[SCCC] FW: AEA Club Showcase Volunteers Needed

Tue Aug 22 19:22:19 EDT 2017

All -

I now have more information about the free tower.  I have three inquiries
so far ... so you may want to read the fine print below.  A photo is
attached to this email.

The three nested segments are 9 ft long, putting it well within the
capability of a full-size pickup or UHaul flatbed trailer (
https://www.uhaul.com/Trailers/6x12-Utility-Trailer-Rental/RO/) .  You
would probably not get the trailer into my driveway, however.  (Tom, this
answers your question.)

Be aware that I am not an expert on towers.  I'm only involved to the
extent that there was room in my driveway to store the thing short term.

73 Kate K6HTN

Yes, Jim Marr sent this description.
Note that it is only 66 feet, not 90.  My error.

John

Begin forwarded message:

*From:* James Marr <jcmarr4 at mac.com>
*Date:* August 18, 2017 at 09:39:27 PDT
*To:* Minger John <john.minger at gmail.com>
*Cc:* Bob Vanderwall <vanderwallbob at yahoo.com>, Jim Marr <aa6qi at arrl.net>
*Subject:* *Re: Tower Description*

John,

The tower was manufactured by Heights (http://www.heightstowers.com).

I don’t know the exact model number but it is an aluminum, 66 ft, three
section, telescoping tower similar to those that you can find on the
Heights website under ‘products’.

The tower needs a substantial amount of work.  Specifically:
- A number of holes (something like 2” by 1/2”) have been warn through the
tower’s vertical elements where they were in contact with the guide
pulleys.  These holes will require a bit of aluminum welding to rebuild
them.
- The thrust bearing at the top of the tower needs replacing because we had
to split it in order to get the mast out when we took the tower down.
- The mast between the rotor and antenna needs to be replaced.
- A new base for the tower will need to be constructed since the old one
was embedded in concrete and left in place.
- The special ‘headless’ bolts used to attache the segments of each
telescoping section will need to be replaced since we had to cut them to
get the tower apart.

The tower does come with a rotor and rotor controller but I don’t know what
the model is.  It is a big one though, something like a CDE Ham-M or such.
It likely needs to be disassembled and lubricated (not a difficult job;
I’ve done this to other rotors before).

— Jim

On Aug 18, 2017, at 9:18 AM, John Minger <john.minger at gmail.com> wrote:

Bob and Jim,

Since the big tower has been left temporarily on Kate's driveway, there is
some urgency to getting it gone.  I'd like to use a better description than
just "90 foot crank-up", in hopes that the right ham will read it and
decide to take it.  For example, who manufactured it?  Any suggestions will
be welcome.

John

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Manorama Gollakota <
manorama.gollakota at aero.org> wrote:

