[bars] October BARS newsletter

[Steve Wedge]

I made do with bracketed towers for about 23 years. Even that monster T-10 was only on 45’ of 25G, bracketed to the first Westford house. Man, that thing was LOUD. 

My first one was a 45’ Wilson mast that I bought from John, K1KSY (SK). I had it up in W Concord for 6 years and it worked great. Sold it to Jeff, WA1I and don’t know its fate. Everett (AJ1I, SK), Dan (N1BHK) and I put the thing up. Dan and I still have memories of Everett standing in the hole where the base was going, up to his knees in muddy water (like a grape-stomper) calling for more gravel!

Steve Wedge, W1ES/4

Sent from my iPhone - the typos have been generated by highly sophisticated software. 

> On Oct 5, 2020, at 20:03, Jim Idelson <jim at k1ir.com> wrote:
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> Congrats on the take-down, Andy. It was the right thing to do and Dad would approve. He'll also approve of your next step - some kind of safe, serviceable and effective installation that will bring you many hours of enjoyment.
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> It's never wrong to install 3 or 4 sections of Rohn 25g with a solid base and a properly designed and installed house bracket.
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> 73 Jim K1IR
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>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 7:03 PM Andy Wallace <soldersmoke01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Bob. Wallace Report wow. Me, Marla, Chris, Mike and I guess you can lump in George and the guy involved with FDR too hi hi. 
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>> The tower went on the flatbed yesterday and is on its way to Dunstable to be a windmill again someday. 
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>> Andy
>> KA1GTT
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>> On Oct 4, 2020, at 10:30 AM, Bob Ravenstein <bobrav at msn.com> wrote:
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>> Wow! Great job on doing the newsletter this month!  I guess we should just call it the Wallace Report. I drove by your house yesterday, Andy, and I saw the “windmill” on its side in the side yard.  Both stories were mesmerizing.
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>> Bob
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>> W1FDR
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>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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>> From: Andy Wallace
>> Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2020 6:30 PM
>> To: Kayla Creamer
>> Cc: bars at w1hh.org
>> Subject: Re: [bars] October BARS newsletter
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>> Thank you Kayla!
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>> And those of you who know of a certain Chelmsford ham landmark may get a kick out of my surprising feature article. ;-)
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>> Andy
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>> KA1GTT
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>> On Oct 3, 2020, at 6:23 PM, Kayla Creamer <w2iry.kayla at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> The October BARS newsletter is now available. Check it out at http://bit.ly/BARSOct2020Newsletter. Special thanks to our editor, Marla, and everyone who contributed to the newsletter this month.
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>> Just a reminder that the monthly meeting is this Wednesday. You should have received the Zoom info in a separate email from Bruce. Our guest speaker this month will be David O'Farrell, WB0IXV, giving a talk about morse code. I know I'm looking forward to this talk. I hope you all are too. More info about the meeting at https://www.w1hh.org/next-bars-zoom-meeting-wednesday-october-7-2020-7pm-david-ofarrell-wboixv-morse-code-101-and-201/.
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>> Also, it's dues renewal time again. If you haven't renewed your dues yet, you can do so online at https://www.w1hh.org/join-or-renew/. Dues are just $15/year and help the club pay for various club activities and, currently, our Zoom subscription to be able to continue holding online meetings. If you're unsure of your membership status, please contact BARS Treasurer Bruce Anderson at w1lus at hotmail.com.
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>> 73,
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>> Kayla
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>> W2IRY
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