Ever feel like you've bitten off more than you can chew? Well, I have. I'm not as physically fit as I thought I was and nearly passed out while 20' up on one of my towers about two weeks ago. So, I'm going to have to eat humble pie and ask the club to see if anyone can help.

I need someone who is physically fit and has experience with tower climbing to do the following things for me:

- Replace three segments of LMR400 coax with RG213 coax on three different antennas. One on a 50' tower and the other two on a 25' tower. This would include wrapping the connectors in rubber tape and electrical tape and zip tieing things down. All of which would be provided. 

- Wrapping an "Air" balun or what some people call an "Ugly choke".

- Installing an Alpha-Delta sloper on the 50' tower right below the beam. I have "flagpoles" in the yard that can be used to mount the ends of the antenna. I have a 100' segment of RG213 that would go with it.

- Installing lightening protection SO-239 barrels. (Supplied)

- Run tests on the antenna system using an antenna analyzer (Provided) to determine the health of the system.

I can provide all of the equipment and supplies you will need to do the work.

In return, I can provide:

- Approximately 100' of LMR400 that you would be removing.
- Unlimited coffee and/or food/drink. (Can't provide beer, sorry.)
- IT tech support for your own shack.
- A cash or e-transfer payment.

Must bring:

- Willingness to climb and do antenna work.
- Your own climbing harness.

Ideally, the work would need to be done on a weekend or across multiple weekends, as I normally am working from home during the week. I am double vaxxed, so I'm safe to be around.

Please contact me at qualin@telus.net or on my cell at 403-809-9979.
Thank you.

Enquiring minds want to know why you would replace LMR400 with RG213??

Hey everyone. I see the responses, so I'll clarify.

I was informed that one wasn't supposed to put LMR400 coax up on an antenna that rotates. Of course, the stuff I had is LMR400 Flex, but RG-213 is better in that it flexes better than LMR400, so it's more ideal to have a length that can twist and bend as the antenna rotates, while using LMR400 for the rest of the run.

As part of the work that was done, it was discovered that the LMR400 that I had installed had the connectors improperly installed, as they quite literally fell apart as soon as the electrical tape came off, which explained a few things. As soon as the work was done, everything just "worked".