Ate... somebody ate my moxon. I swear, I really can spell.
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From: k4gun@comcast.net
> I don't know who did it, but I know where it happened... roughly. Some hungry
> tree in Delaware feasted upon my Par Electronics Stressed Moxon. I knew it
> was
> only a matter of time. It was right at 13' above the ground and I had been
> trimming trees with it from FM08, down to FM27. The mast was telescoping but
> the lowest I could get it without major re-rigging at every stop was 12'. I
> had
> left it at 13' because the road I intended to travel was pretty wide open,
> without any narrow spots, likely to have overhanging trees.
>
> Well, that didn't work out as intended. The GPS in my truck seemed to think
> the
> best route to my stop in FM29, was to take every dinky little road through
> the
> Eastern Shore of MD and DE. Like a fool, I believed it. As a result, the two
> arms and the reflector wire are missing and presumed dead.
>
> Because I am at work, I can't pull up the Par web site. Would somebody mind
> sending me their phone number so I can order a replacement? That really is a
> remarkable antenna. My loop worked for the rest of the contest, but not
> nearly
> as effectively as that moxon.
>
> Steve
> K4GUN/R
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