Ham radio antenna relocation and upgrade 2020. Work on tower, installation of platform and relocation of LRRA’s antennas.
Thanks to Crown Castle, Green Mountain Communications and the Technical Committee.
Rockin’ the Lakes Region!!
Check out Jayson’s (KB1RFS) drone shots of the tower in its current configuration. (March 2021)
Ham radio antenna relocation and upgrade 2020.
Work on the first phase of the tower project which involved the installation of a platform at 115ft and the relocation of most of the association’s antennas has been completed. During the relocation, the 2 Meter Telewave antenna was upgraded with two additional dipole bays (generously donated by several anonymous donors) and we have already seen an increase in the reach of the antenna do to its increased gain. There is still some adjustments and tweaks that need to be made to fully optimize the system post-relocation, but these are in the very capable hands of Frank/W1WU, Bob/N1EUN and the rest of the technical committee.
During the tower extension project, the safety climb cable between the pegs was replaced with a longer one to reach the top and new grommets were installed alternating with particular care to make sure the cable was not creating any mechanical noise on the tower that would affect our repeaters as it did in the past.
The association thanks Crown Castle for going the extra mile to help keep mechanical noise on their tower to a minimum. 73!
Weather Station Project.
The tech committee members, with equipment donated to the association, are working to establish a weather station at the repeater site that will eventually be remotely accessible and will provide wind speed direction indoor and outdoor temperature information for the site. More to follow.
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