Beautiful day in central NC, 70F and nice breeze. Decided to run a 500 ft bev
in preparation for SP and the coming DX contests.
I now have a huge gash on my shin from a woods trip over a log, and I am
sweating bullets. Had to run the bev second time because I got disoriented in
the woods and went from 040 to 080 heading somewhere among the pines.
The bev is hearing quite nicely and it's still 2.5 hours until sunset. It's
not a HiZ four square (I sold mine this past spring to downsize), but it sure
knocks down the noise.
I'm 61. It was a good workout. Not as intense as lifting 50 pound horse feed
bags or 75 pound hay bales, but a lot more challenging walking through dense
undergrowth while trying to string insulated THHN over branches in a straight
line.
But I think I am getting a bit long in the tooth for stringing antennas...maybe
get a loop when the deer break the bev.
Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC FM06be
wd4elg@arrl.net<mailto:wd4elg@arrl.net>
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
SKCC #16439 FISTS #17972 QRP ARCI #16497
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