[450] Decided to

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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 10:15 AM, Bob <n1ujs at toast.net> 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> 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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