Mastodawn

First casualty of the wind this afternoon - my longwire antenna is now about half as long.

I've ordered some decent kevlar wire to repair it. I should get a roof ladder too so I can fix my beams.
The 5 element 144 MHz beam has been totally trashed by birds landing on it.

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Carlo IU1KGS 📻1d ago

@dtl mechanical fuses, have something easier to replace release the tension before the wire breaks.

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Dr David Mills

@IU1KGS O used to have a bungee cord that took up the slack, but the UV wreaked that. I just tired it up before winter with the plan to fix it in spring.