Update on IWCC Hut Upgrade

The upgrades at the IWCC hut are essentially complete! The new floor has been installed, the grounding system has been upgraded, the old non-working window air conditioner has been removed, and the equipment cabinet is back in place.

A layer of ¾ inch CCX green pressure-treated plywood has been laid over the existing floor. That should last a while. When the old air conditioner was removed it was discovered that the 2×4 framing around it had rotted away, so that has been replaced. The hole where the air conditioner was has been plugged with some of the ¾ inch CCX green pressure-treated plywood on both the inside and outside of the wall. The outside has been painted with one coat with more to follow.

The new ground buss bar has been installed on the new plywood where the air conditioner used to be. The existing site ground has been installed onto the new buss bar, as has all of the Club’s polyphaser antenna surge suppressors. All connections have been made after cleaning the copper and applying copper coat to prevent corrosion and enhance conductivity.

The existing steel cabinet has been re-installed, and the Polyphaser AC surge suppression as well as the cabinet itself have been grounded to the new ground buss bar.

We would like to express our profound gratitude and thanks to the following people who gave of their time and skills:

Bill NØWWA

Dan KBØTDW

Greg NØGR

John KBØQKH

Denny WAØVJL

Don WØAF

Bill KDØFJR

Respectfully Submitted:

Chris KFØFBL

Paul WBØGXD