Author Archives: K4ZA

Woke up in morning feeling poorly, which I at first attributed to the two weeks on the road. But it’s clear now that I must have picked up some sort of “bug” out there in the big world. Low grade … Continue reading →

Or, to be more specific, back home again. Off the road, as it were… W2GD & I spent two weeks traveling, doing tower work. Here’s a brief recap: First, flew down to Houston, headed to the NR5M radio ranch, where … Continue reading →

Spent a couple hours this afternoon building a new standoff/yardarm for K4MK’s new 6M vertical. We spent about two hours last week fighting w/his 15-ft version & were simply never able to get it held horizontal–just oo much moment, etc. … Continue reading →

Well, after a swell start to the week atop K4MK’s 130-ft Rohn 45G, installing a new Prosistel 61-D (replacing an old, lightning-damaged Create RCA-5 (amazingly, this little box turned his 2L 75M Yagi for seven years w/no problems at all!), … Continue reading →

Holiday…but spent the morning in the shop building parts for K4MK’s installation project tomorrow. Kent has a 6M vertical he wants us to put up after we get the new Prosistel 61-D under the 75M Yagi. He has this looooonnnngggg … Continue reading →

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 →