Winter is coming, and while we cannot be certain what it will look like this year, its always a good idea to be prepared.   With that in mind, I am trying to coordinate a site work party for This coming Saturday (November 4th) and, if necessary, next Saturday (November 11th).  

There is quite a bit that needs to be done around the site, so the more members we can get to help, the better.

Here is a current, but not exhaustive, list of work that needs done.

1. Repeater building needs some patchwork and painted.

2. Clubhouse building needs painting, and some siding repairs.

3. Tower work: We will need some climbers and ground crew.

     a. 220 Antenna/connection repair

     b. GMRS antenna needs mounted on tower

     c. Bring down the satellite array to move to the repeater building roof.

     d. Move the packet/winlink antenna from the repeater building roof to the tower

     e. Replace the microwave radios to Cornwall and RedLion.  This will require some coordination with the Cornwall and Red Lion sites, so hoping to get people there as well.

4. General cleanup around the site.

If anyone can think of anything else that needs added to this list, please speak up.

The time change will start as of November 5th, so next Saturday will be the last weekend before we lose a usable hour of daylight.   I’m hoping to get a full day of work in to get as much done as possible.  

I know not everyone can dedicate the entire day,  and thats OK.  Any amount of time you may be able to put in will be a help!  I personally will not be available until the afternoon, so I really do understand.

Lets hope for good weather!  Climbing in wind/cold sucks! LOL

Any questions please let me know.  Looking forward to getting some of these projects completed!   

Thanks,

Jason – N8WXZ