[Fourlanders] HF trapYagi parts blowout

[Tom McElroy]

Hi folks,
Hurricane Irma soaked the ground enough to leave an 80 foot tall red-oak in
a soft-dirt-puddle.
A strong wind blew it over.
The enormity of a tree can only be appreciated when you see it laying in
front of you.
Or in this case, that one tree was broad and tall enough to slash and crush
every antenna we owned.

A TA-33JR WARC and a few other trap-beams were busted,
Our U/V EME array was crushed, and our W4ZST trailer was bent into a V.

We're thankful to Jerry W5TDY for the loan of a Alpha-Delta LB Plus trap
dipole.
It can cover most of the HF bands.  But the kids had grown accustomed to
being able to
rotate a yagi to null-out noise, and improve signal strength when pouncing
on DX.

Being frugal hams (tnx Wey), with a proven teenage contest team suddenly in
jeopardy,
we attempted to rebuild, and re-tune, scavenging from one antenna to
rebuild another.
But once an aluminum tube is compromised with bends, fractures and tears,
you can never have the confidence to raise it up again.

 We've spent several weekends over several years trying to recover the
parts into useable antennas, but it's just not feasible.

So here, we present to you, a collection of yagi traps and parts for your
use.
Take all, or take some, we hope that they can go to a good home.
The traps are in very good shape, some end caps were new in 2016.
Please click this link
https://photos.app.goo.gl/aXzuRwx7NJX2BZsn6
to see some stills and a video of the items available.

73
Ham Clan McElroy
Jack KM4ZIA
Audrey KM4BUN
Janet K4PRM
Tom W4SDR

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