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We received the call on Friday the 11th just
over a week ago. The voice on the other end
was asking about a tower. I started to tell
the receptionist to tell the party on the
phone that we no longer sold or installed
towers as we had shut down that part of the
business about two years back. It was
around 4 pm and we were winding down for
the week so I took the call. Robin Porter was
looking for a tower, maybe something in
aluminum that would be easier to handle. I
told him I was not a fan of aluminum towers
and told him where he might find one. He
then informed me that he was a Ham and
that he had Parkinson's. We talked a little
more and I agreed to stop by. I finally got
by on the following Monday morning to
meet Robin and to see what could be done
to get him on the air. Robin's situation was
an ideal fit for a Saturday project so I told
him I would see what we could put together.
After getting together with Sam, KC4TAQ,
we decided we would put up 30 or 40 feet of
R25, build a 40 and 75 meter dipole and
install a two meter antenna. Robin ordered
the two meter antenna and 100 feet of
LDF400 and Sam and I started rounding up
the rest of the hardware we needed to do
the job. We finished around 4 pm with the
40 and 75 meter dipole at just above 40 feet
and the two meter Diamond at 52 feet. The
photos will tell the rest of the story.