26 Jun 08 03:50, Richard Webb wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>> I used to install antennas right after I left high school. Being a
 RW>> lightweight (127lbs then), I was the guy who climbed the dinky
 RW>> towers used in those days.

 RW> Have gotten that gig myself, being less than 100 lb in my younger
 RW> days, read right after high school .

If only we could keep that provile.

 RW>> In the good ole' days, there weren't any rotors. My dad would climb
 RW>> on the roof and manually turn the antenna, while mom stood in the
 RW>> doorway, telling him which way to turn the antenna. My brother and I
 RW>> always took turns giving reception reports to mom for the relay.
 RW>> c1949. A year or so later, he finally found one and installed it.

 RW> REmember dad doing that trick too.

 RW> sOme years back I had a 2 meter beam but couldn't afford a rotator
 RW> for awhile.  tHe antenna mast was right outside the shack window.
 RW> I'd go outside while listening to a repeater I wanted to work and
 RW> turn the mast with a pair of vice grips until the antenna was aimed
 RW> properly.

Been there and done that too. The rotor I'm going to use, I've owned for
many years, yet it is brand new (Alliance 100 Tenna-rotor). I was going to
install it to turn a pair of UHF Quagis that I built out of PVC and #12
house wire. When I took them down from a 40 foot pushup pole, they
disintegrated in my hands. So, I put the rotor back in the box and kept it
in storage and it made the move to Texas, three years ago.

                R\%/itt



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