WEBVTT 00:00:01.460 --> 00:00:03.990 So this is kind of an update for 00:00:03.990 --> 00:00:06.465 the rigging up the tower. 00:00:06.465 --> 00:00:09.060 What actually took place on 00:00:09.060 --> 00:00:12.900 the 85 repeater as we were getting at repaired. 00:00:12.900 --> 00:00:14.880 So we we arrived 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:17.520 at about semaphore D on the 5th of April, 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:19.500 we unloaded the coag staph or trailer. 00:00:19.500 --> 00:00:20.925 We unloaded the antenna, 00:00:20.925 --> 00:00:24.420 move the trailer out of the fenced area. 00:00:24.420 --> 00:00:25.950 We unloaded Randy's truck which had 00:00:25.950 --> 00:00:28.410 all the clips in and other stuff. 00:00:28.410 --> 00:00:29.990 We also had the and 10 00:00:29.990 --> 00:00:32.630 on that we unloaded off my trailer. 00:00:32.630 --> 00:00:37.190 Pete connected up lift pull lift chains to the left, 00:00:37.190 --> 00:00:39.680 pulls that run the code and tell 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:42.455 our group showed up about 930 on that Monday. 00:00:42.455 --> 00:00:43.985 It was windy but 00:00:43.985 --> 00:00:46.325 calm enough where they were going to start work and 00:00:46.325 --> 00:00:49.040 we discussed with them what we were going to or 00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:51.875 how we're going to proceed with that project. 00:00:51.875 --> 00:00:53.720 The tower leads stated that for 00:00:53.720 --> 00:00:55.370 Monday they would get the tower rigged, 00:00:55.370 --> 00:00:57.485 so lift and probably no more. 00:00:57.485 --> 00:00:59.600 And we also ask that to 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:01.580 have the antenna lowered as soon as possible. 00:01:01.580 --> 00:01:04.850 We can do our work on getting the old antenna off of 00:01:04.850 --> 00:01:06.740 the H bridge and new antenna put 00:01:06.740 --> 00:01:09.245 on and then also testing the intent. 00:01:09.245 --> 00:01:11.970 So at about that time it was probably close. 00:01:11.970 --> 00:01:15.205 Ten Mark went to town to get some materials. 00:01:15.205 --> 00:01:17.530 Randy and was inside 00:01:17.530 --> 00:01:19.630 the building and working on the repeater. 00:01:19.630 --> 00:01:21.985 And myself and Pete. 00:01:21.985 --> 00:01:25.120 We're outside and we removed the old collect from 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:26.695 the building and ice bridge 00:01:26.695 --> 00:01:28.495 as a tower crew was setting up. 00:01:28.495 --> 00:01:32.185 So we removed about 90 to a 100 feet of 00:01:32.185 --> 00:01:37.690 the 78 hard line and cut it off at the base of the tower. 00:01:37.690 --> 00:01:39.055 We inspected at the base 00:01:39.055 --> 00:01:40.810 expecting that there would be water in there, 00:01:40.810 --> 00:01:42.010 so assigns a corrosion, 00:01:42.010 --> 00:01:43.060 but there really was 00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:45.070 no signs of corrosion at the bottom of 00:01:45.070 --> 00:01:47.230 the antenna or at 00:01:47.230 --> 00:01:50.930 the bottom of that codecs at the base of the tower. 00:01:51.150 --> 00:01:54.255 So a little bit later in the day, 00:01:54.255 --> 00:01:57.170 randy and myself adjusted the courtesy tone on 00:01:57.170 --> 00:02:00.080 the repeater so that it was at a more balanced level. 00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:02.720 So, so here's a picture of 00:02:02.720 --> 00:02:05.780 where the co-actors comes out of the building, 00:02:05.780 --> 00:02:07.265 where the transmitter is, 00:02:07.265 --> 00:02:09.680 and it goes up onto the ice bridge. 