[Lowfer] lowFER Beacon " XR " ... A trace in history

[rick kirby]

  Hi Andy
 Sorry to hear about the storm. I know those freak storms well. Here in the
Poconos, we get "pop up" storms a few times every summer. No radar image ,
no warning; they just form when the air cools down in the mountain I guess.
 Sorry to hear about the guy wire also. Was the antenna actually damaged?
Could you just hoist up a new guy wire?

 Id hate to see you shut down "XR". You’re a regular in the window!


    73
       Rick  KA2PBO





-----Original Message-----
From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Andy - KU4XR
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 23:11
To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Lowfer] lowFER Beacon " XR " ... A trace in history


Greetings all.
 
I hope everyone is well. Due to a " freakish " thunderstorm today; I had to
drop the lowFER antenna... The storm came out of nowhere, with no notice at
all. The direction of travel was 180 degress opposite from virtually every
storm system that comes thru this region. The winds were pretty severe, and
did a bit of damage that I have not experienced to date... nothing severe in
nature, and fortunately, very little " real property " damage.. The wind
snapped one of the guy ropes, and with this antenna being super top heavy,
along with it leaning over the top of my mobile home; It was imperative that
it come 
down, rather than risking it snapping, and falling thru the roof of my
home...
 
I have had my fun with lowFER-ing, and have no plans to erect another
antenna in the future.
 
Thanks to everyone in the past who gave reception reports of " XR " ... They
truly were appreciated.
 
73 to all; and best wishes for the future.
 
Andy - KU4XR ______________________________________________________________
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