[arrl-odv:19734] Mourning
I thought I would share a bit of bad news with the 'family." I have had a terrible disaster. My 70 ft. tower and an apparently very strong gust of wind got together at about 5 AM a few mornings ago with the result that the top 60 or so ft. of the tower now lays in a fairly straight line pointing (of course) toward Newington. Accompanying the tower are a TH11DXS a 6 M beam, a couple of VHF/UHF Ringos and a 160 M Carolina Windom. It looks as though reconstruction can being as soon as a new TH 11 is received. The interesting thing is that about 25 ft. away, I slept through the fall even though it woke up my grandson. I guess this means I have a clear conscience. Enjoy. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio
Sorry to hear the news, Jim. At least you and are safe and it didn't come through the roof! 73, K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver K8JE <K8JE@ARRL.org> To: 'ODV' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 10:38 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19734] Mourning I thought I would share a bit of bad news with the 'family." I have had a terrible disaster. My 70 ft. tower and an apparently very strong gust of wind got together at about 5 AM a few mornings ago with the result that the top 60 or so ft. of the tower now lays in a fairly straight line pointing (of course) toward Newington. Accompanying the tower are a TH11DXS a 6 M beam, a couple of VHF/UHF Ringos and a 160 M Carolina Windom. It looks as though reconstruction can being as soon as a new TH 11 is received. The interesting thing is that about 25 ft. away, I slept through the fall even though it woke up my grandson. I guess this means I have a clear conscience. Enjoy. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio _______________________________________________ rrl-odv mailing list rrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org ttp://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
Jim, I am very sorry to hear of this event. But please note what I learned my first year in law school Torts class: when something terrible happens to you, it is almost always the fault of someone else who has a good deal of folding money; unless you have good insurance, in which case, no problem -- new towers and antennas are almost always better than old towers and old antennas --except when you need a new building permit and the ordinance has changed, etc. etc. etc. 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper. P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: k5ur@aol.com To: K8JE@ARRL.org; arrl-odv@arrl.org Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 11:46 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19735] Re: Mourning Sorry to hear the news, Jim. At least you and are safe and it didn't come through the roof! 73, K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver K8JE <K8JE@ARRL.org> To: 'ODV' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 10:38 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19734] Mourning I thought I would share a bit of bad news with the 'family." I have had a terrible disaster. My 70 ft. tower and an apparently very strong gust of wind got together at about 5 AM a few mornings ago with the result that the top 60 or so ft. of the tower now lays in a fairly straight line pointing (of course) toward Newington. Accompanying the tower are a TH11DXS a 6 M beam, a couple of VHF/UHF Ringos and a 160 M Carolina Windom. It looks as though reconstruction can being as soon as a new TH 11 is received. The interesting thing is that about 25 ft. away, I slept through the fall even though it woke up my grandson. I guess this means I have a clear conscience. Enjoy. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio _______________________________________________ rrl-odv mailing list rrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org ttp://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ rrl-odv mailing list rrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org ttp://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
Jim, I'm sorry to hear of this news. As a light sleeper, I'm impressed! Chuckling, I'm with Chris on this one. Surely, someone is responsible and just as soon as the credit check has been performed on the responsible party, Jim, John, Chris, Mike and myself will be on our way to assist you in properly laying blame and holding that party financially responsible. Surely it's a bunch of antenna hating HOA presidents. The one issue to be researched is how to execute on a judgment against mother nature.... 73, Grant KB7WSD -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org]On Behalf Of Chris Imlay Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 6:17 AM To: k5ur@aol.com; K8JE@ARRL.org; arrl-odv@ARRL.org Subject: [arrl-odv:19738] Re: Mourning Jim, I am very sorry to hear of this event. But please note what I learned my first year in law school Torts class: when something terrible happens to you, it is almost always the fault of someone else who has a good deal of folding money; unless you have good insurance, in which case, no problem -- new towers and antennas are almost always better than old towers and old antennas --except when you need a new building permit and the ordinance has changed, etc. etc. etc. 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper. P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: k5ur@aol.com To: K8JE@ARRL.org; arrl-odv@arrl.org Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 11:46 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19735] Re: Mourning Sorry to hear the news, Jim. At least you and are safe and it didn't come through the roof! 73, K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver K8JE <K8JE@ARRL.org> To: 'ODV' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 10:38 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19734] Mourning I thought I would share a bit of bad news with the 'family." I have had a terrible disaster. My 70 ft. tower and an apparently very strong gust of wind got together at about 5 AM a few mornings ago with the result that the top 60 or so ft. of the tower now lays in a fairly straight line pointing (of course) toward Newington. Accompanying the tower are a TH11DXS a 6 M beam, a couple of VHF/UHF Ringos and a 160 M Carolina Windom. It looks as though reconstruction can being as soon as a new TH 11 is received. The interesting thing is that about 25 ft. away, I slept through the fall even though it woke up my grandson. I guess this means I have a clear conscience. Enjoy. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
