My problem here is,I want to get back on the air in the worst way, but one 
of 2 things is going to happen and both involve me moving. We're expecting a 
little one in March. It's a good thing but there's no room in this apartment 
especially since I started building and fixing computers again and right now 
my workshop and computer room are full of parts computers because it seems 
my best business right now is throwing together cheap ones for those on a 
budget but even with out them, the computer/radio/hobby room is the catch 
all for anything we don't want to put in the storage/workshop or I haven't 
got there yet and that would have to be the second bedroom. I have no clue 
where the computer and radio stuff would go. On top of that there's stuff 
going on in this building there's no way I'd want to bring a kid up around. 
Bad enough my other antenna when it came down, I never did get half of it 
back, the half that ran across the open back yard, someone stole the wire 
for the copper when it broke before I could even get out to save it. The 
other thing is, my wife's work likes to clean house now and then so if they 
let her go, god only knows where we'll end up because I can't afford to stay 
here on my money alone, either way whatever I put up isn't staying long more 
than likely. If I put nothing up though, I'll end up staying here, so I 
might as well get antennas up, plus in ARES and RACES as I am, just took a 
bigger ARES role in fact, and NTS, I really need to make the attempt to get 
back on the air. We'll see what happens.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: A Catch Up Email


>    Well, my Carolina Windom 160 compact shorted out again, because water
> got into the matching unit connection up at the feed point.  A friend came
> over yesterday, and we cleaned things up, and got it working again, but I
> don't know for how long.
>
> In fairness, Jim from Radio Works has offered to replace the antenna, but 
> it
> was a bear to put up, and I don't know how comfortable I feel asking my 
> help
> to take the old one down and put a replacement one up again, so I'll just
> have to see how things play out here.
>
> At least I have my Alpha Delta DXCC which works fine!
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>