[WVDXA] The Further Antenna Adventures of W8TN

[Rip Smith K3XO]

They say that the performance of an antenna is directly proportional to 
the amount of suffering you go through to get it set up.

Congratulations!

73 Rip K3XO

W8TN - Clark wrote:
> Well, as a couple of you know, I busted my tail this week to try and 
> get up a 160-M Inverted "L" antenna for the CQ Contest this weekend.  
> I spent the Phone contest on 80-M but with only the 80-M antenna 
> currently up, I thought I'd like to give 160-M a try during the CW 
> weekend.
>
> Pictures describing the antenna construction can be found here: 
> <http://w8tn.com/Gallery/Tower>  Begin with the second photo with the 
> text "19 November I gathered the materials . . ."
>
> What is NOT shown there is the PAIN I suffered.  It took three trips 
> up the tower, staying on the tower one night till 45 minutes after 
> sundown, and an uncounted number of trips through the woods behind my 
> house.  Working by myself caused me to have to come up with some 
> inventive ways to do the project.  All this resulted in many bruises, 
> scrapes, abrasions, and a pulled muscle in my side which has caused me 
> the biggest problem.  Why is it that little projects like this cause 
> so much trouble when you are nearly 60 years old?
<snip>
>
> New countries worked (that I had never worked before on 160-M were:  
> CN, CM, PJ5, VE (Yep, never worked Canada before), HR, J3, KV4, EA, SV 
> (Zone 20 !), FJ/FS, 3X, G, SM, OM, ZF, SP, OK, XE, V4, HC8, YN, GW, 
> FM, 6Y, YS, VP2M, EA6, V2, and, LX.  NEW Zones were: 33, 20, 02, 35, 
> 15, 06, and 10.
>
> I