That's why I run my masts the way I do, mostly reachable from the ground, so 
I can work on it myself if I have to. I have guide ropes on the HF vertical 
and my HF wire in the way so it's hard to lay anything down on my own 
without risking damage, but if I can't get help, even a set of eyes which is 
all I really need, I can do the work myself.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 5:34 AM
Subject: outdoors


>I took my imax 2000 down.  Learned I have more wires in the yard than I
> remembered.  Two cable lines, and a leg of the zepp.
> Got the antenna apart with two vicegrips.  Took off the coax and threw the
> end over the porch and into the yard.  Put it under the porch door and put 
> a
> double sl-239 on it.
> Then I b rought out the kx-3, a speaker, a bencher,  and a 5 amp 12 v
> battery and a cord.
> Workked TN running a 40 meter weather net, and a great half hour long qso 
> on
> 20 CW.
> Very long coaxial feedline but it all works.
> Had a few problems and a few slivers, but everything was done by me.
> 73 de wa9top
>
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>
>
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