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:11.360 So we were removing 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:16.040 the wax out of the building there, again, 00:02:16.040 --> 00:02:21.110 here's a close up of it's coming through the building and 00:02:21.110 --> 00:02:23.990 close-up of it up on the ice bridge as we were 00:02:23.990 --> 00:02:26.930 cutting the it was held up by nylon wire tie. 00:02:26.930 --> 00:02:28.820 So we cut those loosen and got 00:02:28.820 --> 00:02:30.740 that and that codecs freed from 00:02:30.740 --> 00:02:32.720 the ice bridge so we'd be ready for the new one 00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:35.104 when it was installed. 00:02:35.104 --> 00:02:38.210 So here's a picture of our crew getting ready to rig 00:02:38.210 --> 00:02:41.825 up to get to the top, 00:02:41.825 --> 00:02:44.405 about 600 feet up so that they could hook up, 00:02:44.405 --> 00:02:45.770 lift point up there. 00:02:45.770 --> 00:02:48.830 So here are the two guys that to climb in 00:02:48.830 --> 00:02:50.510 the tower on these two pretty much 00:02:50.510 --> 00:02:52.550 did most of the work on Monday. 00:02:52.550 --> 00:02:55.580 And so they climbed up and basically got 00:02:55.580 --> 00:02:59.870 that tagline or that lip line 00:02:59.870 --> 00:03:02.480 all the way up to the 600 foot mark, 00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:05.720 which is actually just below the third guy wire. 00:03:05.720 --> 00:03:07.680 There's four total sets. 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:09.755 So guy wires, they were just blow the third. 00:03:09.755 --> 00:03:13.235 So you'll see that as we're moving up on the tower here. 00:03:13.235 --> 00:03:18.815 So this is a picture of the first guy wire. 00:03:18.815 --> 00:03:20.900 At the very top of the picture here. 00:03:20.900 --> 00:03:22.580 So we look right about here. 00:03:22.580 --> 00:03:23.855 You can see it. 00:03:23.855 --> 00:03:28.160 And you can also see if you look real close, 00:03:28.160 --> 00:03:30.440 the wine coming out from the tower. 00:03:30.440 --> 00:03:34.070 This is the wind blowing that line away from the tower. 00:03:34.070 --> 00:03:35.210 So it started to get 00:03:35.210 --> 00:03:37.385 windier and windy or as the day went on. 00:03:37.385 --> 00:03:39.680 So again, they're getting a little bit 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.185 higher and higher on the tower, these different pictures. 00:03:42.185 --> 00:03:44.390 So just a different angle again, 00:03:44.390 --> 00:03:46.235 they're kinda right in the middle here. 00:03:46.235 --> 00:03:48.875 They are now above the AT and T tower, 00:03:48.875 --> 00:03:51.710 and they're above the FM transmitter, 00:03:51.710 --> 00:03:52.835 low power transmitters. 00:03:52.835 --> 00:03:55.520 Every time they would go pass the FM transmitter, 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.050 we would have to have it shut 00:03:57.050 --> 00:03:58.310 off and then say cleared it. 00:03:58.310 --> 00:04:00.065 We could have it turn back on. 00:04:00.065 --> 00:04:01.820 Arc was the one who would be 00:04:01.820 --> 00:04:04.550 communicating with the radio station. 00:04:04.550 --> 00:04:08.630 So here again is one of the gentlemen climbing the tower. 00:04:08.630 --> 00:04:10.160 And on this one, you can see 00:04:10.160 --> 00:04:11.960 the guy wires up at the top up here. 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.120 But then you can also see this is 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:15.890 that line there pulling up and 00:04:15.890 --> 00:04:17.930 the wind is really starting to pull on it. 00:04:17.930 --> 00:04:20.075 So it was kind of a challenge for them. 00:04:20.075 --> 00:04:22.220 So on day 2, 00:04:22.220 --> 00:04:25.805 Tuesday the sixth, the old antenna came down. 00:04:25.805 --> 00:04:27.950 And so here we have them rigging 00:04:27.950 --> 00:04:30.695 up and trying to take the old antenna off. 00:04:30.695 --> 00:04:32.540 And they've got it rigged and ready 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:34.295 to lower in this picture so you can 00:04:34.295 --> 00:04:38.540 see his feet there and he's lean and out to keep it away. 00:04:38.540 --> 00:04:40.310 And there's gentleman on the ground 00:04:40.310 --> 00:04:42.770 pulling on it to get it away from the tower. 