Monthly Archives: March 2010

and writes…and writes… The proofs from ARRL’s book editor arrived, & have been busy updating the tower book for the past two days. Nothing major, but a few typos & extra words filtered through, etc. And of course, there is … Continue reading →

Spent a couple hours out at the “old QTH,” finally get the topmost guys installed on the 25G tower. Frustrated after the last attack from vandals, & half-worried they’d come back & finally remove ALL the guywires, but anyway, the … Continue reading →

Headed North last Thursday, with Shaun, for various tower jobs. First up: Kam, N3KS, where our job was to swap out his old (relatively small OptiBeam), for the largest one they make–which includes 3L on 40M! Obviously a crane job, … Continue reading →

spent down in Darlington, SC, with Buddy, N4BY, installing a temporary base on 190-ft of 25G we’ll soon be taking down. As often happens, the tower was installed with the base “below grade,” and after 20 years, the siderails had … Continue reading →

like the proverbial lion, apparently, at least according to the local weather folks. But the forecast was changed (the storm is travelling slower than expected), so we are in the grips of something more akin to a truly pissed off … Continue reading →