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Ventured outside to take a lookiesee at antenna farm - sad . The tribander & WARC dipoles have a decidedly unhealthy droop from last night's ice storm. The 80/40m sloper has its coil full of ice and the 80m portion over the roof is encased in ice & snow. Used to have about 6 inches clearance above roof but 8-10 inches of snowfall this week messed that up. No way am I going up on the roof to fix it. This hobby is not worth risking my life; same goes for tower. After fixing the "droop" in sloper a couple weeks ago, it's back to having coil hanging about 5-6 feet off the lawn which is good for chopping off heads while mowing lawn. Just got in from cleaning off ice all over van - yuck ! I'm starting to not like Winter. Granddaughter wants me to move to Phoenix and live with her - bah on that idea ! Actually, I think house is in Gilberts. AZ is not my cup of tea. Spring is just around the corner, right ? What about global warming ??? It should be warmer. <rant off> Jerry n9avy
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Jerry...contest going on...
condensed version pls?
n6mg
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...> To: main@070club.groups.io <main@070club.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jan 2, 2021 8:18 am Subject: [070Club] Antenna Farm Ventured outside to take a lookiesee at antenna farm - sad . The tribander & WARC dipoles have a decidedly unhealthy droop from last night's ice storm. The 80/40m sloper has its coil full of ice and the 80m portion over the roof is encased in ice & snow. Used to have about 6 inches clearance above roof but 8-10 inches of snowfall this week messed that up.
No way am I going up on the roof to fix it. This hobby is not worth risking my life; same goes for tower. After fixing the "droop" in sloper a couple weeks ago, it's back to having coil hanging about 5-6 feet off the lawn which is good for chopping off heads while mowing lawn.
Just got in from cleaning off ice all over van - yuck ! I'm starting to not like Winter. Granddaughter wants me to move to Phoenix and live with her - bah on that idea ! Actually, I think house is in Gilberts. AZ is not my cup of tea.
Spring is just around the corner, right ? What about global warming ??? It should be warmer.
<rant off>
Jerry n9avy
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Antennas are FUBAR - condensed version. Jerry n9avy
On Saturday, January 2, 2021, 10:30:21 AM CST, N6MG - Milt. via groups.io <n6mg@...> wrote:
Jerry...contest going on...
condensed version pls?
n6mg
-----Original Message----- From: Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...> To: main@070club.groups.io <main@070club.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jan 2, 2021 8:18 am Subject: [070Club] Antenna Farm Ventured outside to take a lookiesee at antenna farm - sad . The tribander & WARC dipoles have a decidedly unhealthy droop from last night's ice storm. The 80/40m sloper has its coil full of ice and the 80m portion over the roof is encased in ice & snow. Used to have about 6 inches clearance above roof but 8-10 inches of snowfall this week messed that up.
No way am I going up on the roof to fix it. This hobby is not worth risking my life; same goes for tower. After fixing the "droop" in sloper a couple weeks ago, it's back to having coil hanging about 5-6 feet off the lawn which is good for chopping off heads while mowing lawn.
Just got in from cleaning off ice all over van - yuck ! I'm starting to not like Winter. Granddaughter wants me to move to Phoenix and live with her - bah on that idea ! Actually, I think house is in Gilberts. AZ is not my cup of tea.
Spring is just around the corner, right ? What about global warming ??? It should be warmer.
<rant off>
Jerry n9avy
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W7RTL
Think twice before giving up on Arizona. We have an active HAM community and you never need to shovel sunshine! 73, W7RTL Rich
On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 9:18 AM Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...> wrote:
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I value my privacy and moving to AZ would be like living in a commune. Rather deal with snow & ice. Jerry
On Saturday, January 2, 2021, 07:00:43 PM CST, W7RTL <rtlatimer60@...> wrote:
Think twice before giving up on Arizona. We have an active HAM community and you never need to shovel sunshine! 73, W7RTL Rich On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 9:18 AM Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...> wrote:
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jerry, That's based on what experience?
Milt
N6MG
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...> To: main@070Club.groups.io <main@070Club.groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jan 2, 2021 5:47 pm Subject: Re: [070Club] Antenna Farm I value my privacy and moving to AZ would be like living in a commune. Rather deal with snow & ice.
Jerry
On Saturday, January 2, 2021, 07:00:43 PM CST, W7RTL <rtlatimer60@...> wrote:
Think twice before giving up on Arizona.
We have an active HAM community and you never need to shovel sunshine!
73,
W7RTL
Rich
On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 9:18 AM Jerry N9AVY <n9avy@...> wrote:
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