[VHFcontesting] Somebody eat my moxon!

[k4gun at comcast.net]

Ate... somebody ate my moxon.  I swear, I really can spell.



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From: k4gun at comcast.net 

> I don't know who did it, but I know where it happened... roughly. Some hungry 
> tree in Delaware feasted upon my Par Electronics Stressed Moxon. I knew it was 
> only a matter of time. It was right at 13' above the ground and I had been 
> trimming trees with it from FM08, down to FM27. The mast was telescoping but 
> the lowest I could get it without major re-rigging at every stop was 12'. I had 
> left it at 13' because the road I intended to travel was pretty wide open, 
> without any narrow spots, likely to have overhanging trees. 
> 
> Well, that didn't work out as intended. The GPS in my truck seemed to think the 
> best route to my stop in FM29, was to take every dinky little road through the 
> Eastern Shore of MD and DE. Like a fool, I believed it. As a result, the two 
> arms and the reflector wire are missing and presumed dead. 
> 
> Because I am at work, I can't pull up the Par web site. Would somebody mind 
> sending me their phone number so I can order a replacement? That really is a 
> remarkable antenna. My loop worked for the rest of the contest, but not nearly 
> as effectively as that moxon. 
> 
> Steve 
> K4GUN/R 
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