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Thursday, October 8,
2020: Mark
was up the 65-foot Gilbert Lodge communications tower recently. He did some repair work and added new hardware. |
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Mark installed a new 260-foot long
dipole wire antenna with a center feed (white T) near the top of the
tower. The problem was the ends of the antenna were only about ten feet off the ground. |
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That's when friend Brian Wermager
stopped by with his bow and arrow. Mark thought his name should be Friar Tuck, of Robin Hood fame, because Brian is a retired Lutheran minister. |
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It took three arrow shots with fishing
line trailing on each leg of the dipole to get the wire in the top of
the trees. |
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Success. |
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Mark put test equipment on the feed point, at the tower fence,
to check the results. He was a happy guy. |
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Mark and Paula use their amateur radio licenses to communite
across the country and around the world. That includes talking to stations in Japan, Australia, Russia, England, Poland and even Antarctica. Learn more at the National Association for Amateur Radio. |
Quote of the day:
 Always
something to fill our lives with challenges. Mark
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Questions, Comments? Email Mark Persons teki@mwpersons.com |
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