[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

[Bernie Doran]

DO NOT use a wrench or anything of value, wrenches are too heavy for the 
squirrels to use and value means nothing to them!!!Do not ask how I came to 
this wisdom.  Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Knepper" <collinsradio at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er


>I always paint my crescent wrenches bright orange, yellow, and red so that
> when they get stuck in tree limbs - and they do -  they make excellent
> Christmas decorations.  I now have a tree in my front yard that is fully
> decorated from my feeble attempts to hang an antenna.  Folks driving by 
> gawk
> at my Christmas tree and must say to themselves, that Knepper must be too
> cheap to buy real ornaments!  They are partially right but I will not tell
> them how those crescent wrenches came to hang up on thos boughs!
> Ingeuous you would have to admit!
>
> David Knepper, W3CRA/W3ST
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er
>
>
>> Jim,  I use an open end wrench or Crescent wrench with binder twine to
>> sling my rope over tree limbs.  It is a bit heaver than lead weights
>> used in fishing.  They are easier to find too!
>>
>> Jim/W5JO
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hey Eddy,
>>> Thanks for the advice, I don't fish, but I still have my
>>> Nieces' fishing rod from when she was itty-bitty"
>>> That will do it too I guess. I am sure "Jenna Benna"
>>> won"t mind if I borrow it, again thanks! Note: Brain is fried from
>>> moving!
>>> Jim
>>> WB2FCN
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2011-11-29, at 8:45 AM, James M. Walker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am still looking for a sling-shot so I can get my antennas up in
>>>>> the
>>>>> trees. Got an end fed long wire running east/west but not even 30
>>>>> feet
>>>>> off the ground.
>>>>>
>>
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