> For the record my subdivision does have underground power. And I know
> nothing about the wire suspended from a 4' balloon that blew across the
> Tudor Road substation and knocked out power to 25,000 homes. Honest.
>
> 73 from Anchorage.
A famous West Virginia 160 DXer had a balloon vertical up and
went to the store. When he arrived home the baloon was gone, and
so was his coax, window curtains, and the headphones were a pile
of melted plastic.
Lucky he was miles away when the balloon vertical hit the power
lines.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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