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Re: [VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] Why me Lord? What is going on?

To: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] Why me Lord? What is going on?
From: Terry Price <terry@directivesystems.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 16:00:26 -0400
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So sorry to hear about this, just in time for winter...... Maybe there is
some truth to the rumor pterodactyls really still exist!!

Terry Price - W8ZN
Directive Systems and Engineering
703-754-3876


On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 1:24 PM David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:

> Today I came back from my camp only to find that my 222 MHz EME/TROPO
> array has sustained serious damage to one side of the H frame. It was
> working and looking just fine on Friday when I saw it last and there has
> been zero wind since then. I mean there has been no wind!! Both antennas
> on one side are smashed and the booms are pushed inward toward the main
> mast. Both booms have been snapped in half. All I can think of is that
> something big must have snagged it. A big bird could not damage both of
> them at once. The braces have been bent sideways so whatever hit it had
> considerable force behind it.
>
> I am off the air with a directional antenna until this gets repaired.
> The two local guys who might have helped are out of state so I am alone
> in trying to recover from whatever damaged them. It is a mess.  I will
> be trying to figure out what to do. This is a huge disaster. There is no
> damage anywhere else. I have no clue what happened.
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
>
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