WA9SXJ
      13:02:03 UTC 12 Jul 2011     

      Greetings from River Falls, WI.   My town has become a bedroom community 
      of St. Paul,  MN  which is approx 35 miles away,  but the town maintains 
      its rural character and the surrounding area is predominantly farmland.
        I am fortunate enough to have a qth 2 miles outside of town on a 32 acre 
      hilltop 200' above ave. terrain.
      I was in the commercial tower biz for 16 yrs and during slack times I 
      constructed several towers  here. ( Was a great way to train raw recruits 
      hi)   Here is the rundown:
      100' self support  Pi Rod w/ 6 ele KLM 20 m on 57' boom
      165' Pi Rod guyed  w/ home brew  2 ele full size 40m quad
      150' Rohn SSV w/ 7 ele 6 m and other VHF, 40m delta loop, 75m Quagi-driven 
      ele is dipole @ 80' ends @60'  Quad reflector @122' top 40' bottom 
      (diamond config) oriented SSE.
      80' Rohn SSV w/ stacked 15m Yagis  6 ele M2 over 5 ele Telrex
       170'  ROHN 55g Vertical insulated at 28' w/elevated counterpoise for 160, 
      75, and 40m respectively. w home brew remote tuning network
      60' Rohn HW guyed aka "35g" w/ 2 ele 40m Cushcraft Yagi
      40' Rohn 25g w/4 ele M2 10m Yagi
      Other wire arrays include (2) Stub-directed  75m beams (E--W) &  (SE--NW)
      also 160m wire Yagi oriented S  Ref@ 140'  Driven @ 130' D1@ 120'  
      (despite different ele hgts still gives10+ db over ref Dipole @ 120'  
      w/monster FB. nearly 30db!
      Station Radios,  Icom 7800, Kenwood 2000, Collins S-Line 75s3c, 32s3, 
      Drakes:  B-line C-Line, TR4cw rit   and some 2m trash.
       
      Boat anchors:  Hallicrafters SX-115,  SX-122   National NC-183d rx  
      Hallicrafters HT-37, Johnson Ranger I and Johnson 500 tx.
      Amplifiers:  Alphas 76pa, 77sx, 374a, and  (2) 78s one mod for 3cx800s.   
      Henry 4k ultra,  Heath SB 221,  Collins 30L-1 Drake L4-B
      Heavy Metal:  2 Homebrew 4-1000a amps one de N4VMY( sk ) and one by 
      myself.   Mine is a retro piece w/ Hg vapor  rectifiers.  Also        
      YC-156 3cpx5*** but only for use agnst QRMers  hi and 3cx10,*** for 
      similar purposes.
      BTW:  as per usual  EVERYTHING IS 4 SALE
      FUTURE PLANS:  200' Self Support PiRod, 56' Wilson Telescoping pole and 
      living long enough to have some good years of radio fun.and blowin' my 
      harp and sax- Lord willing.  and as they say in Deutschland.   und Alle de 
      Madel horen mit, di dah dit dit  di dah dit dit.  ( from   Funkerlied) 
      Elmers, main infuences, and close friends:   K8HIR, K8DVV(sk), K8TAH, 
      K8YWG(sk) the "Detroit Hoods" a.k.a.  NAASSB,  Also thanks to:   WA0FAA, 
      WA0NOJ,  WA9NJR, W9JHF, WA8PJZ, K8LX, W8ALP, W8HD, K8GW, W1FO, W0KUS, 
      W0NUL(sk), WB9ECK
      Heroes:   my mentor in the tower biz; Sigurd T Haugan.
      Special thanks:   WD9ISQ , an extraordinary tower man, great  friend and 
      tower biz partner.largely responsible for making me go "tower mad" and 
      undertaking much of the work building my ham towers. If ever there is such 
      a thing as a "natural" regarding towers it is Don.
      Favorite quotes:   Don't tell everybody your troubles;  Half the people u 
      tell don't give a dam,  and the other half are glad u got 'em.
      Profs and Educators: @Stout State U,  Dan Magnuson  @UWEC Maxwell P 
      Shoenfeld, Ron Warloski,  Alan S Jackson,   @UWM Wm Harrold and at large 
      Noam Chomsky, Sam Hamod,  and Rick Pastor.
      Musicians/Composers  Jim Liban, Roy Brown, Ruth Brown,   Muddy, BB, Elmore 
      James, the Drifters, the Crystals,  Big Joe Turner, Buddy and Ella 
      Johnson, SRV.     Ludwig, Wolfgang, Felix, Peter Illych, Nikoli Rimsky K,  
       Rossini, and almost all German March music. esp "Drei Lillien" the lyrics 
      of which will be carved on my tombstone auf Deutsche.
      Aviators: Richard I Bong,  Erich Hartmann, Gunther  Rall,  "Dolpho" 
      Galland,  Hans Joachim Marseille, and Hans Ullrich Rudel
           More than U ever wanted 2 know.  hi
      Das es alles ,  73 de WA9SXJ.                                              
                           GOTT MIT UNS
       
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