[NCC] Hytower wanted

[Tim Jellison]

Well, he has a rather sizable bone-pile of Hytower parts now but some of 
them (as you know) are in pretty rough shape.  He thinks he has enough 
to make 4 good ones, but said he wouldn't mind having another one just 
to be sure.  So he asked me to put something out on the NCC reflector 
for him.  Goose did the same on the MRRC reflector.

When I got there, I found that just about all of his egg insulators are 
cracked and falling apart (they were installed upside down). The plan 
was to replace them, but once we looked things over we found the EHS is 
all rusted badly too.  So Don, bless he heart, stepped up and wants to 
replace all the guy wires.  It's a sizable investment, but no sense 
doing it half way.  I credit him for keeping his tower in top shape.  
It's been up nearly 30 years.  He's going to round up parts, make the 
new guy wires, then I'll go back at a later date and just replace all of 
them.

So once that determination was made, we just spent the next 3 hours 
sitting on the porch and BS'ing.  It's always a privilege to sit around 
and chat with Don.  I'm so fortunate to be around guys like him - true 
legends in HR.  If this part-time job has done nothing else for my 
mental health, it's allowed me to spend time with some great people 
these past 3 years.  Some of the guys I've worked for are jerks, but 
most of them are just fun to hang with.

I hope you feel better today.  I felt for you yesterday as I could see 
how much pain you had.  But the whole crew kicked ass on Saturday, much 
to the credit of everyone.  I guess we need to face up to the fact that 
none of us are spring chickens any more.  Maybe we need to start 
scheduling this stuff in a more conservative fashion.  As with this 
project - just assume from the start that we're going to spend two days 
at it instead of one very long day. We really need to start being 
careful that someone doesn't "go down" out there because we're pushing 
too hard.

In any event, I'm glad we got it done.  I can't tell you how much better 
I felt on the tower once all the guys were replaced.  I was really 
starting to get scared being on that tower.  I don't every wanna go SPLAT.

Take care buddy.

73


On 8/2/2015 10:11 PM, tleek8az wrote:
> Gee, Last week he thought he had 5 either in hand or lined up.  Must have
> had some disappointments down the line......
>
> Thanks again for the long day yesterday and the extra "free" day on
> Friday.  Very happy to have this project done.
>
> Maybe next time, we just drop the guy lines, get out 1000 rolls of Scotch
> 88, and tape the suckers.  (N9RV said that one of the PVRC guys made that
> suggestion.)  Well, it would probably be cheaper......
>
> Did only a little cleanup today.  Had real trouble moving much.  Tomorrow
> will be better!
>
> Hope things went well at Don's today.
>
> 73,
> Tom
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Tim Jellison <w3yq at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Don, K8MFO is building a 4 square out of Hytowers.  He has several but
>> would like to find one more.  If you have one you wouldn't mind parting
>> with, please contact Don at K8MFO at aol.com.
>>
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