[SADXA] Antenna footing

[Wes Stewart]

Thanks Tom,

Always fun having an informal contest with you.

Wes

On 5/7/2017 1:49 PM, Tom Kramer wrote:
> Wes,
>
>   Good timing or you.  I plan antenna work tomorrow and maybe Tuesday.  My 
> primary 6m yagi has high SWR so will crank it down. Thankfully it is on a hazer.
>
> I wish these fronts would roll through occasionally during the summer.
>
> So now I have to fight you as well on 80/160??  Hopefully those bands will 
> produce some good DX in the next few years.  Good luck.
>
> 73 Tom NQ7R
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Wes Stewart
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2017 12:40 PM
> To: SADXA
> Subject: [SADXA] Antenna footing
>
> 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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