Author Archives: K4ZA

Way out in far West TN, at WB4YDL’s Union City QTH, where the big order of business was replacing his broken Orion 2800 rotator, swapping to a Prosistel  61-D. That went off without a hitch, as ye olde cliche has … Continue reading →

Almost started out with a joke, all right. KI4DH hired me to replace his blown out G6/440, but when I got there, found his tower base was in sad shape. Lots of steel lost as it had been setting below … Continue reading →

What with that damn groundhog’s “a few more weeks of winter weather,” followed by some nasty bronchitis (for which, apparently & according to my family physician, there is no cure…), it’s back to work time.  Spent most every day last … Continue reading →

With ice, snow, some wind, & no relief in sight here in the Carolinas. A far cry from last week, when Joe & I “escaped” to Florida. We stopped off in Jacksonville to takedown SK K9RB’s station (two towers), & … Continue reading →

With a surprisingly good forecast (65 degrees, at the end of January!), we headed down to Atlanta, where the order of business was removing a 100-ft tower from the roof of a commercial laundry facility, located near downtown, so that … Continue reading →

Cheers if this title stirred your memory back to 1969, and the Suzanne Pleshette movie. If it didn’t, no worries…. We found ourselves (finally, at long last) at K4MQG’s to finally get his 402-CD back in the air. The last … Continue reading →

Only this time around with that title, it’s 2015. Still recovering from the long (long) trip to Texas to visit XYL’s son & grandkids. Couldn’t even manage to stay awake past 11PM last evening. Sure I was asleep within minutes … Continue reading →

Not too much exciting news to post…after CQ WW CW (36M points at W3LPL, but 38M earned at K3LR…sigh…), stopped at K4JF’s on the way home & swapped out his TIC Ring motor. Once I did get back to NC, … Continue reading →

After the wild weekend at W3LPL (36M points in M-M, only to find perennial challenger K3LR with 38M~!), headed over to K1DQV’s on Monday morning. The splice bolts in the mast were once again slipping, so installed a large plate  … Continue reading →

Managed to get some work done! The record cold, by the way, was in Atlanta, a region of our nation not usually associated with freezing temperatures. But I digress, let’s talk about the work. As previously noted, WA7QED’s Rohn 25G … Continue reading →