On Saturday 16 September the CTARC held an antenna work party, starting at 09h00.
Present were Rob / ZS1SA (club chairman), Noel / ZS1FW (clubhouse manager), Paul / ZS1S, Michael / ZS1MJT, Tony / ZS1TK, Lem / ZS1LEM and Nick / ZS1ZD. Richard / ZS1RIC joined us later on.
We winched down the main antenna mast and slid out the inner two coaxial sections, which were removed into the clubhouse and put on trestles. The rivets holding the troublesome guide rail that has weaked and parted from its base pole were drilled out and removed, and new, slightly larger holes tapped. Into these will be fastened new, stronger, flatter-headed pins that should hold that guide rail firmly in place in future.
While the mast was lowered, the winch and other portions of the assembly mechanism were given a fresh coat of Hammerite paint.
At the same time, the multi-band vertical antenna, which had developed a serious lurch in one direction following the big north-westerly gale of July 2017, was taken down again. Some of the tuning radials had been blown off in the storm (but fortunately preserved), and the remaining radials and top-loading capacity hat were removed and stored. Some of these will require straightening again. The main mast of that antenna will also need to be straightened again.
In addition to this Rob sorted out and priced a number of radio items - equipment, rigs, components, books and magazines - recently donated to the CTARC from a deceased estate. These will be on sale (for club funds) at the following clubhouse meeting on 23 September, and will be advertised in Swopshop, on the blogspot and int Ragchew.
Photos of the event are [here].
Saturday, 16 September 2017
CTARC Committee Meeting - 18 September 2017
CTARC Committee Members are reminded of the committee meeting that will take place on Monday 18 September 2017, at 19h00 at the CTARC Clubhouse.
Thursday, 14 September 2017
CTARC A Request From The Secretary About Swops - 15 Sep '17
As has been announced for years now, you can advertise your ham radio related equipment for sale (or wanted) in Ragchew. You can mention prices and include colour photos (neither of which can be done on air) in these adverts.
However, such adverts and photos MUST be submitted to Anne as e-mails (with attached photos if needed) ONLY.
Recently, people have been sending the secretary Text messages, SMS's and WhatsUpp messages containing adverts for inclusion in Ragchew. These formats of messaging risk errors of transcription, and Anne cannot transfer multimedia photos sent by smartphone either.
The secretary's contact details are here.
Thursday, 7 September 2017
CTARC John Ward on RWG Committee - Sep '17
The Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre's chairman and committee congratulates club member John / ZS1EQ, on his election to the Western Cape Repeater Working Group, in the position of Vice-Chairman. This event took place at the most recent meeting of the WCRWG.
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
CTARC Forthcoming Antenna Work Party - 16 Sep '17
On Saturday 16 September we are having another CTARC WORK PARTY
As you will know the Club’s antennas are in the process of being repaired after the ‘big storm’ of June 7.
Spares have arrived and the repairs need to be completed as soon as possible to put the Clubhouse back ‘on air’
Noel, ZS1FW, our Club House Manager, will once again be ‘Commander in Chief’ and will delegate out the necessary jobs and keep everyone busy.
All members are asked and encouraged if you are able to, to please put in an hour or two on Saturday 16th.Bring your own refreshments for lunch and have some fun whilst ‘Chewing the Rag’ and ‘Fixin’ Stuff’......
Start 09h00 sharp.
(This event has taken place. The report-back is [here].)
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