W2LJ QRP .... Do More With Less

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Tree news

Posted: 08 Sep 2016 06:45 PM PDT
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There is none.

So, while talking with good friend Drew W2OU this evening, I have decided
to be proactive. The only thing that I am sure of, is that I'm not sure of
anything at this point. What I definitely know is that my neighbors want
to remove the oak tree from their front yard. The maple in the back "may"
have carpenter ant damage. Or it may not. The tree specialist that they
are hiring will look and make a determination whether to just "top" the
tree (trim it back) or make it go bye-bye.

I am going to assume the worst case scenario and will assume "bye-bye".
With that outcome in mind, I am going to go to Home Depot some time this
weekend and will buy one of their big five gallon paint buckets and some
Sakrete.

I will dig a hole in the back corner of the backyard, big enough and deep
enough to hold the paint bucket even with ground level. The bucket itself
will be filled with Sakrete and will anchor one section of the military
surplus aluminum masting that I have. This will serve as my base. It will
be there, ready to accept another 25-30 feet (8-10 meters) of masting, if
and when the maple disappears. Should the maple stay, then all I will have
is a piece of pipe sticking out of the ground in the extreme corner of my
backyard, where it will hurt no one.


In either case, I will be ready to either return my wire back into the
topped tree; or hook it up to the 30 foot (10 Meter) mast as quickly as
possible, before the weather turns miserable for Winter.

Sounds like a plan; and I feel better when I have a plan.

72 de Larry W2LJ
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