[sarcmembers] Re: Storm damage at SARC clubhouse, remote base etc
- From: "Bill McMillan" <12647@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:20:09 -0800
Do we need to get the antenna down at site 1 before the next storm? I can
help today (Sunday) if weather permits.
Bill McMillan
KI6LXV
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[mailto:sarcmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Dowler
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:11 PM
To: sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sarcmembers] Storm damage at SARC clubhouse, remote base etc
All
The clubhouse has suffered some damage from the last storm. The Cushcraft R8
vertical is now horizontal. It snapped at the insulator near the bottom. The
mount at the building itself looks perfectly intact. When the separation
occurred, a metal strap attaching the boom to the matching unit did not
separate and now the tuning unit is also damaged. Some of the horizontal
elements are now also mangled. I feel that the antenna is probably totaled.
Luckily, the fall of the antenna did not cause any damage to the roof. I was
at the station today because I was actually planning to use the antenna on
10M and 15M today.
The similar antenna at the remote base is now tilted at about a 35 degree
angle. Either the connecting mast will need to be replaced or the entire
antenna taken down until the replacement can occur. If we don't do something
soon, I suspect the antenna will fall and also be totaled.
While I was at site 1, I reset the router that seemed to go into a
diagnostic state during the storm. The remote base and Echolink node are
back in operation for those of you that noticed they were down.
73 Dave KA6BFB
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