00:04:42.770 --> 00:04:47.135 So has the antenna came down. 00:04:47.135 --> 00:04:49.880 And we were able to then 00:04:49.880 --> 00:04:51.935 get it past all of the other antennas. 00:04:51.935 --> 00:04:54.095 So in this one you can see that there is a, 00:04:54.095 --> 00:04:56.345 another little and 10 and below it, 00:04:56.345 --> 00:04:58.640 we had to stay away from those as we were going. 00:04:58.640 --> 00:05:04.880 So and so We did they did an inspection on 00:05:04.880 --> 00:05:07.910 the old antenna and found 00:05:07.910 --> 00:05:12.140 that there was some issues with the connectors. 00:05:12.140 --> 00:05:14.165 So here was the antenna. 00:05:14.165 --> 00:05:16.490 They swept the antenna and they found that 00:05:16.490 --> 00:05:18.965 it actually a lot of frequency. 00:05:18.965 --> 00:05:23.450 So the 146 is at the dashed line here in the screen. 00:05:23.450 --> 00:05:25.100 You can see that we're closer to a 00:05:25.100 --> 00:05:27.605 150 or the antenna is tuned. 00:05:27.605 --> 00:05:31.530 So there is a little out of tune as well. 00:05:31.660 --> 00:05:35.495 So here is the actual base of the antenna. 00:05:35.495 --> 00:05:36.920 And you can see that there is 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:38.989 some what appears to be carbon, 00:05:38.989 --> 00:05:40.970 like it had been arguing and it was 00:05:40.970 --> 00:05:43.040 really evident at the pin itself. 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.010 So here is the codecs and, and again, 00:05:46.010 --> 00:05:48.140 you can see that there's a lot of carbon there 00:05:48.140 --> 00:05:50.750 like it had been working across. 00:05:50.750 --> 00:05:55.280 So here's a picture of what the end looked like. 00:05:55.280 --> 00:05:57.470 It looked like it had a bend in it, 00:05:57.470 --> 00:06:01.235 pretty significant right through, through here. 00:06:01.235 --> 00:06:06.690 And again, another picture of the end of the song. 00:06:09.790 --> 00:06:12.890 There's some different pictures there. 00:06:12.890 --> 00:06:19.100 So, so they got 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:22.580 the new antenna rigged up on the third day. 00:06:22.580 --> 00:06:24.350 And here they're lifting that new 00:06:24.350 --> 00:06:26.675 and 10 are getting ready to lift it up. 00:06:26.675 --> 00:06:29.075 And it is now flying. 00:06:29.075 --> 00:06:34.610 So you can see it kinda at the base of the antenna here. 00:06:34.610 --> 00:06:36.140 And as it's going up again, 00:06:36.140 --> 00:06:39.680 they had to keep it away from the AT and T cell tower. 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:41.780 And also some of the other. 00:06:41.780 --> 00:06:43.880 Or up a little higher. 00:06:43.880 --> 00:06:47.990 They got it in place and they're getting it 00:06:47.990 --> 00:06:49.580 secured at that five hundred 00:06:49.580 --> 00:06:51.140 and eighty five hundred and ninety 00:06:51.140 --> 00:06:53.105 foot mark. 00:06:53.105 --> 00:06:55.490 So here are some of 00:06:55.490 --> 00:06:57.770 the things that they did on the eight, 00:06:57.770 --> 00:06:59.390 which would have been on 00:06:59.390 --> 00:07:01.909 the force date on this would have been Thursday. 00:07:01.909 --> 00:07:07.070 So the 1120, the, 00:07:07.070 --> 00:07:09.710 all the sweeps on the antenna past. 00:07:09.710 --> 00:07:11.270 So the antenna is up there 00:07:11.270 --> 00:07:13.760 and they swept it at all or to good. 00:07:13.760 --> 00:07:16.520 At 1230 tower crew has moved blow 00:07:16.520 --> 00:07:20.270 the antenna and Mark and Rick test, 00:07:20.270 --> 00:07:21.705 excuse me, not mark P to 00:07:21.705 --> 00:07:23.975 enteric tested the repeater for any loss. 00:07:23.975 --> 00:07:25.595 Receiver sensitivity. 