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Simple question, if one considers the WEATHER? It’s been more spring-like that the typical mid-winter blues, with blowing snow & cold. But no one’s complaining, leastwise not me. Still able to climb towers & work outside, so it’s good, good, … Continue reading →

The proposed things seemed/sounded so simple: go to Ohio, with the first stop in Athens, to help old college professor pal celebrate his 70th birthday, then head further North to tower work jobs. While the birthday stopover went okay (except … Continue reading →

Took W7WZ & headed to Aiken, where the task before us was to install elevated guy post anchors for N2ZZ’s new tower. Jim originally had 60-70 ft of 25G up w/NO guys! His lot is very small, & am forced … Continue reading →

Another exciting week on the road. W2GD & I traveled to Oklahoma this week, to remove all the damaged Yagis from K5KC’s two towers. Ken experienced some extreme wind damage to his OptiBeams stacked on his 185 ft rotating tower–with … Continue reading →

This week’s project began inauspiciously enough… NA9A sent me an email, photograph attached. It showed a rather large OptiBeam, multi-band Yagi, assembled at the base of a tower. The elements extended a considerable distance out, into trees & shrubs, surrounding … Continue reading →

Friday was spent at K4ATX’s Fort Mill SC QTH. The plan for the day was to get the Xmas tree array off the tower (72-ft crankup) & then tilt the tower over to ground level. Having been installed 16 years … Continue reading →

Well, in looking for a place to operate the ARRL’s 10M Contest, W3LPL (who was out-of-town, drats) suggested the K4VV station, which I’d helped build a few years back. With multiple (although nothing REALLY tall) 10M Yagis, I thought it … Continue reading →

Well, the trouble-shooting of Hank’s (W4CYS) Prosistel was all worth it, in the end. It went back up this morning in the cold, cold, cold wet weather here in N VA. All perfect. Headed up to MD, but next stop … Continue reading →

Arrived in Happy Valley (where seemingly everyone is NOT happy, at the moment!) & met up once again with W2GD. WA3FET arrived & we discussed, in detail, the situation with the TIC Ring we just installed last month on their … Continue reading →

Finally, on the road, working, albeit with some spare time to share stories & details of the work, all while still ON the road! Meaning, we finally got to the Montgomery County PA EOC tower site, where we’d arranged with … Continue reading →