Nov 3 will be the 100th anniversary of my Father's birth. As a 16 year old with my general ticket, I watched as he put up a Spaulding 64 foot self-supporting tower. 6 feet of water pipe with a CDE rotator out the top and a saddle welded on the top held my 4 element Gotham 10 meter beam. The antenna was lifted over his head and placed in the cradle at sunset. Two hose clamps held it down, tightened, likewise, with his arm reaching above his head. His safety belt was a piece of rope tied around his waist and the pipe.
There is no limit to the love and dedication a Father will go to to support and encourage his son. I'm sure watching him do that for me was much of the inspiration that caused me to put up towers, get an engineering degree, and try to match his example of being what a father should be. R.I.P. Dad K4TO ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
