Well, Phooey!
Wednesday morning, as promised, I traveled to the 146.94 repeater with the plans of installing the new antenna. I met Kerry Klimecki, the owner of tower services, who has been my choice for tower work for years. When we opened the mounting kit for the antenna, were we surprised! While we could have made the side-mount arms that they sent with the antenna to work, they were very heavy and not the kind of mount that I have used with the Stationmaster antennae before. After some phone calls to the vendor, the correct mounting kit was located. However, Kerry has this little thing called a vacation coming up, so it will be another week or so before we get another try at installing the new antenna. I will keep everyone posted here and on the air. Meanwhile, I had a chance to find out about 146.73’s new antenna status last night. I was informed that the anticipated tower work will be happening as soon as next week. I am ready! The new 146.73 antenna will be mounted MUCH higher than the present one, and I look forward to seeing .73 working more like it used to when Sam and Matt Kirby had it at it’s peak performance.
I know that it seems like it’s a “hurry up and wait” theme today, but that’s the nature of things when you operate repeaters. But the reward is definitely worth it!
73 de Tim WB4GBI
Tim Berry WB4GBI (check out my website at www.wb4gbi.com)
Chief Engineer
Citadel Broadcasting of
WIVK-FM WNOX-FM WNML AM/FM WNRX-FM WOKI-FM
Chief Engineer
Vol Radio Network
