[ADXA] My apologies for shutting down the DX on 6!

[BILL KENNAMER]

Most of the DX occurs when I have my antenna on the ground, so if you noticed the last two years being excellent, that’s why. 
K5FUV 


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On Thursday, June 11, 2026, 10:24 AM, Randell Curtis, W5ZJ via ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

After mowing this morning, I checked the heading on the 6 element yagi and it was clamped to the tower at 19 degrees. My first thought was "I'll shinny up the tower and turn it a bit more east".  My second thought was "why would I have the antenna turned to 19 degrees anyway?".
Upon further review, I noticed that I couldn't simply turn the antenna due to the boom or director number 2 hitting the tower.  I decided to attach a side extension off the tower and move the yagi to it so the boom or elements would not be hitting the tower with it favoring Europe. 
I haven't climbed in a couple/few years, and upon making a few steps up the tower, I noticed that apparently someone had turned up the gravity since I had last climbed. I huffed and puffed up to the 40ft level attached my extension arm, moved the antenna, and shut down the European DX. 
If anyone would want to paypal me some  $$..$$$..$$$$, I will climb back up and move the antenna back to 19 degrees so the band will open back up. However, to get this task expedited, it will need to be $$$$ and not just $$ as I am too worn out from fighting gravity today. 
The good news is that since I repositioned the antenna, it should have a couple dead spots Northwest and Southeast. Expect an amazing opening those directions soon!
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