Kim

What's the model of that SteppIR? It's time to do our own wind loading
model, I think. Do we have good info (is Doug answering e-mail?) on the
mast and rotor hardware? While I know it's a Grade 8 bolt, I know precious
little else about what's up there.

gerry

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Kim Elmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have a name for someone to work on that mess up there. I need to set it
> all up and get it down, repair wiring, find out what has failed such that
> it wind vanes, and then we need to decide what to do. As far as I have been
> able to determine, nothing up there has a federal property ID, so we can
> deal with it without a lot of paperwork. If the shear bolt has failed, we
> need to determine why it keeps happening (this would be the second such
> failure); if it's a wind load issue, we need to decide what to get to
> replace the SteppIR. If the rotor has failed, it needs repairing and we
> have to face getting an antenna with less wind load. I suspect we need less
> wind load no matter what. I wish we could find a damping unit to reduce the
> shock loads, but I have no idea what to use or if such things exist that
> fit our needs.
>
>
> If we get another antenna, how does that process work? Who decides? How is
> it purchased? In fact, what entity actually buys it? I'm the WX5NWC
> trustee, so I guess I'm going to be somehow involved...
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Kim N5OP
>
> On 11/29/2016 10:26 PM, Brewster, Keith A. wrote:
>
> Likewise, I can spend a few hours; busy time with the holidays and all
> that entails on top of everything else.
>
> Yeah, noticed that the stepper lost another half element somehow.
>
> -Keith
> n0iaw
>
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> *From:* OU Amateur Radio Club <[log in to unmask]>
> <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate
> <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 29, 2016 10:04 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Skywarn Recognition Day at NWC?
>
> I can try to spend a little time associated with this but I will have to
> also keep the spousal unit happy with me... I can operate a bit. One would
> hope NWC would be active.
>
> Gerry N5JXS
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Peter Laws <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> That would require someone to have entered it.  :-)
>>
>> Gary, WB5ULK, wants to operate.  I expect to have a computer suitable
>> for electronic logging available in time (I won't be here tomorrow or
>> Thursday but will have it Friday).  The Steppir is OOS, as you may
>> know, but we have the vertical+tuner available.  I have a D-STAR radio
>> available as well assuming there is to be D-STAR operation.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Laws, BS, MRCP / N5UWY
>> National Weather Center / Network Operations Center
>> University of Oklahoma Information Technology
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Brewster, Keith A. <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> > Dec 3, 2016
>> >
>> > Don't see Norman on the list
>> > http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/hamradio/
>> >
>> > -Keith
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Gerry Creager
> NSSL/CIMMS
> 405.325.6371
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> “Big whorls have little whorls,
> That feed on their velocity;
> And little whorls have lesser whorls,
> And so on to viscosity.”
> Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)
>
>
> --
>
> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP
> SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>
> *"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in
> practice, there is." – Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it
> doesn’t matter who said it.*
>



-- 
Gerry Creager
NSSL/CIMMS
405.325.6371
++++++++++++++++++++++
“Big whorls have little whorls,
That feed on their velocity;
And little whorls have lesser whorls,
And so on to viscosity.”
Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)