Category Archives: Blog

Tomorrow marks a return of sorts–back to Ohio, where I’m originally from, back to Dayton, where all good hams go (at least once, if not yearly), to the annual Dayton Hamvention, America’s largest ham radio gathering. Dayton is many things, … Continue reading →

Well, nearly five hours in the air yesterday, making repairs to the N4IZ tower, proved I’m not yet 100%, but getting there. Of course, yesterday was only the two week anniversary of the surgery, so I was probably a bit … Continue reading →

It was a catchup week here in Charlotte, workwise–doing lots of things I wasn’t able to do right after the knee operation. Tuesday (during what can only be called torrential downpours), I drove down to GA to retrieve some tower … Continue reading →

Title has a nice ring to it, eh? Nurse cut out the stitches in about three seconds, then I saw the ortho doc. Besides handing me a couple of sheets of glossy pictures  (“You can hang these on your refrigerator.”), … Continue reading →

I think I am recovering nicely, but will know the real truth when I see the ortho doc on follow-up visit later this week. Took all the wrapping & bandages off yesterday. Three tiny holes, as described. One is tender; … Continue reading →

Well, I guess I should consider myself lucky–to have reached my age (60) having had almost no surgery, other than a tonsillectomy at age five, and then nothing until the angioplasty in 2006. Being “put to sleep” yesterday was certainly … Continue reading →

Well, the week’s just getting started, so to speak. Having sat out Visalia (I was truly looking forward to my first time there), since I didn’t think hobbling around was a good idea, I felt good enough today to head … Continue reading →

Thinking I could somehow “work around” this whole torn meniscus thing has evaporated, or faded, or disappeared, et cetera. I could barely walk on Sunday. Unloading the 4000 lbs of steel building materials for my new storage shed, then doing … Continue reading →

Well, spent the day in Raleigh/Durham area, taking down little Rohn 25 tower, with a nice, new 204BA/XM-240 combo. All went well ’til after lunch…when the knee pain simply got to be too much. N4CW climbed up & finished taking … Continue reading →