[NCC] Hytower wanted

[tleek8az]

QSL on all.

Yes, Don is one of the great ones.  Wow, talk about oral history!  That guy
has such a great memory!

Did you talk to Don about using Philly?  I really am convinced that, by the
time you break the guy wires up with insulators at appropriate lengths --
nothing close to resonance on ANY band -- your cost Delta is pretty
minimal.

Tell him to do this.  Transmit on an antenna and watch the SWR as he
rotates the antenna.  If, on any band, he sees a change, then his guy wires
are impacting his signal, at least a little.

You can also tell him that DXE has all the stuff and he can have it all in
a day.

I did put the caliper on several of the old Polygon wires.  Looks like they
lost about .01" of diameter maximum.  (From 0.375 to 0.365.)  They don't
look nearly as bad when the sun isn't shining on them.  (Greg came over to
take pictures yesterday and we didn't get the OMG factor there, either.

Very glad to have that one done.  Will worry about the others later on.

I did find the bottle of "rust converter", called Neutra Rust 661.  This
one says it was made in the UK for New York Bronze powder Co., Inc.  (But
that was 20+ years ago.)  Found something similar on the web:
http://neutrarustuk.com/neutrarust661.html

Looks like lots of products out there.  Agree that this is a great Pete
project.  (And applying this stuff makes a lot more sense than wire
brushing a whole tower.)

Safe travels back home.

73,
Tom

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:15 AM, Tim Jellison <w3yq at kl7wv.com> wrote:

> 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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