On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:47:37 -0400, Buck wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:49:26 -0500, "Charlie"
wrote:

In all honesty to those that ridiculed the tower and it's associated
riggings etc...I have posted photos of the damage incurred from the category
4 hurricane Dennis. I never expected this kind of result...live and learn I
suppose. Here is the direct link..

1. http://deepsouthnet.net/storm_damage.html


Just because the antenna wasn't damaged in this storm doesn't mean it
its installation is safe. So it withstood a storm whose biggest claim
to fame around her is flood damage.

Will the antenna stand the test of time?

Good luck
Plonk!

While I'm not going to "plonk" you, I would advise you to get better
guy anchors. Trees and utility poles aren't up to the task. If it
was me, I'd set some 6 or 8 inch steel pipe about four to six feet
into a BIG block of cement leaving six or seven feet out of the
ground. Have lugs welded to the pipe and attach the guys to the lugs.
This will get the guys up over head high and allow grass cutting and
the like around the posts. When the tree comes down, so will your
tower. Of course, using two different brands of tower section was
just foolish, the money spent on making a possibly faulty adapter
could have gone for another good section of tower. But, hey, it's
your tower and your money. As for me and mine, good engineering
practice takes precedence over make-do every time. Another amazing
fact is that someone climbed up there to put it up and set antennas.
It must have been a crazy man, as no sane tower-monkey would have
climbed up there on two different tower sections and faulty guying.
Be sure and post photos of the wreck when it comes down,eh.

R

Definately, sometimes we learn our lessons the hard way.

Susan
Ham to be
Husband Leon is KB7YXG

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Definately, sometimes we learn our lessons the hard way.

Susan
Ham to be
Husband Leon is KB7YXG


Some people, a select few, can repeat the course indefinitely, yet still
rant at the gods over their misfortunes.

--
Ed
WB6WSN
El Cajon, CA USA

In all honesty to those that ridiculed the tower and it's associated
riggings etc...I have posted photos of the damage incurred from the
category 4 hurricane Dennis.


According to my map you weren't hit by hurricane Dennis..... maybe a
bit of tropical storm.... maybe.



Ed

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:57:28 GMT, Ed
wrote:


In all honesty to those that ridiculed the tower and it's associated
riggings etc...I have posted photos of the damage incurred from the
category 4 hurricane Dennis.


According to my map you weren't hit by hurricane Dennis..... maybe a
bit of tropical storm.... maybe.



Ed


According to the weather map he was about 100 miles from the "eye" of
a tropical depression, which is one notch below a tropical storm.

bob
k5qwg

Charlie wrote:
In all honesty to those that ridiculed the tower and it's associated
riggings etc...I have posted photos of the damage incurred from the category
4 hurricane Dennis. I never expected this kind of result...live and learn I
suppose. Here is the direct link..

1. http://deepsouthnet.net/storm_damage.html


Charlie, there is only one photo on that web page, shown twice. Do you
have a photo of any damage you took after the storm? I could not find
one in http://deepsouthnet.net/images/.

73
N1POP

Hi Larry,
I intentionally posted the very same identical mage twice since there was
no damage and no change in the image even had I taken one after the storm
cleared. There was no damage here at all to the station in any way.

I NEVER realized my photographic prowess would cause such a stir which
included accusations of "misrepresentation" "spoofing" "nice try" and
comments about my "**** tower" "crappy installation" etc. I was even
ridiculed for not "being in the eye of the hurricane". Gee maybe next time I
can request a 200 mph cat 5 hurricane to plow through my backyard.

Be that as it may since human nature and the heart of man are such I simply
wanted to show that there was absolutely no damage.


So to "prove" there was no damage here is a link to a snap I just took of
the tower. Geesh Louise......
1. http://deepsouthnet.net/images/100_5512.jpg

--

Charlie
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net





"Larry" wrote in message
...
Charlie wrote:
In all honesty to those that ridiculed the tower and it's associated
riggings etc...I have posted photos of the damage incurred from the
category 4 hurricane Dennis. I never expected this kind of result...live
and learn I suppose. Here is the direct link..

1. http://deepsouthnet.net/storm_damage.html


Charlie, there is only one photo on that web page, shown twice. Do you
have a photo of any damage you took after the storm? I could not find one
in http://deepsouthnet.net/images/.

73
N1POP

Charlie wrote:
Hi Larry,
I intentionally posted the very same identical mage twice since there was
no damage and no change in the image even had I taken one after the storm
cleared. There was no damage here at all to the station in any way.

Good to hear, Charlie, and thanks for the clarification.

I NEVER realized my photographic prowess would cause such a stir which
included accusations of "misrepresentation" "spoofing" "nice try" and
comments about my "**** tower" "crappy installation" etc.

I remind myself that we are amateurs, after all. As such, we might do
things differently from professionals or self-proclaimed professionals.

I also remind myself that this is Usenet, and it attracts all sorts of
opinions and posting styles. Not all of them are worth reading or replying.

73
N1POP

In all honesty to those that ridiculed the tower and it's associated
riggings etc...I have posted photos of the damage incurred from the
category 4 hurricane Dennis. I never expected this kind of
result...live and learn I suppose. Here is the direct link..

1. http://deepsouthnet.net/storm_damage.html



Glad your antenna system came through unscathed during your spell of
increased wind. My neighbor came home from the bar, drunk, sucessfully
too. Glad you both are unscathed!


Ed

TY Ed....President Bush has authorized emergency disaster funds for our
county due to "increased winds!"

--

Charlie
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net





"Ed" wrote in message
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In all honesty to those that ridiculed the tower and it's associated
riggings etc...I have posted photos of the damage incurred from the
category 4 hurricane Dennis. I never expected this kind of
result...live and learn I suppose. Here is the direct link..

1. http://deepsouthnet.net/storm_damage.html



Glad your antenna system came through unscathed during your spell of
increased wind. My neighbor came home from the bar, drunk, sucessfully
too. Glad you both are unscathed!


Ed