Listers, I got this from a friend at Boeing. The antenna and tower are
at Boeing's facility in Huntington Beach, CA. It's more than $100,000
worth of antennas/tower/rotator, etc. and all you have to do is move it
to your place.
Regards,
Dick W1NMZ
> Hey Dick - Here's a fabulous antenna up for grabs. Please forward to anyone
> you know who might be interested.
>
> From: "Gunther, Thomas J" <Thomas.Gunther@West.Boeing.com>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:22:49 -0700
> Subject: Free antenna
>
> > Boeing is closing the Rec Center, home of the radio club, and although we
> > will be moving two towers to a new location, the big log periodic has to
> > go. Here's your chance to kick a$$ on every band from 40 though 10 meters
> > The package includes:
> >
> > 1. 80 foot fixed tower, weight = ?
> > 2. 6 - 40 MHz LP, 66 foot truss boom, longest element 86 feet, weight ~
> > 1000 lbs
> > 3. Phelps-Dodge industrial right angle worm drive rotator, will turn
> > houses off their foundations, weight = 850 lbs (I can vough for that,
> > having repaired it once)
> > 4. Rotary RF joint
> > 5. Rotator control system
> > 6. ~ 1000 feet of 2 inch hard line
> > 7. All manuals and tech info
> >
> > All you have to do is take it away. A large crane is recommended, gin
> > poles large enough to do the job would take a crane to get up anyway.
> > You'll also need a flatbed truck to haul the thing away. If we don't find
> > a home for it, it'll be scrapped.
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