Then there was the time a few years ago when the antlers of well-known moose at a local lake became entangled in a 10' C-band satellite TV dish in the yard of a cabin .....
73 Ken Kopp - K0PP On Mar 15, 2016 6:00 PM, "Edward R Cole" <kl...@acsalaska.net> wrote: > "Time out" for interesting event that happened a few minutes, ago. My > wife commented that something "HIT" my tower, as she heard a "bang" and > noted the guy line that secures to post on the front side of the house was > moving very "agitated". > > So in my slippers I went out on the back deck for a quick look. Tower and > antennas all looked fine. Walked to the end of the house where the tower > is mounted and secured with wall bracket at ten feet. All fine --- oh > there is a guy line draped down where it should not. Further inspection > showed the guy to the back side of the house had broken. I walked to the > guy post and found that the turnbuckle end that secured the guy wire had > bent full open and tip broken off. Guy post laid over almost horizontal in > direction right angle to normal guy force. > > We didn't see it but only thing big enough to exert enough force to break > the turnbuckle would probably be a Moose. The end hook was totally > straightened out so the guy loop just slipped off. Hook on other end of > turnbuckle looks fine; 3/16 inch galv guy wire survived. > > We have been experiencing daily winds above 20mph so that might have > fatigued the end-bolt hook. Last two days totally calm, though??? --- > Then "BANG!" > > OK, back to Elecraft "stuff" ;-) > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > "Kits made by KL7UW" > Dubus Mag business: > dubus...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to kengk...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
