[VHFcontesting] Antenna setback

[N1BUG]

Hi folks,

Rumors concerning my imminent return to the bands may have been slightly 
overstated!

I had an incident this morning. While jacking the mast to raise it and 
get the rotator back in the tower, the coax on the 222 and 432 yagis got 
caught somewhere and I didn't notice until it was too late. There are so 
many tasks to juggle, so many things to watch and be aware of, but only 
one of me to do it all. Those two antennas will have to come back down 
to have the coax replaced. 2m may also be damaged, but I can't be sure 
until I lower the mast to where I can look at it more closely.

This is a significant setback and I am not sure what is going to happen 
now. Assuming I can budget for new coax and connectors, this will set me 
back about a month. I have to climb on average three times for each 
antenna, both taking them down and putting them back up. With weather 
and other factors, I don't get many days that I can work. I will have to 
consider whether it would be in my best interest to set this aside until 
Spring and try to get the HF tower repaired for winter instead of 
starting over on this VHF stuff. I'm not likely to have time for both 
and I need to get SOMETHING operational.

73,
Paul N1BUG