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i think we may have talked before..i have to look back to see if i wrote it down..some days i do and most i dont lol..enjoy the windy weather were supposed to have today..967 john wavin;)

are you 426 wavrider? i thought i may have talked to ya..maybe not tho..i been logging so many folks it gets confusing at times..sometimes i go to 38 lsb and when i hollar out i get so many coming back im speechless.. im really luvin this tilt over crank up tower with the electric winch..im...

yes we will sooner or later..maybe a few months the band should be wide open:thumbup1:

not today lol..worst conditions in a while hear..

wait now lol..im not knoble..good morning,good afternoon good evening ,how ya doing all good in the sand pile,good afternoon,haha.. yeah knoble lives 60-70 mi north..i live beside 305 jim,he is well known on ham stations but hangs on 37-46 also.. cant always talk to knoble but you no how that...

i hang out on 46 most times anymore..im sure you talked to 549knoble:) ,but do frequent 37,38 42 also.well my day changed and didnt get to try it out yet maybe this afternoon...j9

hey 222 i have a custom rotor so maybe i can talk to you soon lol..a rope so i can turn the qaud will have to do for now:headbang..gonna hook up the coax in the am and see how it feels with 3-4 more decibals;)

made a boo boo..will be cutting them off in the am.cranked it up in high gear and didnt need the low gear on the hand crank..prob 2 minutes to crank it up,and very easy..ive learned a lot..bent 1 element slightly..thankfully its easy to let down:D

thats my fav youtube person in the world;) tree limb to high for any ladder i have..gonna borrow a pole saw from dad sometime .. well after posting the progress last night i went back out and got the inner tower pushed in,,went in with ease thanfully.installed the apex and now need a battery...

glad thats over..knot on my head the size of a baseball:blush: and arthritis in my hands knees and legs let me no it isnt going away no time soon..i used my head"literally" and didnt work hard,but worked smart..but it took a few hrs just to configure all the junk i had to work with to make it...

could wait..all excited again more them when i got the tower..the guy cables that came with it are ss cables..i thought they were aluminum in the begining. got them all figured out,anid the tower layed out and ready.. got everything bolted down and it feels super solid. i feel if i hit it...

basically all done now with a lil back fill later..it felt good when i seen the water all level around the plate and wings.guess my 70 yr ole broken level is still level .

im not that kinda guy,,yet :D id prefer to mix the concret first then pour it in myself..yep,this is plain ole fl kwik sand dirt mixture..ive been packing and soaking it so much it took 30 min for the water to soak in last time..fixing to go put the last 8 inches in the hole:D dirt that is and...

opinions..should i wait a week or so to install the tower,or after packing and soaking it today should it be fine to start getting the tower on it tomorrow? im in no hurry but with only half filled with dirt im amazed that it wont move at all..thankfully its nice and level..going back to pack...

got the custom made ezway post in the ground today..with mother natures concrete..ended up 4 inches above the ground so it took about 60 smacks with a sledge hammer to set it down flat..soaking with water and packing it by hand now..heres more pics. we have 3 hawks with 2 =3 babys..this hawk...

like 22 said..and i have done myself months back till i upgraded.. i got a dipole wire thing from ebay for 11.99 free shipping..put it 24 ft high on a aluminum tube with no guy wires except the string used to pull the wires where i wanted them.. with that wire i talked 7,000 miles and talked...

started on the post and looking good..the post is 5- 1/2 wide,the wings are a hair over 8 inches wide x 18 long..the top plate is 3/8 thick. im gonna tack weld bolts from the bottom sticking up on the post/plate,then get it level and flat in the ground then bolt the tilt over pole/plate to the...

got 40 ft of rg11 u from dxengineering.com and got it made up and installed today..7ft 8-1/2 inches long:D got the 2 x 1/8 aluminum boom mounted up and clamped down,drilled weep holes in all the tubes and got soaked when the water came out in my face from the rain and couple days ago.but they...

im on 37lsb till around 9pm tonight if anyone wants to shout real loud a few times..i do run in and out but here for the most part,,967 johnny9

UPDATE; hooked up some alum braided rg11 18awg conducter today at the 7ft 8 and 1/2 inch length that was recomended to me. soldered and entrapped the alum braid after crimping it and seems to be solid,then eyelets on the rg8 150 ft i was given thats pretty old but may be ok.. these results...