Richard,

I'm really sorry to hear about your experience with your local radio 
club.  I honestly think that guys aren't quite as willing to help today 
as they once were.

I could suggest some of my theory on this, but it would open up a whole 
can of worms, probably get some people upset, and ultimately really 
accomplish nothing anyway.

I will say though that I recently heard an officer of a local radio club 
around here complaining that when the program started during the 
meeting, a lot of the people went outside and just shot the breeze 
rather than staying in the meeting and possibly learning something.

I don't know where you're located, but if you have a ham radio store in 
the area, you might try giving them a call and see if they could 
recommend someone to help you out.

I don't really do any climbing anymore for various reasons, and it 
really can be a job finding people to help with antennas, especially 
people who know what they're doing.

Hope you can find assistance.

Don w6smb


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:09 AM
Subject: adventures of a local radio club


> Hello;
> I have to share a bit of this and perhaps vent a little.  Feel free to 
> =
> hit delete.  I have been chatting with my local radio club that meets 
> =
> within walking distance for nine months of the year.  They came over =
> last fall looked my happy home over opened an antenna box and rummaged 
> a =
> bit and said they would be in touch.  At the time we had the "best =
> antennas go up in winter" chat.  Come winter we decided it was to cold 
> =
> and they opted to wait till spring.  Now that it hit 80 here for a day 
> I =
> talked with the president a bit last meeting.  I got a call from one 
> of =
> the officers the other day on my voice mail.  I made the mistake of =
> getting a bit excited and ready to get going.  I called this trusty =
> officer back and discovered he primarily wanted to put me in touch 
> with =
> arrl to get the local power authority to move my neighbors power 
> lines.  =
> I had decided long ago that I was reluctant to get into that battle. 
> I =
> was also told that if the vertical I am considering is on the roof of 
> my =
> one story house the power lines are no longer an issue.  The original 
> =
> intent was a ground mount.
> The bottom line was that I was informed that if I am planning on 
> putting =
> the antenna on the roof of this single story home I should have it =
> professionally installed.  The obvious next question was where do I 
> find =
> these professional installers and he had no idea.
> If some of you have the good fortune to have some eager willing to 
> help =
> local hams, take time to show them your appreciation.
> Richard
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