Tnx Grant. I guess you guys should be categorized as scrap metal truck chasers instead of ambulance chaser! I don't need to worry about a HOA, but the tower fell toward the house to the east of ours. Just after the antenna system first made its beautiful appearance on the skyline, a new owner of this house moved in and complained about the glorious shiny metal construction. My tower/antennas made it on community TV when he complained at a City Council meeting. Soon after, a building inspector appeared at our front door wanting to check out the split rail fence + dog fence I had installed upon buying the house. I recognized the true reason he was there when he kept inspecting the fence with his head back, looking at the tower. 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio _____ From: Grant Hopper [mailto:ghopper@eskimo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:09 PM To: Chris Imlay; k5ur@aol.com; K8JE@ARRL.org; arrl-odv@ARRL.org Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:19738] Re: Mourning Jim, I'm sorry to hear of this news. As a light sleeper, I'm impressed! Chuckling, I'm with Chris on this one. Surely, someone is responsible and just as soon as the credit check has been performed on the responsible party, Jim, John, Chris, Mike and myself will be on our way to assist you in properly laying blame and holding that party financially responsible. Surely it's a bunch of antenna hating HOA presidents. The one issue to be researched is how to execute on a judgment against mother nature.... 73, Grant KB7WSD -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org]On Behalf Of Chris Imlay Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 6:17 AM To: k5ur@aol.com; K8JE@ARRL.org; arrl-odv@ARRL.org Subject: [arrl-odv:19738] Re: Mourning Jim, I am very sorry to hear of this event. But please note what I learned my first year in law school Torts class: when something terrible happens to you, it is almost always the fault of someone else who has a good deal of folding money; unless you have good insurance, in which case, no problem -- new towers and antennas are almost always better than old towers and old antennas --except when you need a new building permit and the ordinance has changed, etc. etc. etc. 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper. P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: k5ur@aol.com To: K8JE@ARRL.org; arrl-odv@arrl.org Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 11:46 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19735] Re: Mourning Sorry to hear the news, Jim. At least you and are safe and it didn't come through the roof! 73, K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver K8JE <K8JE@ARRL.org> To: 'ODV' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 10:38 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19734] Mourning I thought I would share a bit of bad news with the 'family." I have had a terrible disaster. My 70 ft. tower and an apparently very strong gust of wind got together at about 5 AM a few mornings ago with the result that the top 60 or so ft. of the tower now lays in a fairly straight line pointing (of course) toward Newington. Accompanying the tower are a TH11DXS a 6 M beam, a couple of VHF/UHF Ringos and a 160 M Carolina Windom. It looks as though reconstruction can being as soon as a new TH 11 is received. The interesting thing is that about 25 ft. away, I slept through the fall even though it woke up my grandson. I guess this means I have a clear conscience. Enjoy. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3478 - Release Date: 03/02/11
From the other side of the fence, HR 607 has public safety entities concerned about their UHF spectrum as well. Here is an interesting article from Urgent Communications:
http://urgentcomm.com/mobile_voice/commentary/king-bill-uhf-clause-20110301/ '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioT
Jim Sorry to hear about the loss. However, you do have one alert grandson. 73 *-----------------------------------------------------* ** John Robert Stratton N5AUS West Gulf Division Vice Director West Gulf Division Legislative Action Chair Office telephone: 512-445-6262 Cell: 512-426-2028 PO Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 *-----------------------------------------------------* On 3/2/11 10:38 PM, Jim Weaver K8JE wrote:
I thought I would share a bit of bad news with the 'family." I have had a terrible disaster. My 70 ft. tower and an apparently very strong gust of wind got together at about 5 AM a few mornings ago with the result that the top 60 or so ft. of the tower now lays in a fairly straight line pointing (of course) toward Newington. Accompanying the tower are a TH11DXS a 6 M beam, a couple of VHF/UHF Ringos and a 160 M Carolina Windom. It looks as though reconstruction can being as soon as a new TH 11 is received. The interesting thing is that about 25 ft. away, I slept through the fall even though it woke up my grandson. I guess this means I have a clear conscience. Enjoy. Jim /Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director/ /ARRL Great Lakes Division/ 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 /ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio/
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Jim, that's a shame about your tower. I'm glad no one was injured. 73 - Kay N3KN
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Chris Imlay -
Grant Hopper -
James F. Boehner MD -
Jim Weaver K8JE -
JRS -
k5ur＠aol.com -
Kay Craigie