<div dir="ltr">No thuds here, luckily, but I did lower my wire antenna last night. When I went to pull it back up this morning, its "pully" was frozen. The pully is a rope around a tree branch, so I hope it thaws or comes loose because I don't want to be outside today.<div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Dave KC1TLF</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 9:32\u202fAM Tim - K1DC via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org">bars@w1hh.org</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"><u></u>
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<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">The winds at my QTH (Andover MA)
were CRAZY last night! I heard a few 'thuds' overnight as
various trees/tree parts hit the ground around me. I thought
for sure I had lost my 6/432 mast but that crazy Frankenstein
contraption held! The shrapnel managed to miss my only
remaining wire antenna, a 80/60/30 fan dipole. I had lost most
everything else with my 'Christmas Tree' surprise earlier in the
month. It seems I dodged a very fast bullet.</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">I hope everyone was as lucky as me!</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">73 & Happy New Year!</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Tim/K1DC</font></p>
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