Category Archives: Tower work

November update 2019

Posted by sm2wmv on December 6, 2019 Comments Off

As usual I have been bad at posting updates on the webpage. I am considering cancelling this blog and instead link to Instagram and the Swedish “Elektronikforumet” thread translated to English instead.

It is a lot more work for me to update the web page compared to those other two alternatives and it is pretty much the same work three times all the time. But I will still keep the website as normal but maybe not post all this pictures etc on it. I will think a bit about it.

Here is a link to Electronikforumet translated to English, https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Felektronikforumet.com%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Fp%3D1493253%26sid%3D9238b1f8128999e345e7a89b9f48b638

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June update 2019

Posted by sm2wmv on July 12, 2019 Comments Off

June was a lot of trying to pull cables for the new shack, adding the surge disconnect switches, repairing the tractor and making parts for friends and neighbours. I am hoping that I will be able to get the shack moved during my vacation which is 5 weeks beginning on July the 8th.

SM2UVU helped me changing the top guy lines of the 160m vertical since I don’t have the nerves to do it. I rather spend a day at 60m height in one of those towers compared to 1h in the 160m vertical. I changed the lower set last year but now I discovered the top rope I had was not UV-resistant which I thought it was…so we were forced to change it now. Now it is guyed at around 25, 17 9m which should be sufficient enough.

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January update 2019

Posted by sm2wmv on March 30, 2019 2 comments

The month of January was mainly getting stuff organized in the workshop. I built a material rack to get all material from the floor so I can use that space better. I also managed to get the CNC to mill some and also tried exporting some code from Fusion 360 to use on it and it seem to work properly (spoiler, it does work).

I also spent some time trying to fix the 80m vertical for the 4-SQ but in the end I gave this up because of my energy being low and the snow that came made it very hard. So this will be done in the spring instead. The station is undergoing a makeover anyway since everything is being moved out into the new building.

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Workshop updates and visit from England

Posted by sm2wmv on June 10, 2017 Comments Off

Hi,

The coming updates I guess will mainly be involving the updates of the progress building the new workshop. I also have another problem regarding the 160m vertical where I need to change the lines and its urgent. I have temporary supported it by a wire line at 14m so it does not threat falling over the guy wires for the 160m tower, but some of the lines are really in bad shape and should have been replaced a few years ago. Now I have ordered plastic line from F2DX and will replace it.

SM2XJP also had visit from M3AFF and M0SHF for the second time. Now they stayed at my neighbours house which is about 3km from mine and spent some time helping me, eating good food and playing on the radio. It was very fun and I sure do hope they will come more times.