[SADXA] Antenna footing

[Jerry]

You could not schedule that again this time of year with 100 tries. The 
best part of all that is, ITS DONE. Be sure you keep that stuff damp for 
the next few days.


On 5/7/2017 12:40 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> I've been wanting to put up a vertical for 80 and 160 for months 
> (almost a year really).  I finally bought a tilt over fixture and some 
> aluminum tubing, to add to what I had, from DXEngineering. 
> (https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-va-pivot-3) This requires a 7 
> foot long, 3" steel mast cast in concrete.  I've had the hole dug and 
> lined with an 18" Sonotube 4 feet deep for some time but hadn't found 
> time or ambition to mix and place the concrete.  I've spent the last 
> few weeks rescuing mice and lizards from the bottom of the hole.  As I 
> procrastinated, the WX got hotter. When I started assembling the 
> fixture, I found a gouge in one SS plate. DXEngineering said they 
> wanted to replace it.  After a big mix up I finally got the 
> replacement part a week later than promised. The WX got hotter.  Two 
> days ago it hit 100 degrees.
>
> I finally decided that today was the day, thirteen 60 pound sacks of 
> Quikrete were on hand but a last minute calculation said I might need 
> more, so a quick trip to Home Depot was in order.  The WX was 
> unusually cool when I started at 8 AM, When I finished at noon today 
> the temp was...wait for it... 73!
>
> How about that?
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
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