Author Archives: K4ZA

Well, this past week found me at KB5CW’s Ridgeway, SC QTH. Simple job really, just 50-ft of Rohn 45G, with a little Mosley up top. I should have known better… Doug had installed his own base. And he was following … Continue reading →

While Alabama can claim several “mottos” for itself, the tried-and-true “Heart of Dixie” is my favorite. And that’s where I found myself this  week–specifically, in Tuskegee, AL, home of Tuskegee University. Where the task was to install a small rooftop … Continue reading →

Long-time readers may simply shrug their shoulders, thinking, “Well, yeah…a POST, a real entry from K4ZA, after ‘lo these many months!” And they’d be right, of course, for which I apologize. The health-related issues with my Mother up in Ohio, … Continue reading →

My Mother seems to have gotten through the masectomy okay, but I just learned she has literally cracked her back. Just like when she turned at the sink (doing dishes) and broke her hip, she was getting up from the … Continue reading →

Early in November, while working up in Wisconsin, I learned my Mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer. I was somewhat surprised, as she’d had it 41 years ago, suffering through a radical masectomy. Then we learned her care-giver was … Continue reading →

The end of the year that is…& maybe the end of the Goddamn robberies at my storage site. Got out to Gaston County today to discover break-in #26. This time, for the first time (other than the original house robbery … Continue reading →

The job entailed putting up N9JKP’s AN Wireless tower, a heavy duty 80-footer. With two Tennadyne log periodics up top (a T-28 & a T-14). Kevin had done lots of work getting ready, but we were worried about the weather. … Continue reading →

  Beginning with work…the trials ‘n tribulations of rebuilding the cubical quad, then re-configuring the tower, etc. finally came to a near-conclusion for the KZ5ED install. Turns out, there was (is) an apparent problem with the old ComTek antenna switchbox … Continue reading →

Despite the lingering effects from the 10 days or so of continuous rain, managed to get up to Raleigh & repair K8SL’s rotator issues–the rotator was turning but the antennas were not moving. Turned out, once aloft, to simply be … Continue reading →

And I certainly was, yesterday, when I got out to Gaston County (where my storage site is located, & where I used to live) to retrieve items for my upcoming job for KZ5ED, and to fabricate some parts for that installation. … Continue reading →