[Nodxa] K8VJG Antenna Party Successful

[METRO SINKO]

I am sure Ron really appreciates all the help from the members of getting  him back on the air....Metro
 

    On Thursday, November 9, 2017 3:57 PM, Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW) <kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org> wrote:
 

 
Glad to hear Ron is back in business....
73 de Tedd KB8NW


On 11/9/2017 1:06 PM, John Papay wrote:
> There was an antenna work party yesterday (11/8) at
> K8VJG to get Ron's antenna repaired after being down
> for quite a long time. Rick K8ZH, Denny WB8K, Mary N8DMM,
> Pete N8ATR and John K8YSE spent most of the day working
> on it. In the end, success!
>
> Rick K8ZH spent hours on the tower. He replaced the jumper
> from the StepIR antenna to the mainline coax. That didn't
> fix the problem although the jumper was kinked at the antenna and
> the control cable and antenna coax were not strapped together.
>
> The last time the antenna was worked on, it was to repair
> the coax and the control cable which had been ripped apart due
> to the antenna free wheeling. At that time the coax running
> down the tower was ripped apart at the shield and apparently
> the center conductor and dielectric was pulled up the tower
> from the N connector junction on the strand about 30' away from
> the tower leading into the house. The center pin of the N
> connector was pulled back about 1/4" and that opened the coax.
> The system worked after the previous repair but not for long.
> The connection was likely just making it at that time and finally
> separated causing the coax to go open.
>
> Pete and Denny worked on a new piece of cable that would
> run from the pigtail at the top of the tower to the connection
> on the strand. The cable was hoisted up the tower and Rick
> connected it and removed the old coax on the way down. A new
> N connector was installed on the end of the new coax and
> connected to the N female on the cable going into the house.
> The system was tested on 20m with a 1:1 SWR. Ron was back
> in business.
>
> It wasn't a bad day but cold at times when there was no sun.
> Rick was pretty cold when he finally got down off the tower. I
> don't know how he stayed up there that long.
>
> Thanks to everyone who helped get Ron back on the air. He
> is very appreciative of the effort.
>
> 73,
> John K8YSE
>
>
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