Category Archives: Blog

The crane arrived early at K4TD’s….& was mostly set when K1TO & I arrived. While they made their final prep, I gathered tools & slings, & headed for the man basket. The crane guy agreed to let me hang a … Continue reading →

K1TO called me in to help w/the K4TD OptiBeam 80M Yagi problems. The boom was showing signs of coming apart. Dan had installed some stop-gap fixes, but the decision was made to try & get the beam down, on to … Continue reading →

Dayton Hamvention 2010 is over… Someone asked me when I first came to Dayton, & i told him it was 1965.  Archie Carpenter drove me over, & I was ecstatic over operating his TR-3 mobile from his 1964 Chevy Impala … Continue reading →

Apologies to SNL… Marti’s doing okay, although suffering a bit from nausea from the antibiotics prescribed for her. But she’s navigating around the house just fine with her walker (!), which I must say, surprises the shit out of me … Continue reading →

For those readers who follow along, as it were, in Sparky’s dailyy-life adventures, here’s an update: The XYL’s surgery went off w/o a hitch. She was scheduled to come home yesterday, but they decided, at the last minute, to keep … Continue reading →

A few readers sent “get well soon” emails in response to my reported bug. Thanks~! Today, the xyl had her back surgery, to repair three problematic disc areas. The Doctor was very optimistic after the operation, so we’ll see. An … Continue reading →

Woke up in morning feeling poorly, which I at first attributed to the two weeks on the road. But it’s clear now that I must have picked up some sort of “bug” out there in the big world. Low grade … Continue reading →

Or, to be more specific, back home again. Off the road, as it were… W2GD & I spent two weeks traveling, doing tower work. Here’s a brief recap: First, flew down to Houston, headed to the NR5M radio ranch, where … Continue reading →

Spent a couple hours this afternoon building a new standoff/yardarm for K4MK’s new 6M vertical. We spent about two hours last week fighting w/his 15-ft version & were simply never able to get it held horizontal–just oo much moment, etc. … Continue reading →

Well, after a swell start to the week atop K4MK’s 130-ft Rohn 45G, installing a new Prosistel 61-D (replacing an old, lightning-damaged Create RCA-5 (amazingly, this little box turned his 2L 75M Yagi for seven years w/no problems at all!), … Continue reading →