[450] Decided to

[Bob]

Proud of you man.  Considering your conditions, quite the undertaking.
Is everything still up and running today?

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:54 PM, David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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