----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Duehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: repeater antenna suggestions
Steve Hutzley wrote: > I inherited this repeater system. And I'm still learning as I go. There > is alot of work to do both inside and outside of the shack. The shack > and 160' tower is located on private property owned by a ham, so access > and tower work is not an issue. > The tower came off an air foce base in 1971 +/-...it is rugged. You > climb up a ladder inside the three sided tower. Nice having the ladder, > but stinks when you have to carry stuff up...and I'm not a small guy > either. Get a good lanyard and a bucket and hang it from your climbing harness behind and below you. Put the bulky stuff in the bucket. :-) Better yet, quit climbing alone (which adds too many unnecessary risks anyway) and buy a pulley and take a rope up with you. Clip the pulley to something sturdy up-top, and have your buddy who thought he was getting out of doing the hard part down at the truck -- pull the heavy stuff up to you via same rope now fed back down to him through said pulley. (Of course, if there's room and said buddy is smart, he'll hook the rope to another pulley at the base of the tower, then to the bumper of the truck and back up slowly... maintaining his ultra-lazyness.) > Now before you diss the Hustler, read this. > > I tried to get in contact with several other vendors who still make > antennas for the ham band to find a local dealer to talk to, but it > appears that these folks just don't want my money. Big names who make > commercial stuff too. Too bad. Did you talk to antenna manufacturer's or dealers? This stuff is usually sold through dealers in the commercial world. Tessco has always been a good place to call, for many of us. > I'll let you all know how it works after we install it. Hopefully Mother > nature will cooperate....In December....in New Hampshire...... "Antennas hung in a snowstorm work forever(TM)." :-) Nate WY0X Hey, that is an Wyoming saying...Don't forget the 40 mph wind and the low temps on the mountain top.... 73 Mike - N7ZEF
