Paul-
Sorry to hear about your damage. I hope no one else suffered any
serious damage from the winds, but I can say I did. The lead screw on
the elevation drive on my 16' dish broke in the wind and the dish
crashed down on the mount and it looks like I won't ba able to fix it
till spring- it will require the use of a crane to lift the dish back
up once repair hardware is obtained and a method of attaching it is
determined. So far, it appears that there was no other damage to the
feed, feed support, or reflector and as far as I know, the azimuth
drive still functions (I haven't tested it, but it's indicating that
all is okay). for now, the dish is secured to the mount with a 'come
along" to keep it from lifting in any more winds we might get until
it's fixed.
Dave K2DH
Quoting Paul Mackanos - K2DB <k2db@k2db.org>:
> The big winds of yesterday (apparently 75 mph gusts) took down a 75 foot
> pine tree at the top of the hill by my tower. From what I am told, the tree
> is leaning on my shed and entangled in the main electrical wires from the
> main pole to the pole that has my electrical meter. It took out a set of guy
> wires, but the good news is the tower is still up. The power is still on but
> the phone line is out. The top of the tree is setting on the DX engineering
> antenna switch box which is bolted to the tower. Looks like an emergency
> trip to the North Country will be asap. Will keep you informed. National
> Grid said they will take care of it and to not go anywhere near the tree or
> wires. (When they take care of it is another story). I cannot drive down the
> driveway to the camp due to the tree.
>
> I had no idea that anything was wrong, as I was on the air remotely from
> there last night, working cw on 40 and turning the beam, all seemed ok and I
> worked a few stations.
>
> Just logged in there and all seems ok except no phone service. I hope I can
> get up there and take pictures before the tree gets removed :-)
>
> Looks like the good news is: They are responsible for removing it and fixing
> the wires as it is on their side of my electrical meter.
>
>
>
> Paul K2DB
>
>
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