Witt wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

W> 26 Jun 08 03:50, Richard Webb wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>> I used to install antennas right after I left high school. Being a
 RW>> lightweight (127lbs then), I was the guy who climbed the dinky
 RW>> towers used in those days.

 RW> Have gotten that gig myself, being less than 100 lb in my younger
 RW> days, read right after high school .

W> If only we could keep that profile.

Amen to that!!!

 RW> I'd go outside while listening to a repeater I wanted to work and
 RW> turn the mast with a pair of vice grips until the antenna was aimed
 RW> properly.

W> Been there and done that too. The rotor I'm going to use, I've owned
W> for many years, yet it is brand new (Alliance 100 Tenna-rotor). I was
W> going to install it to turn a pair of UHF Quagis that I built out of
W> PVC and #12 house wire. When I took them down from a 40 foot pushup
W> pole, they disintegrated in my hands. So, I put the rotor back in the
W> box and kept it in storage and it made the move to Texas, three years
W> ago.

Those are good units.  I lost a CDR ham 4 in Katrina, wsa donated another
one along with the tri-bander. I'm spending more in coax, rotor cable and
hardware + cement for the tower than I've got in the rotator, antenna and
tower itself.  PLenty of elbow grease involved in the tower though sanding
it down and repainting.

My machinist buddy is busily fabricating me a rotor plate and base frame now.


Regards,
           Richard
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