[TowerTalk] [CTDXCC] [tdxs-list] QSL card in the hole beforetheconcrete pour

[Bill]

Richard's towers also survived, SOMEHOW, through all the snow / ice storms while living in New York.

Bill K5GA

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: K5WA 
  To: 'Richard L. King' ; 'Allen Brier N5XZ' ; tdxs-list at tdxs.net ; 'Tower Talk' ; 'BVARC Reflector' ; 'NARS Reflector' ; 'CTDXCC' ; 'ak-contesters' 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:29 AM
  Subject: Re: [CTDXCC] [tdxs-list] [TowerTalk] QSL card in the hole beforetheconcrete pour


  That JT1 card not only made the antennas work better, but it also held up
  the tower physically because Richard's guy wires were at an 89 degree rise
  angle and it still defies physics that the tower withstood the hurricanes it
  went through over the years.

  Bob K5WA

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Richard L. King [mailto:k5na at ecpi.com] 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 9:29 AM
  To: Allen Brier N5XZ; tdxs-list at tdxs.net; Tower Talk; BVARC Reflector; NARS
  Reflector; CTDXCC; ak-contesters
  Subject: Re: [tdxs-list] [TowerTalk] QSL card in the hole before theconcrete
  pour

  I am not saying that I started this tradition, but I remember my first tower

  in 1973 in Alvin, Texas around 1973. I placed at the bottom of the tower 
  base hole a JT1 card. That QSL selection was based on the rarest QSL that I 
  had that I felt I could part with. It was JT1-something on 20M SSB.

  Since then, on the many, many towers that I have erected, I have always 
  placed a mixture of rare DX QSLs and contest QSO QSLs. It has always worked 
  well for me with operating results.

  I honestly don't remember if that first QSL under the first tower base was 
  my idea or something that I had heard before.

  73, Richard - K5NA

  -----Original Message----- 
  From: Allen Brier N5XZ
  Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:49 AM
  To: tdxs-list at tdxs.net ; Tower Talk ; BVARC Reflector ; NARS Reflector ; 
  CTDXCC ; ak-contesters
  Subject: Re: [tdxs-list] [TowerTalk] QSL card in the hole before theconcrete

  pour


  I always heard it was supposed to be a JT card. Anyway, when I poured my 
  base, I threw in a bunch of cards, including a JT that actually wound up 
  touching the rebar base when it landed (I have a picture of it for proof). I

  considered that very good juju. I also threw in cards from every continent 
  and a bunch of JA cards. Just for good measure, I threw in a card from 
  Martti to help with DXpeditions. I think I threw in about 40 or 50 cards, 
  based on some formula I had devised in my head, which of course has long 
  since passed through the sieves of my mind. It all seemed to make sense at 
  the time. Bottom line is that the antenna seems to work very well.

  There must be some "official" site spelling out the folk lore of the "QSL in

  the Hole". Perhaps Tom or someone else could weigh in there to educate the 
  rest of us believers.

  Allen N5XZ / KL5DX


  ----- Original Message ----- 


  Well wait!  It is according to what you want the antennas to do.  If it is a
  DX station, then you are correct.  If it is a contest station, then a JA
  card because you want large JA runs.  And that's not just me saying that,
  even though I have 54 years ham radio experience, I got it from my contest
  Elmer, K5RC so it HAS to be right!

  Chuck W5PR


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
  To: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <rmthorne at att.net>
  Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 10:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] QSL card in the hole before the concrete pour


  >
  > In a message dated 10/31/2011 4:00:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
  > towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
  >
  >>  Now for the more important question.  If I remember  correctly, I'm
  > supposed to sacrifice a prized qsl card by throwing it in  the bottom of
  > the hole prior to the pour, correct?
  >
  >
  >    Yessireebob. It'll help prevent bad juju.  And not just a JA card. It's
  > supposed to be a more meaningful DX  card.
  >
  > Cheers,
  > Steve    K7LXC
  >
  >
  >
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