[Wswss] Re: [PNWVHFS] And So It Begins...

[Edward R. Cole]

At 11:09 PM 7/22/2006 +0000, T. M. wrote:
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>And so it begins......
>
>As anyone who has been in "Escrow Hell" before can tell you... the not 
>knowing, the waiting, the endless barrage of phone calls and faxes, The 
>steady stream of "What Ifs" that go thru your mind, The packing of 
>everything not immeadiately needed, The reducing your life to a couple boxes 
>of stuff to be grabbed at the last minute, all of it has lead to the point 
>where I am today...
>
>Today I began packing up the Amateur Radio station in preparation for moving 
>to our new home, hopefully next Friday evening. All that will be left 
>operational untill the last minute will be one 12V supply, a barefoot IC746, 
>The Tower Trailer, The current assortment of HF/VHF antennas, rotor control 
>box, the computer and finally the Internet connection.
>
>Everything else... The AM6154 and AM6155 amps, coaxial relays, the test 
>equipment, the coaxial adapters,  Coaxial Jumper cables, the brick amps, the 
>assortment of wattmeters, preamps, power cables, key lines, IF cables, 
>probes, a huge assortment of misc cables, the WSJT interfaces, the WSJT 
>switchbox, FM radios, IC706mkIIg 220/432 station, the 2nd 12V supply, The 
>beacons projects for 6, 2, 222, and 432, 222 transverter, soldering station, 
>tools, spare parts... everything that goes into a fully stocked HF/VHF 
>contest station and workbench will be packed into bright blue plastic totes 
>and carted off to storage... Tonight.
>
>Mind you, the indoor/outdoor electronic thermometer on the wall says its 113 
>F in the shade on the front porch and 85 inside (Thats with the swamp cooler 
>at full tilt boogie)
>
>Next friday begins the joy of moving whats left, the BIG HEAVY stuff to 
>either the house, or if Escrow is delayed - into Another storage unit.
>
>Assuming we are done moving next weekend, next begins the joy of unpacking 
>EVERYTHING and establishing a new, AND LARGER, contest station while 
>attending to the little things I need to fix once the house is ours... like 
>carpet, roofing, some electrical, and other misc fixes....
>
>Somewhere in here I have to still find the energy to go to work 5 days a 
>week, find time to eat, sleep and enjoy the company of my lady Rosie who has 
>been a real trooper throughout this entire ordeal.
>
>So friends, Today I bid a temporary goodbye to grid chasing on 222 / 432 
>Mhz, and beginning next weekend will be Temporarily QRT on all bands until 
>sometime in mid August (With any luck).
>
>I look forward to Fall when I can resume a more relaxed lifestyle with 
>cooler temperatures, antennas in the air again, and the station back to it 
>former level of operation.
>
>73s de Tim - K7XC - from the extremely HOT and Humid DM09ol... sk

Tim,

And where for doesth thou goest?

Well in fact, we close our escrow this thursday and will be handed the keys
to our new(er) home!  July 29th the moving begins.  Fortunately, we still
own our current home and can take a couple weeks in the move (unfortunately
we then have two mortgages to pay for).  It is a long-haul, almost a mile!
So after many pickup and minivan loads (and one day of heavy moving with a
U-Haul truck) we will have arrived (Aug. 05).

Yes, my radio shack consists of my FT-847, 80-40m dipole, triband beam, and
2m/70cm vertical.  Much has been boxed and more will follow.  Then after
the move is the fun digging new holes for concrete tower bases, and putting
the arrays back up.  One thing I am thankfull of is doing the station
wiring diagrams in detail a few months ago.  That should ease the
frustration of figuring out what plugs in where (if I can find the box that
the drawings were packed)! 

We do have an advantage in the 60F wx!  Today was overcast and rainy.
Tends to be such into August and September up here.  Hoping for a few sunny
dry days for tower work.  So initially we will only have the 2m/70cm
vertical and a rover station.  But what a grand opportunity to build it so
much better (we can dream, right?).

Hope your move goes well!
Photo of our new home is on the website: http://www.qsl.net/al7eb/about.htm
73's,
Ed - KL7UW  
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