[ADXA] directionally challenged

W5KI@SL w5ki at silverlarkcrafts.com
Fri Dec 5 10:54:32 EST 2025


It's the akin to the military repair technique of "brogan maintenance".  
Vehicles, electronics, etc.  You name it. 😂

73, Steve, W5KI

On 05-Dec-25 07:28, w5znjoel at gmail.com wrote:
>
> Somewhat funny story, Dennis in that I have never whacked a power pole 
> with a big hammer here, simply because I’m a bit scared to HOWEVER 
> when Entergy was out here late last summer confirming a severe 
> sparking line noise issue that I had already identified, it was 
> intermittent on a lightning arrester ¼ mile away on the highway. The 
> “investigating crew” heard it, thought they had confirmed the exact 
> pole so to confirm the head guy said “Jim get that big ass sledge 
> hammer out of the truck and whack that pole”. When “Jim” did, the 
> sparking went wild!!
>
> So, while it is definitely NOT recommended that we do this, apparently 
> the Entergy folks are quite familiar with, and use, this “specialized 
> technique” !!!! 😊
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN / ZF2ZN
>
> *From:*adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On 
> Behalf Of *Dennis Schaefer
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 4, 2025 4:26 PM
> *To:* ADXA <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [ADXA] directionally challenged
>
> Which way is up?
>
>
>
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