On the one's I've removed, there wasn't a need to use a torch. Just remove the screws at the top and bottom and pull from the base. When finished examining the removed assembly, it should slide back together without too much fuss.
Jack - N7OO ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Metzger To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:05 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Stationmaster Disassembly / Re-Assembly Hello Jim, Actually, I took my first super station master apart just last week or so. I removed guts of the antenna, and replaced them with a 70CM Diamond F718A vertical (11.5db). The entire Diamond antenna slid right up into the shell of the super station master with room to spare (about 3 feet shy of the tip). This will allow me to utilize the Diamond F718 antenna at a mountain top repeater site without having to worry about it's wet noodle characteristics in the wind. Also, this will will allow the antenna to blend in at a commercial hill top site. So, in answer to your question below Jim, I have no answer, since in my case I am not re-using the original guts. Paul Metzger K6EH ---------------------------------------------------------- On Apr 28, 2007, at 20:48, Jim Cicirello wrote: Hi Paul, I have been following this post as I have a stationmaster to disassemble. Did you take a large torch to the top metal point while the guts were pulled away from the tip? When you go to reassemble, is there anything that needs to be heated again on the top? Thanks Jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Metzger Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Stationmaster Disassembly I had to take a large propane torch to the the of mine just last week in order to get it apart. Paul Metzger K6EH ----------------------------------- On Apr 27, 2007, at 12:54, Steve Hutzley wrote: Folks, We took down the 220 MHz "Phelps Dodge Model 200" Stationmaster off our tower to see if it can be rescued. There is no gel-coat left on it at all. I got the three screws around the perimiter of the mounting tube (aluminum) out, I found a stainless set screw in the copper tip. I also found three 7/16" hex head bolts around the perimiter of the RF connector. It appears that there is some sort of rubber bladder inside the mounting tube as well. Any clues, tips, ideas or suggestions so we can see what the internals look like before we go to the trouble of re-gelling it? Thanks Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.
