Roger, the 28th will work for me. I haven't confirmed
it with my wife (she's on the beach today - we're down
here in Naples, FL this week).
Otherwise, send me your snail mail address and I'll
find it on mapquest.
What time do you want to get started on the 28th?
-Tim
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--- Roger Hackler <rhackler@...> wrote:
Oops...now this time with the pics
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Hackler [mailto:rhackler@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 16:18
To: n4n_field_day@...
Subject: KN6RO Tower Project Update
Well Gang, it's time for the latest KN6RO tower
project update.
The line pump did in fact manage to show up last
Thursday, late in the
evening. Unfortunately Kimberly had the digicam and
I didn't get any
pictures of the fun.
However, the base did get poured, and the coins put
in for good luck!
Actually, I finished the concrete and put the coins
right on top! I figure
that without all of that mud to go through, the
electrons have a much better
chance of getting home.
So, at that point, I had a huge concrete cube in the
ground with 10 feet of
tower in in. Last night I got a little froggy and
bolted the second section
on, walked it up, so now I have 20 feet in the air.
Lesson learned - For
field day raising 20 feet of tower is a 7 man
operation, but with it stuck
on a fold over base and 6000 Lbs of concrete, it can
be done by one man. 20
feet is about all I can handle by myself. I think
that I'm going to need
about 6 folks to stand the whole 50 feet of tower
with the antennas
attached.
The KT-34 construction is coming along. Dave Moss,
If you're available
Saturday Morning for a couple or 4 hours to help me
with the antenna, I sure
could use it.
The last of the stuff I need is not going to be here
until the 26th...and
with the weather this weekend scheduled to be
questionable (which means
it'll be fine), I would like to see who is available
for Saturday, August
28th to have a tower party and get this thing done.
I have lots of beer and lots of food!!!!
I'm attaching some pics for your viewing pleasure.
The ones of the balun on the beam are
interesting...notice how the aluminum
plate now forms to the balun courtesy of the
stainless hose clamps.
See y'all soon!
73 de KN6RO
Roger
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