Loading...

everybody participating in the tower bunking in on the two drop in. I was responding to some things here. I had to do a little writing. And actually it's a little wet and overcast and the temperature dropped really low. In the Atlantic it's getting a little active and I height the map up right now. It's a little disconcerting because there's one disturbance that came off the coast of Africa. They usually take a while but this one developed into something really fast. However, when I go to my radar, you know, on the National Hurricane map, they forecast that turning north. So that's good. Right about now is when there's going to be any activity for the year it starts. There's two light disturbances but they're too far north. And heading out towards Greenland to be a much of a concern. It's just this recent one. So let's see, I got my motor delivered from Amazon yesterday, my stepper motor. And it's been perfect. I got it all packed together and my stars are bursting again. And the nebula in the background changes colors. It's undulating again. You know, it was just like you would turn it on without the motor. And then the stars would just stay stagnant. And then you could see the ripples of the nebula in the background. I mean, that was so good. But I liked that one. I probably spent more money fixing it than what I thought it but I can't replace it because they don't make it anymore. And the one that I bought to replace it, I don't like. So that one I'm going to give away. And I bought even a better one. So I'm going to keep the two and give one away. AJ4HO, I'm near North Florida. Sorry to hear it. You know, you were having vandalism problems. That's never fun. Thanks, Brian. AJ4HO, this is KC2PKG. I'm really glad that you got your rejection lamp back. It's all repaired. How do you do it yourself? We're all proud of you. Very good. Ah, W-E-2-A. Nice to hear you this morning. Are you on the road this week or are you home? This is KC2PKG over at W-E-2-A. Good morning, Gray and the assembled group here. No, on the road. Before Josh finished his transmission, I was already up to 70 miles an hour. I'm going to take the cruise set and it'll stay set for 60 more miles until I get down to Syracuse and have to get off Interstate 81 and get on to Interstate 90 heading west. But I just turned it on. I heard you calling and I was going to wait to check in because I had to go through the gears and get out of the industrial park where I pick up my trailer. But I thought, oh, I hate to see somebody struggle. So I just tagged along there with Josh and Ron. I am going to be a one and done. I got a bunch of other stuff to do this morning, but I thought, well, I got a couple of minutes. I'll stop in and punch my ticket and let everybody know I'm still alive. Had a good weekend, just like everybody else. It was a little hot. But the good thing about it getting hot is my yard is as hard as a rock. So in the next couple of weeks when I rent the man lift to put my beam up, it won't put big dents in my lawn. I'm putting my beam up. I'll reset real quick. It got kind of put on the back shelf. I had a project, a simple, in air quotes, project for my wife. That's what she called it. And then she kept changing the requirements for the simple project. So now I'm a month plus in with over $1,000 on her simple project. But hey, got to keep her happy. I got just one more thing to do on it, and then I'm going to put a hold on her project. I want to get those in. I want to get my beam up and some stuff changed around on my tower before snow starts flying. So that's what's kicking here. And I hope everybody has a great day. Like I said, I'm on my way to Dutteetway. W-E-2-A. This is KC2PKT. I'm Kelly Schmidt. And you're about to get a man lift. I guess you've run one before. Or you're getting an operator as well. Let us know that. Would you come to the W-E-2-A? What do you know? Oh, no. I'm not going to be somebody to run that thing. I mean, you can drive a car or play a video game. You can run a man lift. I've driven them and run them before. I used to haul them. I've taken them on and off trailers. I've used them before at different places. It's pretty simple. Renting a 70-foot reach, man lift. The top of the tower is 65. So I don't want to be putting a ladder in it. The difference between a 60-footer and a 70-footer is like 10 bucks a day. And so I'm just going to have them. Well, I have to talk to them because my boss has a trailer that we can use to haul it ourselves. So if I can save a couple hundred bucks in delivery fee, I'll just have my boss bring it out to me. He said he'd do it for nothing. So I'm going to rent it for a week. And in addition to the tower work I have to do, I've got a bunch of arboreal work to do, a bunch of tree work that I need to get done. And it's much safer and easier with a lift. And so I'm just going to – if I rent it for three days, a three-day rental is more than a one-week rental. So I'm just going to rent it for the week. And that would not rush. And I can take my time and do things right. My grandsons and my son are going to give me an A in what I'm doing at work. So I've got a work crew. But there you go, great. That's a P2A. Well, that's fantastic, W2A. This is KC2PKG. I've been looking at or just staring at an array, a steerable array of antennas that I want to put up on top of my garage. And I've had that project that's been there for like three years. And I keep thinking to myself, I should just go get a man lift and do it. But there's also Elliot. He has a bucket truck, which I think could do the job. The hard part of the job is the central pole in the whole system weighs 135 pounds. It's lithium steel and it's really heavy. So you definitely need some kind of mechanical assistance to get it up there. And then it has to be mounted and all this stuff. I should get out of my own way on that project. All right, let's see if there's anybody else out there. We've taken Pat off course. Thank you so much, Pat, for joining us. It's wonderful to hear you. But if you'd like to join us, then come down with your call sign. This is KC2PKG. And I understand it's Monday morning. But give it a shot. 10-0 PM.