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« on: December 06, 2009, 02:34:32 PM »
Looks like more than Tom's mast is down.
-can't get into his topic.

Power must be out too  Grin
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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2009, 03:21:30 PM »
Hi Rick,

Looks like I lunched the page when I tried to post photos. (Sorry Gary.)

Anyhow one of my 30 foot masts made of 3 sections of now 20 year old Radio Shack antenna poles collapsed sometime during the night.  This key mast held one end of the 40 meter dipole, one end of the 75 meter dipole and one end of the 160 meter end-fed half-wave.  We had about 7" of heavy snowfall here 40 miles north of Philadelphia, the type that really clung to the wires and guy ropes.  All of the wires are off the ground now but are 3 feet high at one end. 
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Rick & "Roosevelt"
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2009, 04:34:09 PM »
Sorry to hear that.
Maybe you can lash up a 30 to 40 footer 2x4 woodie for temporary communications.
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2009, 09:37:07 AM »
Quote from: W3RSW on December 06, 2009, 02:34:32 PM
Looks like more than Tom's mast is down.
-can't get into his topic.

Power must be out too  Grin


they make little blue pills for that Grin  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2009, 10:04:17 AM »
The Winter ride might get a little rough this year.
Farmer's Almanac isn't painting a pretty picture for Western PA.
Stuff flying around already 12-7

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