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

[jrusgrove at comcast.net]

Andy

Sorry to hear about XR shutting down ... was looking forward to seeing it again this season.

Any chance of putting up a less complex antenna ... like a 30 - 40' piece of water pipe with top guy 
wires used as top loading?  If I recall correctly your signal wasn't down that much on your old 
antenna. How about a loop in those trees near your house?



Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy - KU4XR" <ku4xr at yahoo.com>
To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 7:10 PM
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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