Monthly Archives: July 2009

Heading to the great North once again…MD/VA, for various tower and antenna jobs… Hope to file reports while on the road. stay tuned

And what a hump day it was! Crane arrived & got set up, but we had no room to put the jib extension on. The reach w/o it was 108 feet, but at the setback from the tower, that wasn’t … Continue reading →

Down in SC, taking down 100 feet of 45G. Using a crane, so dis-assembly will be on the ground. Then picking up another few sections from N4BY, all eventually going to TN, for WB4YDL. Just another work day… stay tuned

N4IZ’s installation wrapped yesterday. Spent today working on the tower book. Takedowns scheduled for this week. Posted several Yagis on the QTH.com website. Lots of calls but callers seem to think long boom Yagis can be shipped by wrapping them … Continue reading →

The Telwave clone of a StationMaster was finally installed at KI4JPL’s this week. Stil nervous about that much moment hanging above the TH-11 mount on the Hazer. We shall see… The old commercial tower used by KN4CC finally came down. … Continue reading →

Monday’s WX ruined climbing, so spent time on the tower book. Tuesday & today were spent taking down KN4CC’s old commercial tower–a 60 ft job comprised of 20 ft sections. The manlift made it possible. Spent today taking apart the … Continue reading →

Monday afternoon, I spotted the name of an old college pal on a bulletin board mailing list–someone to whom I had not spoken or contacted in 37 years! Yet, the spelling/name were distinctive, & I was sure it was the … Continue reading →

Spent the day in front of the laptop, working on the Tower Book MSS. It’s coming together nicely, I think. Made a list of needed illustrations, et cetera. There are more missing or required than I thought–even initially! So, need … Continue reading →

Thursday AM. Got home @midnight. Usual late night dash from N VA to Charlotte, after a long two weeks on the road. Highlights? Successful repair to N4TX’s MonstIR. While at height repairing the 16-conductor control cable is always fun. The … Continue reading →