Jay?

I apologize for not calling you back yet… Was the tower your speaking of over there on the north side of the Grapevine lake bridge…??
Thanks so much for all of your work, and the helpers work for our radio operations… No matter how good radio you have it’s the antenna that makes the difference right

Gerald “ Jerry “ Dehoney
214-402-2331
Text ok . Voice ok

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 9:53?AM Jay Urish - W5GM <jay@...> wrote:

Folks,
???? Yesterday was a HUGE success! Several antennas and multiple
feedlines were removed from the tower.

This WOULD NOT have been possible without the help of my co-climber Tod
Farrell WE5TR. Once we were up
top, it was obvious that the task at hand was more difficult than
expected with rusty and painted over hardware.
In the interest of safety Tod had to descend early to insure he had the
energy to make it down. I too was right at
muscle failure but pressed on as there were several loose feedlines that
needed to be sent down.

All in all, we recovered 5 feedlines and 2 db-420's

There is still more to do -- There are several antenna mounts and 3 more
antennas and 3 feedines to remove.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate and a date can be chosen to get
this done.

I want to thank all the helpers on this project!

Paul Allred W5PCA -- providing some additional rigging equipment that
was especially helpful in the recovery of the 1-5/8 hardline
Alan Cerano KD5GTT for manpower and saving the day with the loan of a
spare trailer tire when one of mine decided to not hold
air anymore.
Andrew Koenig? KE5GDB-- heavy ground lifting and cable rolling


Pictures were taken of this monumental effort. I hope some can be posted
to this thread soon.


73,

Jay W5GM