> Hello Kate,
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> I’m working with Rancho Palos Verdes City (RPV) council to see if I can
> get approval for installing an antenna tower on my property.
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> Earlier, someone had offered  a 30 ft antenna (a mere five miles from my
> home) but I was awaiting RPV City Council’s guidance before taking it.   I
> still am waiting to find out if I can install an antenna tower.
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> Do you have any pictures of it.  That will help to coordinate it with the
> City and also to coordinate for a move and reinstall.
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> Any guidance for tower install will be much appreciated.  Is it 90 ft
> long?
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> Rama
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> *****************************
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> Manorama Gollakota, PhD
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> Sr. Project Leader, Integration and Assurance
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> Military GPS User Equipment
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> The Aerospace Corporation
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> Office: 310-336-1403 <(310)%20336-1403>
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> Cell: 424-321-0609 <(424)%20321-0609>
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> *From:* Ryan A Noguchi
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 22, 2017 11:14 AM
> *To:* Kirk B Crawford <kirk.b.crawford at aero.org>; Albert Leong <
> albert.leong at aero.org>; Archie Buchanan <archieb at socal.rr.com>; LANAHAN,
> ROBERT J JR CTR USAF AFSPC SMC/ADY <robert.lanahan.ctr at us.af.mil>; Ching
> S Kong <ching.s.kong at aero.org>; Dan Ingold <dan.ingold at aero.org>; Don
> Taylor <dtaylor37 at socal.rr.com>; Donald C Hall <donald.c.hall at aero.org>;
> Jesus L Rivera <jesus.l.rivera at aero.org>; Joseph H Pham <
> joseph.h.pham at aero.org>; Joseph R Barger <joseph.r.barger at aero.org>; Judy
> S Kerner <judy.s.kerner at aero.org>; Manorama Gollakota <
> manorama.gollakota at aero.org>; Philip D Martzen <philip.d.martzen at aero.org>;
> Teresa A Moore <teresa.a.moore at aero.org>; Thomas R Essenpreis <
> thomas.r.essenpreis at aero.org>; Victor S Lin <victor.s.lin at aero.org>
> *Subject:* RE: AEA Club Showcase Volunteers Needed
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> FYI, from the Southern California Contest Club reflector just now. Not
> sure if the club or any member wants to snag this, but I figured I’d let
> y’all decide.
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> [SCCC] free tower
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> *Kate Hutton* katehutton at gmail.com
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> Contesters -
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> A 90 ft (?) aluminum crank-up tower was donated to the Pasadena Radio Club
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> & they don't have a use for it.  It is currently "stored" in my driveway
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> (in Pasadena) & is free for the hauling.
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> It is in three 10-12 ft sections, each nested.  Two physically-fit people
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> can lift each section.
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> If it's not gone in a week, we're going to be looking for a scrap dealer.
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> 73 Kate Hutton K6HTN
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> Ryan Noguchi
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> Director, Space Architecture Department
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> The Aerospace Corporation
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> 310-336-1879 <(310)%20336-1879> office
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> 310-953-5485 <(310)%20953-5485> mobile
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> ryan.a.noguchi at aero.org
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> *From:* Kirk B Crawford
> *Sent:* Friday, July 21, 2017 1:50
> *To:* Albert Leong <albert.leong at aero.org>; Archie Buchanan <
> archieb at socal.rr.com>; LANAHAN, ROBERT J JR CTR USAF AFSPC SMC/ADY <
> robert.lanahan.ctr at us.af.mil>; Ching S Kong <ching.s.kong at aero.org>; Dan
> Ingold <dan.ingold at aero.org>; Don Taylor <dtaylor37 at socal.rr.com>; Donald
> C Hall <donald.c.hall at aero.org>; Jesus L Rivera <jesus.l.rivera at aero.org>;
> Joseph H Pham <joseph.h.pham at aero.org>; Joseph R Barger <
> joseph.r.barger at aero.org>; Judy S Kerner <judy.s.kerner at aero.org>; Kirk B
> Crawford <kirk.b.crawford at aero.org>; Manorama Gollakota <
> manorama.gollakota at aero.org>; Philip D Martzen <philip.d.martzen at aero.org>;
> Ryan A Noguchi <ryan.a.noguchi at aero.org>; Teresa A Moore <
> teresa.a.moore at aero.org>; Thomas R Essenpreis <
> thomas.r.essenpreis at aero.org>; Victor S Lin <victor.s.lin at aero.org>
> *Subject:* AEA Club Showcase Volunteers Needed
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> AEA Amateur Radio Club,
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> I got this from Bill Endres, AEA Communications & Marketing Committee:
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> *Beginning in August we would like to set up a table in the cafeteria,
> during lunch on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s, which would be manned by a
> representative from two clubs each week  (two clubs at the table on both
> Tues & Thurs) from 1130-1230.  The table would have the AEA banner and any
> items you would like to display to advertise your club.  Attached is a
> draft schedule, if your club can’t support the week on the schedule please
> propose a week you can support.*
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> We are scheduled on week 2, August 22 and August 24.   I would like to get
> volunteers for this table.  You don’t have to do both days if you
> volunteer.  Unfortunately I will be out of town on vacation at the time.
> I suspect we can have some flyers at the table, and maybe pull some radios
> out of the A3 shack since it is nearby for a visual aid.
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> Any volunteers?
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> 73,
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> Kirk Crawford, KK6KC
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> AEA Amateur Radio Club President
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> Kirk Crawford
> Software Engineer
> Space Instrumentation Department
> The Aerospace Corporation
> +1-310-336-6256 <(310)%20336-6256>
> kirk.b.crawford at aero.org
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