[SEDXC] Chaz is a big tease!

[JT Croteau]

In response to my want for a directional antenna for 20M, Chaz sent me
an email stating that he had either a Mosely Classic 33 or a Classic
36 in his backyard that I was welcome to come get.  Now, with Chaz's
ever increasing grey matter, he couldn't remember which one was back
out there.  However, either would have been perfect for me and, with
boyish enthusiasm and a sudden burst of energy I haven't seen since I
was a kid, I threw a bunch of tools in the back of the truck and sped
over there to collect this great find.

When I got there, I started to have the feeling that something was
wrong as Chaz was locked in his house and couldn't find a key to get
us out back.  However, we finally make it to the backyard, and proceed
to start pulling element after element out of the mulch, vines, and
all kinds of mean and nasty stuff.  The first three elements we pulled
out were all parasitic elements meaning that this had to be the larger
Classic-36.  I was elated, this was perfect!  Chaz told me that the
antenna had been sitting back there for a good 10 years but I was
impressed to find most of the hardware in excellent condition and was
looking forward to an easy restoration project.  However, after we
pull the driven element out, the wind quickly vanished from my sails
as we suddenly could not find the remaining two elements nor the boom.
 I spent the next 20 minutes digging around with a shovel but to no
avail.  We gave up and I came home empty handed.

Now with all kidding aside, I want to thank Chaz for offering this
antenna to me in the first place along with letting me come over at
the last minute on a Sunday evening to dig around his backyard.

It just wasn't meant to be.

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  JT Croteau - W6FO - Canton, GA
  ARS #2,147 | NoGA-QRP | SEDXC | ARRL