[SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club

Sun Nov 12 17:10:01 EST 2006

Roger,

 I dont have a gauge like that I have a KATRINA certificate of appreciation,
it stood through Katrina I dont think anything short of a direct hit is 
going to hurt it now.

   Joey
  Just trying to be helpfull. !

Richard JRichard J. Fiero II W5TFW QSL Manager USS KIDD DD-661 My web page 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger (K8RI) on Six" <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club

> Well, I'll try again.  I posted this over two hours ago and nothing has 
> turned up yet.  Probably stuck at my ISP.
>
>
>> Roger,
>>
>> what you need is PRACTICE, you can come climb my tower to help you stay 
>> in shape, you can even put up my other tower, then you wont have that 
>> problem next time you are ready to climb yours !!!!
>
> Joey, you are all heart<:-)) I really appreciate the thoughtful offer, but
> my wife has put her foot down and said at my age I'm going to be confining
> my tower climbing to my own. I used to do a lot of climbing around here, 
> but
> now I'm reaching "that point" it's really difficult to find some one...any
> one... to help out up there.  Which reminds me. I need to find a loos
> tension gage and recheck the guy tension. Any one know a good source?
>
> Tis true I do need the practice and more exercise and I do try.
> Unfortunately the arthritis sometimes interferrs. What I really need is to
> lose 20# or a little more.  When I built the tower 5 or 6 years ago I
> weighed 150 and I could (and did) stay up there all day. Now, when you
> consider the full body harness, fall arrest gear, tag lines, and pole 
> strap
> weight 17# and I weigh well over 170 it's the same as if I would have been
> carrying a 40 to 50# back pack every time I went up the tower 6 years ago.
> Without the warm jacket, but with steel toed work boots and leather gloves 
> I
> tip the scales at roughtly 202# when I go up the tower.  205 to 210 when
> dressed for cold weather.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
> N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
> www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)
>
>
>>
>> LOL,   Joey
>> Richard JRichard J. Fiero II W5TFW QSL Manager USS KIDD DD-661 My web 
>> page My PGP fingerprint: BCBD C687 446B 5D0E CCE2 8093 DB11 85DD D374 
>> C73F My PGP public key
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Roger (K8RI) on Six" <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>
>> To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:56 AM
>> Subject: Re: [SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club
>>
>>
>>>
>>> You guys had better hurry up and get ready for weak signals as I'm 
>>> almost ready to put the 7L 6-meter beam back in operation at 115 feet. 
>>> You should thank me for all the band openings this summer cuz when that 
>>> antenna goes back up the band will be going dead.<sigh>  To insure 
>>> propagation really goes down hill I'm installing LMR 600 all the way. 
>>> However I do need to climb that tower more.  I hadn't climbed in a month 
>>> and after an hour up there the other eveing  it's taken two days for my 
>>> calves and quads to recover. <:-))
>>>
>>> However if any one knows where I can get a good 6-meter legal limit amp, 
>>> let me know and not a pair of 3-500s as they take too much drive. For 
>>> that I could convert my old 2K4, but I'd rather do it was something a 
>>> bit more compact.  I tried for a 6n2 Thunderbolt on e-bay but some one 
>>> wanted it worse than I did. Maybe I should have kicked the final bid up 
>>> a bit. <sigh>
>>>
>>> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
>>> N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
>>> www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)
>>>
>>>
>>>>  it seems to me the amount of submissions to the reflector have slowed 
>>>> quite a bit, I suppose thats due mostly to the lack of 6 meter band 
>>>> openings.  this is a really good spot for 6 meter stuff,
>>>> it would be a shame to lose it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joey
>>>> Richard JRichard J. Fiero II W5TFW QSL Manager USS KIDD DD-661 My web 
>>>> page My PGP fingerprint: BCBD C687 446B 5D0E CCE2 8093 DB11 85DD D374 
>>>> C73F My PGP public key
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: <mahunt at adelphia.net>
>>>> To: <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 9:52 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am not a member of the group because I am to lazy to join I guess. 
>>>>>But I have found this e-mail reflector a life saver and a money saver 
>>>>>with all the advice I am able to get.  I guess now would be a great 
>>>>>time to join and provide a few dollars to the cause.  Anyways I would 
>>>>>love to help, and I do have some time to do so. I can help out with the 
>>>>>website (I have soom experience) maybe even play a month of the server 
>>>>>fees. Well thats my 2 cents that I can add. Please le me know if I can 
>>>>>help
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