[TowerTalk] The Anger of Trees

[Charles H. Harpole]

I had to cut down a smallish pine in order to put up my HyTower in my back
yard.  I appologized to it and to all the other trees in the area.
However, I think they got mad:
1.  Ant was up 6 mos and a perfectly sound pine fell over the 160meter
wire attachment and pulled the HyTower down to the ground.
I re-installed the ant.
2.  Another six months or so, a bigger and sounder pine that I had guyed
the HyTower to   fell over and pulled the ant down again.
Looking at the trees that fell, and cutting them up, I could find no rot,
not other reason for falling and all of the many others close around were
still in fine shape.  Re-installed again!
I think the trees got angry and have "fixed" my antenna twice.  Will I
give up if  a third happening?  Stay tuned.  K4VUD


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