Well, you know what they say . . .
 

What's that adage about "If your antenna survives an ice storm and a
hurricane, it's not big enough and not tall enough?"

It wasn't an ice storm . . . not even really high winds.

I'm where the Potomac river joins the Chesapeake Bay . . . stand on my
front porch, look straight ahead across the Potomac to Maryland; 45
deg right look out over the Bay.

We get ferocious winter winds off the Bay . . . . 50 MPH steady with
gusts to 70-75MPH 2-3 times each winter.

But . . . . last few days have been fairly steady balmy breezes . . .
10 MPH steady, gusts to 20 MPH; 35 - 45 deg, wind chill lower; rain,
no ice.

YET . . . . my TH7DX at 55 feet came down . . . looks as though the
boom snapped near where it connects to the mast . . . goddam awful
pile of twisted aluminum; tower is standing tall. Antenna is 20 or
more years old, been moved several times. Funny thing is, the ancient
Telrex 3-el 40-meter beam is standing tall at 70 feet . . . it's so
damn old, I don't even remember the model number, have lost the
paperwork on it, have patched it a time or two (may be 40M329).

Too bad Telrex left the ham market decades ago.


- - - - - - - - -

When dealing with conservatives,
remember:
Even duct tape can't fix stupid.

But is does muffle the sound.

Well, you know what they say . . .
 

"Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names" wrote in message
...


What's that adage about "If your antenna survives an ice storm and a
hurricane, it's not big enough and not tall enough?"

It wasn't an ice storm . . . not even really high winds.

I'm where the Potomac river joins the Chesapeake Bay . . . stand on my
front porch, look straight ahead across the Potomac to Maryland; 45
deg right look out over the Bay.

We get ferocious winter winds off the Bay . . . . 50 MPH steady with
gusts to 70-75MPH 2-3 times each winter.

But . . . . last few days have been fairly steady balmy breezes . . .
10 MPH steady, gusts to 20 MPH; 35 - 45 deg, wind chill lower; rain,
no ice.

YET . . . . my TH7DX at 55 feet came down . . . looks as though the
boom snapped near where it connects to the mast . . . goddam awful
pile of twisted aluminum; tower is standing tall. Antenna is 20 or
more years old, been moved several times. Funny thing is, the ancient
Telrex 3-el 40-meter beam is standing tall at 70 feet . . . it's so
damn old, I don't even remember the model number, have lost the
paperwork on it, have patched it a time or two (may be 40M329).

Too bad Telrex left the ham market decades ago.
**************

Bummer. Hope you get everything replaced without too much $ involved.

Wayne
W5GIE

Well, you know what they say . . .
 

"Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names" wrote in message
...

snip

my TH7DX at 55 feet came down . . . looks as though the
boom snapped near where it connects to the mast . . .

snip

When dealing with conservatives,
remember:
Even duct tape can't fix stupid.

But is does muffle the sound.

At first, I felt bad for you. Upon reading your squirt of political
diarrhea, I stopped caring.

"Sal"

Well, you know what they say . . .
 

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:56:12 -0800, "Sal" salmonella@food
poisoning.org wrote:


"Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names" wrote in message
.. .

snip

my TH7DX at 55 feet came down . . . looks as though the
boom snapped near where it connects to the mast . . .

snip

When dealing with conservatives,
remember:
Even duct tape can't fix stupid.

But is does muffle the sound.

At first, I felt bad for you. Upon reading your squirt of political
diarrhea, I stopped caring.

"Sal"



Truth hurts.

Well, you know what they say . . .
 

On 12/11/2013 6:59 PM, Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:56:12 -0800, "Sal" salmonella@food
poisoning.org wrote:


"Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names" wrote in message
...

snip

my TH7DX at 55 feet came down . . . looks as though the
boom snapped near where it connects to the mast . . .

snip

When dealing with conservatives,
remember:
Even duct tape can't fix stupid.

But is does muffle the sound.

At first, I felt bad for you. Upon reading your squirt of political
diarrhea, I stopped caring.

"Sal"



Truth hurts.


Yup, the "truth" hurts you - in a big way.


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