Caribbean Contesting Consortium - PJ2T Maintenance Plan

Item	Explanation	When Needed	When Accomplished	Notes
Paint US/JA tower with two-component paint	Use marine paint from Antillean paint factory in Willemstad. (It's $80/gallon.)	Now, then very year in December.	100% complete Jan 2003, Dec 2004. February 2005. July 2006.
Paint Europe tower with two-component paint	Use marine paint from Antillean paint factory in Willemstad	Now, then very year in December.	100 % complete March 2003, Dec 2004. December 2005.
Inspect and repair weak legs and zig-zags on WARC tower	Aluminum tower is 30 years old and has corrosion damage in places	2003, then as needed	February 2006	New rotor plate U-bolts needed
Inspect all yagis with binoculars and take down and re-hab as needed	Pipe straps will corrode.	As needed	July 2006
Replace coax feedlines to yagis	Each yagi should be done once every five years or as needed based on wattmeter measurements	As needed	Pending
Measure power at stations and at antenna for each antenna and record baseline readings	This is the best way to identify feedline deterioration	US/JA tower 2004; Europe tower 2005; WARC tower 2006; Wire antennas 2003	Pending
Inspect and re-coat cable waterproof connections	Scotchkote wears off in salt and wind	As needed	Pending
Check and adjust guy wire tension	Phillystran may stretch over time; concrete settles	Biannually: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008	Pending
Remove weatherproofing and inspect guy grips on both ends of all EHS guy wire tails	Corrosion	Annually	Pending
Inspect and re-tension boom wind guys	Stretching	Annually	Nov 02 February 2006
Inspect and re-secure Beverage terminations	Vandals and animals may damage these	Three times each year	US/JA: November 2001 US/JA: November 2002 US/JA: Jan 2003 Europe: July 2003, Europe October 2004. February 2006.
Check and replace cable tape and tiewraps on towers and messenger line	Deterioriate in the weather and ultraviolet	Annually	July 2004 September 2005
Replace Heil muffs	Rot quickly in the heat	As needed	Done, October 2004	AE9B donated spare (large) set to W0CG and shipped them to his QTH in Jan 02.
Clean all keying paddles	Light corrosion layer builds in only a couple of days	As needed	Done, February 2006
Open, inspect, clean all linears	Clean contacts and remove bugs	Biannually: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009	AL-1200: Nov 2001 LK-800: Nov 2001 AL-1200: Nov 02 LK-800: Nov 02 Titan II: Nov 02 Centaur: Nov 02 K8NZ: Nov 02 Alpha 76: Nov 02
Open and inspect Inv L unum box and re-hab as needed	Weather deterioration	Biannually: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009	October 2004
Clean coils on HF-2V	Salt	Annually	Pending
Coat all threaded fittings with Anti Sieze	Salt	Annually	February 2002 - N8LGP, July 2004 by Cindy, February 2006 (N8LGP)