I know one too and he's the only one other than me who I'll let do it,
everyone else I've ever had do them for me, it's come off, the most recent,
not even having any solder on it at all. He had the soldering iron with him,
but I don't know, the solder didn't stick for some reason. So, from now on,
I do my own. They might not be as pretty as my friend who's the pro, but at
least they work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: raising antennas
> Hi John.
>
> Well, I'm sorry to say that if I want a PL259 connector to last, I let
> someone else solder it. My hat is off to you if you can do it; I've never
> been able to pull it off since my vision went, and rather than pop a set
> of
> finals in a rig, I'll let someone else do the dirty work. Fortunately, I
> know a few guys around here that are very good at what they do because
> they
> work in commercial radio.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 04:10 PM 11/8/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>>I've learned over the years to solder my own connectors on because as of a
>>couple weeks ago, every single one I had other people solder, other than
>>the
>>ones I inspected, had problems. Only antennas I can't work on myself are
>>the
>>one on the vent pipe on the roof of the house, and I don't like to work on
>>the ones on the side of the house myself though will if I have to. The
>>wire's are good unless the rope breaks, if the rope's good I can lower it,
>>do what I have to and run it back up, if the rope breaks, I'm not sure the
>>tree will hold me if I climb it and I don't trust my aim with the wrist
>>rocket though I have my own so anyone with any aim at all can put the rope
>>back for me.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:33 PM
>>Subject: raising antennas
>>
>>
>> > Hello;
>> > Just like the rest of the world many blind people are more handy than
>> > others. I can generally figure out the basics of a radio on my own but
>> > when
>> > it comes to antenna installation help is needed. Its a combination of
>> > soldering, drilling and knowing where those mysterious power lines are.
>> > True some blind folks can solder and many aren't reluctant to get out
>> > the
>> > drill but I would rather look for some assistance and feel more certain
>> > it
>> > is done correctly the first time.
>> > The down side of things can be that sometimes your helpers feel they no
>> > best
>> > and what you end up with may not be what you planned on.
>> > Looking at my hf9v even if the instructions were brailed (which they
>> > won't
>> > be) they rely heavily on pictures and color codes.
>> > Richard
>>
>>
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