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

[Douglas D. Williams]

Hope you make your way back to the hobby someday, Andy. It was nice having a
fellow "Lowfer" so close by.

Doug - KB4OER

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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