"Charlie" wrote in message
...
Because the images are virtually the same..even if I stepped outside and
shot a "true after" picture it would be the same image.

Sorry to disappoint all you guys but there was no damage here.....as all
but a very few "tower experts" predicted.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net


Charlie, you may have noticed that the thread died once people realised you
are out of town and not endangering anyone else. Good on you for putting up
a tower out there, what the hell, eh? But the distortions aren't exactly
helpful.

More to the point, how's the DX'ing? I used to have to go to a nearby
mountainside road to get any height like you have now.

Cheers.

Ken

President Bush has authorized "Disaster Relief Funds" for 38 counties in
Mississippi including my county of Newton.
1. http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/1678647.html

You cartographer skills as well as your meteorological powers of analysis
leave a lot to be desired.

Have a nice day.....sorry my tower did not collapse and that no one in my
family was killed. Maybe next time..eh?

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net





"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:52:11 -0500, "Charlie"
wrote:

Bob,
The storm was not a pinpoint single line width across the map but over 3 0
0
m i l e s wide. I did not measure the "winds in Union". If they were not
high enough for you then maybe better luck next time.

According to the storm category indications on the map at

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical.../at200504.html

"Hurricane Dennis" was actually a "tropical depression" before it ever
crossed into Mississippi, some distance north of Union.

Charlie, I would never wish high winds upon anyone, but before you
brag about riding out a Category 4 Hurricane, you should be a little
more accurate in your terminology :-)

Have a good one...

bob
k5qwg

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:31:05 -0500, "Charlie"
wrote:

President Bush has authorized "Disaster Relief Funds" for 38 counties in
Mississippi including my county of Newton.
1. http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/1678647.html

Yep, those tropical depressions can be rough -- let us know next time
it rains in Union -- we'll want to see "before & after" pics of your
tower.

bob
k5qwg



You cartographer skills as well as your meteorological powers of analysis
leave a lot to be desired.

Have a nice day.....sorry my tower did not collapse and that no one in my
family was killed. Maybe next time..eh?

There are no distortions Ken. The tower looks the same the day before Dennis
as it does now the day after. The WHOLE POINT in using 2 identical photos
was to illustrate that there IS NO DIFFERENCE after the storm.

I have been on Usenet for 20 years or more and it is always the
same....people just wait in the wings to take pot shots at others. I posted
a link to the tower photos and all I got was ridicule and cuss words.

Now that it survived the affects of hurricane Dennis I get accusations that
Dennis never even came near my home.
You guys can all go fish..or any other "F" word you might be able to think
of.

Sorry to rob you all of the splendor of viewing my new tower down on the
ground.

You ****ers are all a bunch of real sick *******s.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net





"Ken Taylor" wrote in message
...
"Charlie" wrote in message
...
Because the images are virtually the same..even if I stepped outside and
shot a "true after" picture it would be the same image.

Sorry to disappoint all you guys but there was no damage here.....as all
but a very few "tower experts" predicted.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net


Charlie, you may have noticed that the thread died once people realised
you are out of town and not endangering anyone else. Good on you for
putting up a tower out there, what the hell, eh? But the distortions
aren't exactly helpful.

More to the point, how's the DX'ing? I used to have to go to a nearby
mountainside road to get any height like you have now.

Cheers.

Ken

In article ,
"Charlie" wrote:

There are no distortions Ken. The tower looks the same the day before Dennis
as it does now the day after. The WHOLE POINT in using 2 identical photos
was to illustrate that there IS NO DIFFERENCE after the storm.

I have been on Usenet for 20 years or more and it is always the
same....people just wait in the wings to take pot shots at others. I posted
a link to the tower photos and all I got was ridicule and cuss words.

Now that it survived the affects of hurricane Dennis I get accusations that
Dennis never even came near my home.
You guys can all go fish..or any other "F" word you might be able to think
of.

Sorry to rob you all of the splendor of viewing my new tower down on the
ground.

You ****ers are all a bunch of real sick *******s.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net



If you make yourself a target you become one dummy.









"Ken Taylor" wrote in message
...
"Charlie" wrote in message
...
Because the images are virtually the same..even if I stepped outside and
shot a "true after" picture it would be the same image.

Sorry to disappoint all you guys but there was no damage here.....as all
but a very few "tower experts" predicted.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net


Charlie, you may have noticed that the thread died once people realised
you are out of town and not endangering anyone else. Good on you for
putting up a tower out there, what the hell, eh? But the distortions
aren't exactly helpful.

More to the point, how's the DX'ing? I used to have to go to a nearby
mountainside road to get any height like you have now.

Cheers.

Ken

Charlie wrote:
The WHOLE POINT in using 2 identical photos
was to illustrate that there IS NO DIFFERENCE after the storm.

I'll bet CSI could find a difference.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

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Hey, Charlie, glad to hear your tower suffered no ill effects. You'll
be overjoyed to know that mine didn't either. Sorry, no pix available.

Cheers,
Tom

Just posting a real 'after' shot would have shut people up (well, most, as
you say).

Anyway, still glad it didn't come down. My only beef was ever the
neighbours - since they aren't in sight (and I notice you don't seem to have
your house near it either) I say go for it.

Cheers.

Ken

"Charlie" wrote in message
...
There are no distortions Ken. The tower looks the same the day before
Dennis as it does now the day after. The WHOLE POINT in using 2 identical
photos was to illustrate that there IS NO DIFFERENCE after the storm.

I have been on Usenet for 20 years or more and it is always the
same....people just wait in the wings to take pot shots at others. I
posted a link to the tower photos and all I got was ridicule and cuss
words.

Now that it survived the affects of hurricane Dennis I get accusations
that Dennis never even came near my home.
You guys can all go fish..or any other "F" word you might be able to think
of.

Sorry to rob you all of the splendor of viewing my new tower down on the
ground.

You ****ers are all a bunch of real sick *******s.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net





"Ken Taylor" wrote in message
...
"Charlie" wrote in message
...
Because the images are virtually the same..even if I stepped outside and
shot a "true after" picture it would be the same image.

Sorry to disappoint all you guys but there was no damage here.....as all
but a very few "tower experts" predicted.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net


Charlie, you may have noticed that the thread died once people realised
you are out of town and not endangering anyone else. Good on you for
putting up a tower out there, what the hell, eh? But the distortions
aren't exactly helpful.

More to the point, how's the DX'ing? I used to have to go to a nearby
mountainside road to get any height like you have now.

Cheers.

Ken

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!

--
73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

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