[450] Decided to

[Bob]

I tried you a number of times after your earlier post to no avail....


On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 12:42 PM, David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com> wrote:

> If anyone wants to chat later on 450, drop me an email.
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> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 11:17 AM, David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I went back up there about 8am this morning with wrench just in case, to
>> see that the straps where still holding. I sprayed sealant liberally the
>> one that rubberizes as it dries, on the nuts and screws, as seen on TV, its
>> the only thing I had handy for the moment. All is solid, but as I left the
>> building, to go food shopping from a block away I could see how strong
>> those winds are, I'd never seen my mast sway so much. All should hold well,
>> the brackets were as solid as a rock. Still waiting for the supermarket to
>> deliver the goods. In short all is well. I'm on listening on 450 at the
>> moment.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 11:12 AM, K1FSY <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  you can see my clamp in this archived attachment from when i put it up:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://lists.vhfwiki.com/pipermail/450/attachments/20131114/7d1b385b/attachment.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/15/2015 10:37 AM, n1muq at optonline.net wrote:
>>>
>>> Dave, here is a rather poor picture of my method of joining two lengths
>>> of pipe for a mast holding my Antron 99. Has been up for a few years, so
>>> far... But I do like your idea with the galvanized fence pipe for the
>>> spring project....Charlie N1LU
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: K1FSY
>>> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2015 10:21 am
>>> Subject: Re: [450] Decided to
>>> To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
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>>> > 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 > > > 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, > > > wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > You're dedicated!
>>> > >
>>> > > I am monitoring .450 right now!
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Quoting David Garcia > >:>
>>> > >> 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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