Congrats on completion of the tower project!
However I was alarmed (very briefly :-) ) to read of the apparent injury
to an intrepid member of the board family in the process.....
73 Bruce K0BJ
NEWINGTON, CT, Nov 1, 2006 -- Can you hear us now? W1AW's typically
strong signals may be pushing S meters a tad higher now, following the
replacement this fall of nearly every one of the station's antennas (see
sidebar). The last major upgrade was in 1989. Despite the wear and tear
inflicted during numerous New England winters, the old antennas -- installed on
four towers at the W1AW site adjacent to ARRL Headquarters -- had been getting
the job done reliably. Even so, replacing all of the aging aluminum had been on
the agenda for a while, W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, said, but it was the loss of one-half of a director on a 20-meter
rotatable Yagi at the very top of the 120-foot tower that pushed the project to
top priority.