[450] Decided to

[David Garcia]

The beams where ok physically but electrically with the ice on it, there
was a considerable enough performance hit, to justify putting the vertical
backup up. Little did I know, how good of an idea it was to go up there. I
found the 2 top straps had been rattled so bad by the winds, the brackets
were dangling by 1 nut each & the others on the floor. Got the connector
all soldered up and all is well, now if only this arctic air mass would go
the f away, things would be better, I usually like winter, but this time
around, I'll be saying thank you coming and thank you for leaving.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:01 PM, <kc1wj at kc1wj.com> wrote:

>  You're dedicated!
>
> I am monitoring .450 right now!
>
>
> Quoting David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com>:
>
> Do as the noridics do in this type of weather, spit fire & chew lava. My
> beams have been a pain with the ice, so I decided at 8am to put the
> vertical back up, myself. You can see my enthusiasm in the mirror photo,
> got it done in 50 minutes, then, went to plug in the coax to the radio,
> only to have the center pin on the pl259 snap off :( so I'm off to radio
> shack to get a connector & new soldering gun, then go to my cardiologist
> appointment.
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