A few years ago local amateur Phil Moore became a silent key. His son-in-law, Barry Wilson asked if the Napier Amateur Radio Club would like the mast. Yes was the answer and Sunday morning August 4th saw Laurie ZL2TC, Karl ZL1TJ, Michael ZL2MY, Lee ZL2AL and Barry assemble at Phil’s old home to remove the mast. It was a tiltover design about 11 metres in height and fastened to the side of the garage. The lower section 8m was 100mm diameter and the upper 3m section slightly less. The beam at the top of the mast looked like a G4ZU Mini-beam design but due to corrosion and it being a very old design with questionable gain, we decided to scrap it. It is hoped that the new Tri-bander which will desider on top of the mast at the club rooms will be a Hygain TH3 Mk Mk1. The team got to work with spanners and a small grinder with a cutoff wheel. A few hours later the mast was lowered and loaded on to Lee’s van and trundled off to the club rooms.
The plan is to re-assemble the mast and erect it at the clubrooms with a Triband Yagi on top to add a new dimension to our club station. A great job guys. Thanks to all who braved the Sunday morning Hawke’s Bay drizzle.
73, Lee ZL2AL