00:07:25.595 --> 00:07:28.685 Everything looked good at performed well. 00:07:28.685 --> 00:07:30.770 At 1250, they removed 00:07:30.770 --> 00:07:32.030 the isolation t and 00:07:32.030 --> 00:07:34.220 connected the repeater back to the antenna. 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:39.380 And they texted mark and Randy that it was back online. 00:07:39.380 --> 00:07:42.080 Randy reported that he was unable to 00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:44.765 bring the repeater up at about 1252. 00:07:44.765 --> 00:07:47.330 So about two minutes after they brought it up. 00:07:47.330 --> 00:07:50.375 And so they started looking into it. 00:07:50.375 --> 00:07:52.610 So they troubleshoot the issue. 00:07:52.610 --> 00:07:55.385 They did a distance default sweep and found that 00:07:55.385 --> 00:07:56.735 their showed that there was an 00:07:56.735 --> 00:07:58.730 open at or near the antenna. 00:07:58.730 --> 00:08:01.970 So they alerted the tower crew, lead the tower. 00:08:01.970 --> 00:08:06.425 Curly reviewed their previous good and now bad sweeps. 00:08:06.425 --> 00:08:08.645 I'm Peter and Rick. 00:08:08.645 --> 00:08:10.280 Tower, crew lead instructed to 00:08:10.280 --> 00:08:11.870 our crew to return to the seventh, 00:08:11.870 --> 00:08:14.210 eighth inch jumper connection 00:08:14.210 --> 00:08:16.970 point and remove the weather proofing and inspect it. 00:08:16.970 --> 00:08:19.580 Pete reminded them to 00:08:19.580 --> 00:08:21.980 the tower crew lead of inspection that 00:08:21.980 --> 00:08:23.390 the DIN connector be properly 00:08:23.390 --> 00:08:24.890 torqued with a DIN torque wrench. 00:08:24.890 --> 00:08:26.660 The tower crew lead says didn't torque 00:08:26.660 --> 00:08:30.080 wrench says The didn't torque wrench 00:08:30.080 --> 00:08:31.700 sent with a tower crew and 00:08:31.700 --> 00:08:34.085 radio tower crew to 00:08:34.085 --> 00:08:36.350 use the torque wrench on the connection. 00:08:36.350 --> 00:08:39.930 So as they were. 00:08:41.050 --> 00:08:45.170 So Pete then texted some photos of the distance of 00:08:45.170 --> 00:08:49.095 felt good and bad to Mark and Randy and had a discussion. 00:08:49.095 --> 00:08:52.480 So once the tower crew had 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:56.230 finished redoing the connection and weather proofing it. 00:08:56.230 --> 00:08:57.880 Or excuse me, not weather proofing, 00:08:57.880 --> 00:08:59.920 but basically making the connection, 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:03.355 the sweeps where again good at about 230. 00:09:03.355 --> 00:09:06.820 And they match the earlier lead, earlier sweep. 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:09.640 So the tower crew then we're instructed to 00:09:09.640 --> 00:09:10.990 weatherproof it and return to 00:09:10.990 --> 00:09:12.910 hanging collects on the tower legs. 00:09:12.910 --> 00:09:15.970 At between 230 and five. 00:09:15.970 --> 00:09:17.890 Peter and Rick monitored 00:09:17.890 --> 00:09:20.140 the distance default sweep 00:09:20.140 --> 00:09:22.855 while Tower Cuz we're attaching the codecs. 00:09:22.855 --> 00:09:26.110 And then Pete and Rick basically 00:09:26.110 --> 00:09:28.900 installed supports for codecs under the ice bridge. 00:09:28.900 --> 00:09:31.200 So at about 510, 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:35.630 rick departed and had 00:09:35.630 --> 00:09:38.600 about seven or eight 540 tar crew 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:40.370 had about a 100 feet left to secure. 00:09:40.370 --> 00:09:42.980 So Pete conducted new tests 00:09:42.980 --> 00:09:45.800 for any loss or receiver sensitivity when transmitting, 00:09:45.800 --> 00:09:48.800 results are the same as those taken at 1230. 