Category Archives: Blog

Well, a real estate agent called & wanted to hire me to remove a tower, to be paid by a local bank. Shared digital photos & descriptions showed a Rohn 25G (said to be 50 ft), so it looked like … Continue reading →

Headed to NC mountains today. First stop at QTH of old pal K2SD, whose Tennadyne log periodic was acting funny. After some juggling around w/the assorted feedline jumpers into the shack, we decided to replace the coax. Once atop the … Continue reading →

Well, the annual Dayton Hamvention is behind us, and thoughts and planning can resume on the more mundane workaday world aspects of life–like earning a living doing tower work. While no new clients or jobs emerged from the ritual gathering … Continue reading →

Some checks have arrived for “the RECOVERY FUND,” which pleases, impresses, surprises, even humbles me. I thank you all! Still moving items from the original QTH to safer storage. Visitors to the storage site walked away with my 160M dipole, … Continue reading →

K3TW’s idea (and generous offer) has born a bit of fruit.  I remain surprised and moved by the willingness of others to help, et cetera. I dropped the big trailer off at the storage site today just after lunchtime, and … Continue reading →

Still feeling blue.  Appears to be no end in sight for the damn robberies. I’d ringed the driveway “gate,” which is just a simple 1/2-inch aircraft cable across the drive, with four strands of barbed wire.  I left the remainder … Continue reading →

Yet another robbery, sometime Tuesday, and this one particularly difficult. Complete antennas stolen (Force 12 C-3 already dedication to client, TH-6 dedicated to a client, & an A-4 dedicated to client). This means I am not only out the purchase … Continue reading →

Remember that silly rhetorical wonderment:  How could things possibly get any worse…? Well I found out yesterday.  Apparently while I was in the Doctor’s office getting the stitches removed from my eye surgery, the boys came back to the storage … Continue reading →

The day dawned like any other. After making breakfast for the xyl, I sat down & filled up a legal pad page w/things to do today. All prep work for getting back into action doing tower work, & so forth.  … Continue reading →

No, you’re not about to be asked to drink the Kool-Aid, merely an update, an FYI, as it were, on yesterday’s eye surgery. Saw the Doctor this AM & the prognosis is very good. I’d post a picture, but small … Continue reading →