[TowerTalk] I Hurted myself

[Bryan Swadener]

Get well soon, Roger. Lately, it seems I also poke
or scrape myself every time I do antenna/tower work.
I'm nearly all healed-up, so it must be time for
a repeat performance.

My F12 C-4XL seems to have caused the HDR300
rotator to blow past the limit switches.  Thanks
to TT posters, it appears that (short of replacing
the rotator) the best thing to do is do away with
the limit switches.  I've retuned the yagi's 40m
driven element and I'm itching to give it a try.

vy 73,
Bryan WA7PRC


> -----Original Message----- 
> From: K8RI 
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 5:34 PM 
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] I Hurted myself 
> 
> Please Excuse the one handed typing.
> 
> Lowering the AV640 via winch, the wind was pushing the mast
> over about a foot too far to lign up with the saw horses, 
> so I stepped around to where i could use the side of my leg 
> to push the mast over which I've done many times, 
> unfortunately my hand slipped off the handle and it 
> made a full turn before I could get it out of the way.
> 
> I don't think it broke anything, but  I sure lost a lot
> of hide off the back of my hand (bout 1.5 sq inches)
> 
> Plavix and losing skin is a poor combination
> 
> 73
> 
> Roger (K8RI)
> 
> PS: The 4170 sure works great for finding antenna problems.