[TowerTalk] Going for it!

[Larry Loen]

You will almost certainly also have a well-levelled tower.  That's worth
something, too.

My contractor gave me a dead level base for my 72 footer, a fact I
appreciate every day.


Larry Wo0Z

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:12 PM, K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net> wrote:

> I decided to bite the bullet and get a contractor for the tower.  I had
> planned on doing a lot, but it's going to be some time before I get a lot
> of use out of my left arm.  I did have a volunteer to dig the hole, but the
> contractor will haul away the dirt, fix the ruts in the yard, give me a
> quote on the rebar cage and get the concrete poured, as well as taking it
> down at its present location and bringing it home.
>
> Yah, it will cost more, but I'll save nearly a $1000 by not having to pump
> the concrete.  In the end the cost isn't much more and money saved was
> enough to get my wife to agree to the trucks in the North yard.
>
> BTW I finally found the reason for the strokes.  It took wearing a monitor
> for a few days, but the finally discovered that my heart goes into Afib
> which can cause clots in the one chamber. When it goes back into rhythm, it
> squirts out those clots which can migrate to the brain,  They
> (Cardiologist, Neurologist, and Family Dr) figure they can prevent that.
>
>  Now if they'd discovered that a year ago, I would still be climbing
> towers and flying airplanes.  Still there is a good chance they can prevent
> another occurrence...I hope. Still, life carries no guarantees.
>
> 73,
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
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