Actually- I disagree. Ham or not- you should repair it the right way.
At the very least you need to replace all the equipment, feedline,
connectors, antenna, mounts, wireties, and anything else associated with the
system. You do not want to take a chance on any of your equipment going bad at
any point in the future.
Second- I would approach the site owner about tearing down the water tower
and rebuilding it. You wouldn't want to take any chances of the water tower
causing any problems with your equipment, including becoming structurly unsound
and falling down. You may want to push for a site study before they re-build it
to see if that location is more prone to lightning strikes, and if that is the
case work with them to relocate it at a more suitable location.
Finally, I would push the local electric utility to bring in new lines all
the way back to the closest generation station. You don't know if any of that
strike got back in the ac mains and that there may be a potential problem lying
out there.
Best to do it right and cover all bases.
;)
Just kidding. You fixed it like I would too- If it's working leave it alone!
Congradulations on the good find!
Tom
W9SRV
Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote:
> This is a follow up to my original post.
> Bottom line: Almost all the advice I got here was 100% on-the-mark. Thanks
> to all who contributed. and please don't shoot me for not replacing the
> hardline. I don't get to make those decisions!
I wouldn't worry about it-as you said, it's a ham project, and as long
as it checks good, leave it.
I would've done the same thing on my system. Now-for a PS agency, no. It
is actually cheaper in the long run to replace it then pay someone to
splice the old, just to have a problem again in 5 years or so. But when
you have to pay someone to do something, the cost of that is a HUGE
factor, and frequently is the majority of the cost of whatever is being
done.
--
Jim Barbour
WD8CHL
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