00:09:48.800 --> 00:09:50.780 And so you return the repeater to serve 00:09:50.780 --> 00:09:53.630 as both Mark and 00:09:53.630 --> 00:09:55.640 Rick could hear the repeater and service. 00:09:55.640 --> 00:09:57.500 And then they texted Mike, 00:09:57.500 --> 00:10:00.545 basically saying that everything was good. 00:10:00.545 --> 00:10:04.025 So between 540 and 710, 00:10:04.025 --> 00:10:08.060 Pete just monitored the repeater and the tower crew as a 00:10:08.060 --> 00:10:10.340 finished their work securing 00:10:10.340 --> 00:10:11.840 the co-actors to the tower leg. 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:15.350 So at 710, everybody, 00:10:15.350 --> 00:10:17.809 they secured the site and departed. 00:10:17.809 --> 00:10:23.600 So, so here is some pictures of the new clips going on. 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:27.080 So it's kinda tough to see on this picture, 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:29.240 but to the outside of 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.910 the leg here where my cursor is moving, 00:10:31.910 --> 00:10:34.790 you will see that the clips are in place. 00:10:34.790 --> 00:10:37.760 And so the next few pictures are just showing 00:10:37.760 --> 00:10:40.580 them how they were actually putting them on. 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:42.350 So kinda interesting to see that 00:10:42.350 --> 00:10:45.215 the two gentlemen are about 10 feet apart, 00:10:45.215 --> 00:10:47.915 hanging off of the lift cable 00:10:47.915 --> 00:10:52.860 and installing Eclipse as they were moving down. 00:10:54.100 --> 00:10:57.110 So as they were moving down, 00:10:57.110 --> 00:10:59.420 then they would install the codecs 00:10:59.420 --> 00:11:01.595 into those clips as ever going. 00:11:01.595 --> 00:11:05.090 So again, not real exciting pictures, 00:11:05.090 --> 00:11:07.160 but kinda neat to see how they had to do 00:11:07.160 --> 00:11:09.740 it and where that co x is now secured, 00:11:09.740 --> 00:11:11.930 secured on the outside of the leg 00:11:11.930 --> 00:11:15.230 quite often and shouldn't have any problem with it. 00:11:15.230 --> 00:11:16.985 Blowing in the wind are coming loose. 00:11:16.985 --> 00:11:20.030 So again, as they work down, 00:11:20.030 --> 00:11:23.945 they got the codecs clipped into the leads. 00:11:23.945 --> 00:11:27.020 And now we can see that coag. 00:11:27.020 --> 00:11:28.340 So if we look above them, 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:30.740 it is right on the side here. 00:11:30.740 --> 00:11:32.810 And they're now working on putting 00:11:32.810 --> 00:11:35.760 the coag into the clips. 00:11:36.760 --> 00:11:40.790 So again, not too exciting. 00:11:40.790 --> 00:11:43.100 And you can pause this at any point 00:11:43.100 --> 00:11:45.530 and take a look at some of these pictures. 00:11:45.530 --> 00:11:47.840 I also put the pictures in a PowerPoint so you 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:52.295 can stop at any point and observe what's going on. 00:11:52.295 --> 00:11:54.320 But yeah, I'd just like to say thank 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.525 you to everybody involved. 00:11:56.525 --> 00:12:00.380 Piet, marc, Randy, Rick. 00:12:00.380 --> 00:12:02.990 Greatly appreciate all the work that you've done over 00:12:02.990 --> 00:12:07.770 the past few years getting this done, Zack as well. 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:11.450 And many other people at on 00:12:11.450 --> 00:12:15.155 the in the club assisted with this. 00:12:15.155 --> 00:12:16.880 So just thank you to everybody. 00:12:16.880 --> 00:12:19.700 It's good to see that 85 is backup and running and it 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:23.340 will be secured for a long time to come.