Author Archives: K4ZA

Flight home from Houston delayed 45 minutes, so not home ’til a little after 1AM…tired but happy I guess explains my condition this morning. Here’s a recap of the week’s tower adventures: Flew down & headed to the ranch (NR5M). … Continue reading →

“…at beautiful Thompson Drag Raceway….” So went the screaming radio ad which ran seemingly forever on Cleveland radio stations. Whenever I hear the isolated word “Sunday,” I cannot help but recall that pitch line. But I digress…yesterday was an interesting … Continue reading →

Where did the week go…? Between dodging the rain, the proverbial list of “honey-do” items, errands (bills, banking, & schedule juggling), it seems the week has passed me by…. Still have yet to finish the PowerPoint presentation for Saturday’s presentation … Continue reading →

Sort of like D-Day, only 66 years later…. Home late last night from another road trip. Here’s a summary of the work. Began at K4VV’s, where the focus was to replace a series of damaged baluns on the HF Yagis. … Continue reading →

The crane arrived early at K4TD’s….& was mostly set when K1TO & I arrived. While they made their final prep, I gathered tools & slings, & headed for the man basket. The crane guy agreed to let me hang a … Continue reading →

K1TO called me in to help w/the K4TD OptiBeam 80M Yagi problems. The boom was showing signs of coming apart. Dan had installed some stop-gap fixes, but the decision was made to try & get the beam down, on to … Continue reading →

Dayton Hamvention 2010 is over… Someone asked me when I first came to Dayton, & i told him it was 1965.  Archie Carpenter drove me over, & I was ecstatic over operating his TR-3 mobile from his 1964 Chevy Impala … Continue reading →

Apologies to SNL… Marti’s doing okay, although suffering a bit from nausea from the antibiotics prescribed for her. But she’s navigating around the house just fine with her walker (!), which I must say, surprises the shit out of me … Continue reading →

For those readers who follow along, as it were, in Sparky’s dailyy-life adventures, here’s an update: The XYL’s surgery went off w/o a hitch. She was scheduled to come home yesterday, but they decided, at the last minute, to keep … Continue reading →

A few readers sent “get well soon” emails in response to my reported bug. Thanks~! Today, the xyl had her back surgery, to repair three problematic disc areas. The Doctor was very optimistic after the operation, so we’ll see. An … Continue reading →