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.


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

But is does muffle the sound.

"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

"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"

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.

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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