Aw, c'mon Rich.

You have to have patience to wait through an entire western New York
winter!  They go on and on, you know.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 09:51 AM 12/7/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Pat;
>Patience?  I guess I may have to get some over the winter but patiently
>waiting was never my strong point.  Your quite correct though, you could
>have a real  problem today if someone got seriously hurt working on an
>antenna.  Its definitely a point to consider.
>73
>Rich
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Patrick Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:25 PM
>Subject: Re: antenna questions
>
>
> > Hi Rich,
> > Getting antenna help is a bit of a trick.  My last big project was
> > mounting
> > the Wilson tower to the installed base, assembling the TH53 antenna and
> > getting the whole thing to stand up!!
> > It took six or seven of us; we got started too late in the automn here
> > near
> > Chicago and I went through the winter with the tower at twenty five feet
> > and not rotatable through the whole 360 degrees.  However, when the winter
> > broke my friends showed up again and we got the job done.  Now I am at
> > fifty plus feet and happy!!
> > Each year I want to get a quarter wave, inverted L or something similar in
> > place for 160 meters.  So far, I haven't been able to find friends with
> > enough free time to get the job done.  I haven't pushed too hard though.
> > I think a person has to be a bit careful about who helps with an antenna
> > project.  There is a horror story around these parts about someone who
> > showed up to help with a project, wasn't particularly knowledgable or
> > careful, was hurt and sued the person he came to help.  Kind of an ugly
> > story.  So I try pretty hard, asking people to help who I feel are careful
> > and understand what they are doing.  Keeps it safe for efveryone and turns
> > out a well done project.
> > I guess that patience is the key.
> > Good luck.
> > Pat, K9JAUAt 07:32 PM 12/6/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >>Hi everyone;
> >>I've been considering my upcoming antenna project this spring and without
> >>starting another great debate, I'd like to know if anyone has found
> >>creative
> >>ways to get antenna assistance.  It is a very long way from box to roof or
> >>tower.  Have most people turned to their local radio club, friends or what
> >>has worked best?  We had a radio store locally, the owner of which would
> >>do
> >>modest projects for a reasonable fee.  That was many years ago and he is
> >>long gone.
> >>      I will always remember the time I was selling a older mosley ta33-jr
> >>and had a eager buyer.  I offered to give him the antenna if he would do a
> >>small! project or two.  I was quickly told "I don't climb".
> >>There are lots of explanations but it did certainly leave me wondering.
> >>73
> >>Rich

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