[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] Why me Lord? What is going on?

[Joel Harrison]

There’s a much deeper, and more historical, Margarita story with me and Dave (AKA Jacques) that I won’t divulge. Something about a Mexican joint just a few miles from his house just before the September contest……..once upon a time ! :-)

ZN

> On Oct 2, 2023, at 7:22 PM, Terry Price <terry at directivesystems.com> wrote:
> 
> Only if the moose drink some of those Margaritas you and Tom were making, Margie still can't see straight.......
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5znjoel at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, October 2, 2023 4:41 PM
> To: Ron Rogers <ww8rr at charter.net>
> Cc: Bill Olson <callbill at hotmail.com>; Chuck Martin <chuck at martinrf.com>; Terry Price <terry at directivesystems.com>; David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>; 222Activity at groups.io; vhfcontesting at contesting.com; newsvhf at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] Why me Lord? What is going on?
> 
> My money is on a flying moose!
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
> 
>> On Oct 2, 2023, at 3:28 PM, Ron Rogers <ww8rr at charter.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe one of those Forestry Service or Electrical Power Co. helicopters with those long tree trimmer assemblies suspended on a tether that got too close to your tower ?
>> 
>> Ron
>> WW8RR
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: VHFcontesting 
>> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces+ww8rr=charter.net at contesting.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Bill Olson
>> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2023 4:19 PM
>> To: Chuck Martin; Terry Price; David Olean
>> Cc: 222 >> 222Activity at groups.io; vhfcontesting at contesting.com; 
>> NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] Why me Lord? What is going on?
>> 
>> I was thinking like something more "earthly", like someone came up there poaching trees for firewood, cut a tree it hit the antenna, and they cleaned up the evidence..
>> 
>> Either that or a pterodactyl flew into it.
>> 
>> bill
>> ________________________________
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>> <newsvhf-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Chuck Martin 
>> <chuck at martinrf.com>
>> Sent: Monday, October 2, 2023 8:12 PM
>> To: Terry Price <terry at directivesystems.com>; David Olean 
>> <k1whs at metrocast.net>
>> Cc: 222 >> 222Activity at groups.io <222Activity at groups.io>; 
>> vhfcontesting at contesting.com <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>;
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>> Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] Why me Lord? What is going on?
>> 
>> Asteroid?
>> 
>> ko1i
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: newsvhf-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>> <newsvhf-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Terry Price
>> Sent: Monday, October 2, 2023 4:00 PM
>> To: David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>
>> Cc: 222 >> 222Activity at groups.io <222Activity at groups.io>; 
>> vhfcontesting at contesting.com; NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] Why me Lord? What is going on?
>> 
>> So sorry to hear about this, just in time for winter...... Maybe there is some truth to the rumor pterodactyls really still exist!!
>> 
>> Terry Price - W8ZN
>> Directive Systems and Engineering
>> 703-754-3876
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 1:24 PM David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Today I came back from my camp only to find that my 222 MHz EME/TROPO 
>>> array has sustained serious damage to one side of the H frame. It was 
>>> working and looking just fine on Friday when I saw it last and there 
>>> has been zero wind since then. I mean there has been no wind!! Both 
>>> antennas on one side are smashed and the booms are pushed inward 
>>> toward the main mast. Both booms have been snapped in half. All I can 
>>> think of is that something big must have snagged it. A big bird could 
>>> not damage both of them at once. The braces have been bent sideways 
>>> so whatever hit it had considerable force behind it.
>>> 
>>> I am off the air with a directional antenna until this gets repaired.
>>> The two local guys who might have helped are out of state so I am 
>>> alone in trying to recover from whatever damaged them. It is a mess.
>>> I will be trying to figure out what to do. This is a huge disaster.
>>> There is no damage anywhere else. I have no clue what happened.
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> 
>>> Dave K1WHS
>>> 
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