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WCARS W4MOE 2 Meter Antenna Repair 2010

On Sunday, November 21, a work crew assembled on Spivey Mountain. Dean Blair said this would probably be our last/best chance to get the antenna work done before the snow flies. Here’s Dean’s report: We have re-installed the permanent DB-224 4-bay folded dipole antenna on the Spivey Mountain tower. It is at the 90 ft level and extends beyond the top of the tower as the antenna is 24 ft tall. The antenna mount broke last spring and required a new, more substantial mount to carry the weight and the wind load of the antenna. The previous mount was for a much smaller antenna and failed over the winter. The new mounts were built by Mark, KG4OPM, are very robust and will support the DB-224 for a long, long time. It has been a challenge to get the antenna back up on the tower with weather, manpower, and safety equipment being the limiting factors. We are now prepared for the winter and expect excellent service life from the repeater and antenna. As time permits, we will relocate the spare antenna back on the tower and continue work on the back-up repeater in the building. Maybe even figure out how to turn that loud-mouth ID down. :) Many, many thanks to those who worked on getting the antenna back on the tower: Randy, KI4VLW; Norm, N4NH; ark, KG4OPM; Lee, KB4QDQ; Jeff, KJ4TEI; Randy, KJ4SJT; Rick, (We'll have to find out his call).