Nov 3 will be the 100th anniversary of my Father's birth. As a 16 year old
with my general ticket, I watched as he put up a Spaulding 64 foot
self-supporting tower. 6 feet of water pipe with a CDE rotator out the top
and a saddle welded on the top held my 4 element Gotham 10 meter beam. The
antenna was lifted over his head and placed in the cradle at sunset. Two
hose clamps held it down, tightened, likewise, with his arm reaching above
his head. His safety belt was a piece of rope tied around his waist and
the pipe.
There is no limit to the love and dedication a Father will go to to support
and encourage his son. I'm sure watching him do that for me was much of
the inspiration that caused me to put up towers, get an engineering degree,
and try to match his example of being what a father should be.
R.I.P. Dad
K4TO
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