<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">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. <div><br></div><div>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!<br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Steve Wedge, W1ES/4</span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent from my iPhone - the typos have been generated by highly sophisticated software. </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 5, 2020, at 20:03, Jim Idelson <jim@k1ir.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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.<br><div><br></div><div>73 Jim K1IR</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 7:03 PM Andy Wallace <<a href="mailto:soldersmoke01@gmail.com">soldersmoke01@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">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. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The tower went on the flatbed yesterday and is on its way to Dunstable to be a windmill again someday. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Andy</div><div dir="ltr">KA1GTT</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Oct 4, 2020, at 10:30 AM, Bob Ravenstein <<a href="mailto:bobrav@msn.com" target="_blank">bobrav@msn.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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<b>Sent: </b>Saturday, October 3, 2020 6:30 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:w2iry.kayla@gmail.com" target="_blank">Kayla Creamer</a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank">bars@w1hh.org</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [bars] October BARS newsletter</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Kayla!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And those of you who know of a certain Chelmsford ham landmark may get a kick out of my surprising feature article. ;-)<u></u><u></u></p>
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On Oct 3, 2020, at 6:23 PM, Kayla Creamer <<a href="mailto:w2iry.kayla@gmail.com" target="_blank">w2iry.kayla@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The October BARS newsletter is now available. Check it out at
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http://bit.ly/BARSOct2020Newsletter</a>. Special thanks to our editor, Marla, and everyone who contributed to the newsletter this month.<u></u><u></u></p>
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looking forward to this talk. I hope you all are too. More info about the meeting at <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w1hh.org%2Fnext-bars-zoom-meeting-wednesday-october-7-2020-7pm-david-ofarrell-wboixv-morse-code-101-and-201%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4e3a7e0ced23408f7bbf08d867ebe931%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637373610206434279&sdata=cHXBqPSWev3obTYHssG9lOD0HdokLkH7Zja9OOEzbL8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.w1hh.org/next-bars-zoom-meeting-wednesday-october-7-2020-7pm-david-ofarrell-wboixv-morse-code-101-and-201/</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, it's dues renewal time again. If you haven't renewed your dues yet, you can do so online at <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w1hh.org%2Fjoin-or-renew%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4e3a7e0ced23408f7bbf08d867ebe931%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637373610206444273&sdata=Z7dtwJwHv1DAIp8Pfrv9E3%2FIxLrtI%2FSASMOboGWfYY8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.w1hh.org/join-or-renew/</a>.
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
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