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]>
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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