Author Archives: K4ZA

As usual…life’s vagaries interrupted some planned events, but.. Got NE3Z’s tower base hole completed, with a large pile of dirt remaining in his yard, still to be moved over to the woods. And of course, the weather has not cooperated. … Continue reading →

The XYL’s present this Xmas season will be to DRIVE her to Dallas to visit her son & grandchildren. (It’s too difficult for her to fly, considering her medical issues.) So…if there are any potential clients along the route (from … Continue reading →

Okay, it’s presumptuous and polarizing to say today’s work (at K4MQG’s) was a bit off key, but the latter half of the labor certainly leaned in that direction. After refurbishing Gary’s 402-CD in mid-morning, we decided clearing some offending branches … Continue reading →

Yesterday found us at K4MK’s Lexington NC home, where we were finally getting to install a replacement antenna for the taken-down 2L 80M Create beam. Having gotten tired of the maintenance issues dictated by the large beam, Kent decided he … Continue reading →

So…some recent work/jobs, seemingly worthy of discussion. Down to W3PAL in Rock Hill, SC, where Andre’s PRO-57 with a 40M element, had been setting there on sawhorses, waiting on him to get some free time and freedom from backpain issues. … Continue reading →

A while back, I described the horror story I found at a client’s Atlanta QTH–his 90-foot Rohn 25G tower with two of the legs totally rusted out. And only one set of guys ever installed, with one of THOSE wires … Continue reading →

So…we headed up to Raleigh, NC, to deal with two problem antennas at CDXA member Larry’s (W6NWS) home. His 4L Yagi on 40M suffered some linear loading damage during last winter’s unusual (for this part of the country) radial ice. … Continue reading →

Since it appears, from the queries received via text, emails and good old landline, that there are still actual readers or viewers out there (everything one reads says blogging is dead, that Facebook and other “social media,” are the only … Continue reading →

This week’s jobs included takedown of K4GLC. Like a lot of folks, Lee felt that his tower was going to become a liability as he got older, so he asked us to remove it. 70 feet of 25G with a … Continue reading →