[TowerTalk] MFJ QRT on May 17, 2024

[Jim W7RY]

Is there a bearing on the top of the tower?
How far below the bearing is the rotor?
How long is the mast?

Jim W7RY


On 4/29/2024 4:05 PM, maflukey at gmail.com wrote:
> You need to buy, fabricate, or borrow a mast raising fixture.
>
> 73
> Matt
> KM5VI
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Don Tucker
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 12:57 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] MFJ QRT on May 17, 2024
>
> Chuckle! Got on the air two months short of 70 years ago and there was
> always some bitchin' going on the about some issue by a part of the ham
> community. Today we're still bitchin', just the technical content has
> changed. We haven't.
>
> Now, how about telling me an easy way to lift a mast with a TH7DX and A3WS
> on it up and out of a T2X rotator enough so I can yank the rotator (broken
> tooth?) out. Would like to do it straight up and yes could tilt the tower
> (HG-70HD) over but still leaves the rotator problem (1/2 boom length of the
> TH7DX leaves the tower still way up with same problem).
> Want to avoid having to drop the antenna.
>
> Don W7WLL
>
> On 4/29/2024 8:42 AM, Ken WA8JXM wrote:
>> I can say this:  back when I started (1963) we had 300 kc/s for CW only on
>> 80m and many nights it was difficult to find an open spot to call CQ.
> 75m
>> phone had 200 kc/s and was crowded even worse.  Now CW effectively has
>> about 70 kHz and it's mostly empty, maybe two or three signals.  Newer
>> hams have no idea what ham radio used to be :-(
>>
>> However, the FT8 spot is busy.
>>
>> I'm not big on FT8, but I do appreciate it:  1) it brings activity to our
>> bands.  If we don't use it, we will lose it.   2)  it is an efficient
> mode,
>> cramming many signals into a small bandwidth and decoding signals that
>> we can't even hear.  Great technical job.
>>
>> Some people decry FT8 for lack of useful communication.  But at least
>> it communicates useful signal reports and location which is a lot more
>> than the typical "599 TU" DX or contest contact communicates.
>>
>> Ken WA8JXM
>>
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Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY