[450] Decided to

[K1FSY]

Put blue loc-tite on all your nuts up there!


On 2/15/2015 10:15 AM, Bob wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto:kc1wj at kc1wj.com>> wrote:
>
>         You're dedicated!
>
>         I am monitoring .450 right now!
>
>
>         Quoting David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com <mailto: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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