[TowerTalk] best way to shine up an old yagi?

[Larry WA9VRH]

Hi Jim and all,

About 18 years ago we built our home outside Peoria, Il. on 5 acres.  At the 
time we were the 3rd house out of the possible eight. Put up a US Tower 55' 
crack-up (because of my wife's wishes for no guy wires) :)

Put the tower up and a few weeks later the antennas went on. Didn't run 
feedlines into the house for a couple of weeks but never had any complaints.

Happy to report we still have not had any complaints... Don't know for sure 
but since I am the only person in the group that has a generator that may 
have some influence.....

You might keep that in mind for the future!  Could make a big difference. 
Run a neighbors refig and or freezer for an hour or so could be a big plus 
for that big stick in the sky. Also alerting neighbors to severe WX can also 
be a help. Get them to buy their own WX radios is a good plan.

What I am saying is keep the blinders off and educate your neighbors on what 
can protect them and their homes...

Can buy you a LOT!

73 Larry WA9VRH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] best way to shine up an old yagi?


> On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:43:25 -0700, David Gilbert wrote:
>
>> I went out of my way to paint my tower and
>>yagis with dark camouflage colors to make them less obtrusive for the
>>neighborhood, and everything is four acre parcels here.
>
> Same here. My 120 ft of Rohn 25, painted dark brown, holding SteppIR
> with boom wrapped with Scotch 33, is very hard to see through the trees.
> Photos on qrz.com
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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