[TowerTalk] Towers and XYLs

[Dan Bookwalter]

When i was 15 or so and wanted a tower and tribander
for dxing my mom just flat out said NO... i was using
a HyGain 18HT vertical at the time... my dad stayed
neutral on the subject so it was up to me... what i
did was to make 'scale' drawings of what i currently
had and then what i wanted... i made the 18HT very
dominant in my drawing and the 25G and tribander not
so dominant (and a bit smaller too ;-) )... she didnt
seem to catch on and approved my new setup...

so you can always resort to somehtign like that too...

Dan

--- Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:

> My XYL's only argument was that she didn't want it
> in the front yard.
> 
> 73-
> Fred, W6TKV
>
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> 
> This may be a little off topic.......I've never
> understood some XYL's 
> complaints about ham radio antennas and towers.  I'm
> not talking about the ugly 
> monstrosities of K3LR, W3LPL, W9RE, K4XS and other
> fanatics.  I'm talking about 
> modest 30 footers with maybe an A-3 on top.
> 
> My approach to a reluctant XYL would be to drive her
> to the closest 
> "fanatic," and have her take a peak at what you
> "really would like," and then propose 
> your modest setup.  Lacking a local fanatic, look up
> some of the "fanatics" on 
> qrz.com or do a Googol search to find pictures of
> those stations.  That may 
> help....and of course a dozen roses might just put
> you over the top!  After all, 
> you're not asking to start a house of ill-repute,
> just a modest station for 
> some R&R.
> 
> Bill K4XS
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