RIP my old project...

[HomerBB]

12 years ago I built the tip over mast discussed in the link below. It never failed me, and saw many fun hours of homebrew antennas mounted or attached to it. However, a couple weeks ago my wife and I stood in the backyard and she once again quietly said, "That pole is an ugly and I wish it wasn't there." I said, "Okay".
I took it down and hauled away its remains to the landfill.
Rest In Peace, old friend.

tip over tower - wooden homebrew

I needed a tower, and lack the funds for one. Tired of climbing onto the house to take my antennas up and down when playing around with them, I decided to build one like I had seen elsewhere. This is what I put together. I need to weather proof it because I chose not to use pressure treated...

www.worldwidedx.com

Later, I would add a platform at the top to stand on for tuning verticals so as not to lay it over for quick touches.

 

[Crawdad]

Can't see the photo's Homer, can you re-post them?

XYL's always win, don't they?

 

[BJ radionut]

I had an XYL that thought antennas/radios etc... UGLY/Cost to much!!! ETC... She is GONE still in radio!!!!

 

[sp5it]

XYL's always win, don't they?

Not really. My way or highway

 

[HomerBB]

Can't see the photo's Homer, can you re-post them?

XYL's always win, don't they?

Go deeper into the thread. There are numerous photos along the way.

 

[HomerBB]

I had an XYL that thought antennas/radios etc... UGLY/Cost to much!!! ETC... She is GONE still in radio!!!!

Do your radios and gear make good sweet tea?
She's been very patient, twelve years of the thing and I still have other options. There's 65' of tower waiting to be put up.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

 

[Holydvr]

I am fortunate that my wife is very supportive. She even talks on the radio at times herself.

 

[HomerBB]

I am fortunate that my wife is very supportive. She even talks on the radio at times herself.

Actually, so is mine, although she doesn't talk on the radio. It was just an old project that had served its time and she had patiently waited for the right moment to request me remove it.

 

[unit_399]

A few years ago, I set up a rig at my wife's resort about 60 km away on the other side of a mountain. There was no cel service there, so it let her communicate with me me when she needed something from town. Eventually installed a rig at our other biz in town. A lot of people saw it and wanted to join in. I had a few old mobiles, so I gave them to friends and helped them get on the air. Several forum members contributed their old radios to help out.
Long story short . . . there are over 20 stations on the air in our area now. Several mobiles too.
My wife, Luz, never said much about my CBin' until she got one. Now she's hooked and so are a lot of her friends. These women cackle like a bunch of hens on chan18 every night. The hombres talk on chan23. Except for me, no one has an amp so things are pretty much under control.

BTW , if any of you guys have any old el-cheapo 23 channel base radios (working or not) that you want to give away, please let me know. PM me. Thanks 73s.

- 399

 

[Naysayer]

My ex-wife still has my old tower. Went with the house decades ago. I did get the antenna though, lol.

 

[G-Golly Wally]

My wife doesn't complain to much as long as i camouflage my antennas somewhat. I found black paint seems to do well blending my pushup poll with the background i have. Still have a 40ft tower stack out back, we keep having a difference of opinion where it should stand. Someone in town has a tilt over mast made from pipe with an old super scanner antenna on it, looks to be 60 ft tall and well built now that has me thinking

 

[nomadradio]

BTW , if any of you guys have any old el-cheapo 23 channel base radios (working or not) that you want to give away, please let me know. PM me. Thanks 73s.

Hmm. Don't know about customs and shipping cost, but a few 23-channel radios are about to find new homes and exit my basement. Odds are that most of them had one fault or another before they were stored as "save it for parts" radios. Decades later, we just don't repair 23-channel radios any more, so the parts units have no more reason to take up the space.

I'll see what kind of list I can work up.

73