ground support. I plan to be there and I hope at least a couple of others can make it as well. With the downed end of the dipole has been reinstalled, we may have to have a way to lower both ends of the OCF dipole to attach the wires to the new balun, we will for sure if the feedpoint is lowered more than a foot or so. We also will need whatever hardware it will take to attach the wires to the new balun, ring lugs (if so, what size?) and I suspect the current balun has a crimp ferrule to hold the cable to provide strain relief, we will need to figure out the best way to do that and what we will need to do it. If a pulley was not installed on the east end of the dipole when it went back up, we might want to think about adding one so that we do not need a bucket truck every time we want to lower that end of the antenna. We also need to remove whatever it is hanging off the south end of the Red Cross building, which means a way to get up there. Thoughts? Danny -----Original Message----- From: Dave Soncek [mailto:dss2609 at comcast.net] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 5:16 AM To: Danny Pease Subject: Re: [WIARC] antenna work Danny The OCF dipole is back in service. We need someone to climb tower and install new matching balun and the choke. Dave WA9GBC -----Original Message----- From: Danny Pease Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 3:34 PM To: wiarc at mailman.qth.net Subject: [WIARC] antenna work To unsubscribe or make changes to your personal setting for the WIARC list, please go to http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wiarc A recent storm in Quincy took down one end of our wire antenna at the Red Cross. We have a chance to get our antenna work accomplished this week and looking at the weather forecast, it looks like Thursday morning may be our best bet. Anyone that can help this coming Thursday about 9:00 AM, please let me know. I don't think it will take even 2 hours as long as we have everything we need on hand. Thanks Danny NG9R ______________________________________________________________ WIARC mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wiarc Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:WIARC at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From mnowack at comcast.net Tue Aug 30 11:37:03 2016 From: mnowack at comcast.net (Michael Nowack) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:37:03 -0500 Subject: [WIARC] antenna work In-Reply-To: <00b301d201fa$74f08fe0$5ed1afa0$@adams.net> References: <047b01d2016b$9311a020$b934e060$@adams.net> <00b301d201fa$74f08fe0$5ed1afa0$@adams.net> Message-ID: Danny I went by Red Cross yesterday. The dipole was rehung with the pully in place. The loose rope on the roof peak is still there but now laying on the building roof. Not hanging down Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 29, 2016, at 8:37 AM, Danny Pease wrote: > > To unsubscribe or make changes to your personal setting for the WIARC list, please go to http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wiarc > > > Thanks Dave, > > At the last meeting, NR9Q said he would be available the last week of > August. We talked Saturday and he told me to pick a day and ask for help, > based on the weather forecast I looked at Sunday, Thursday looked like the > best morning. Chris will climb the tower but we will need some ground > support. I plan to be there and I hope at least a couple of others can make > it as well. > > With the downed end of the dipole has been reinstalled, we may have to have > a way to lower both ends of the OCF dipole to attach the wires to the new > balun, we will for sure if the feedpoint is lowered more than a foot or so. > We also will need whatever hardware it will take to attach the wires to the > new balun, ring lugs (if so, what size?) and I suspect the current balun has > a crimp ferrule to hold the cable to provide strain relief, we will need to > figure out the best way to do that and what we will need to do it. > > If a pulley was not installed on the east end of the dipole when it went > back up, we might want to think about adding one so that we do not need a > bucket truck every time we want to lower that end of the antenna. > > We also need to remove whatever it is hanging off the south end of the Red > Cross building, which means a way to get up there. > > Thoughts? > > Danny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Soncek [mailto:dss2609 at comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 5:16 AM > To: Danny Pease > Subject: Re: [WIARC] antenna work > > Danny > > The OCF dipole is back in service. We need someone to climb tower and > install new matching balun and the choke. > > Dave > > WA9GBC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Danny Pease > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 3:34 PM > To: wiarc at mailman.qth.net > Subject: [WIARC] antenna work > > To unsubscribe or make changes to your personal setting for the WIARC list, > please go to http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wiarc > > > A recent storm in Quincy took down one end of our wire antenna at the Red > Cross. We have a chance to get our antenna work accomplished this week and > looking at the weather forecast, it looks like Thursday morning may be our > best bet. Anyone that can help this coming Thursday about 9:00 AM, please > let me know. I don't think it will take even 2 hours as long as we have > everything we need on hand. > > > > Thanks > > > > Danny NG9R > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > WIARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wiarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:WIARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > WIARC mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wiarc > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:WIARC at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From dpease at adams.net Wed Aug 31 09:58:31 2016 From: dpease at adams.net (Danny Pease) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:58:31 -0500 Subject: [WIARC] Antenna work Thursday Message-ID: <06d201d2038f$c1ea9a70$45bfcf50$@adams.net> We are still planning on working on changing out the balun on the OCF dipole Thursday morning. I have heard from a few that can make it. We will start around 9:00 AM and hopefully have everything wrapped up by 11:00. Danny