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Old 01-10-2015, 05:18 AM   #8
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Here's another one from Gary !
Applies to Quads and almost anything else you can work on above ground level.

W5UUO’s Yagi Hanging Axioms





1. The day you pick to hang your Yagi antenna will be the hottest day of the summer.



2. No matter how careful you are at least one element will break off.



3. If you need “Y” bolts to hang the Yagi and bring “X” bolts where Y<X you will drop at least X-Y +1 bolts



4. Ditto for nuts and washers.



5. The sun will shine brightly exactly behind the item you are working on.



6. A critical tool will drop to the roof, slide off, miss the gutter, and hang 20 feet up in a tree.



7. If you brought a straight screwdriver you will need a Philips, if you brought both you’ll need a hex.



8. Each U bolt will run out of threads exactly 0.25 inches before it is tight. Ditto hose clamps.



9. The UPS man will come with a “your signature required” package just as you reach the top of the tower.



10. After getting the yagi mounted and the tower cranked back up you will find the SWR is 30:1 across all bands.



11. When you crank the tower back down the coax and rotor cable will get caught and cut in half.



12. After you spend 3 hours looking for the SWR problem at the Yagi, you will find it in the shack.



13. The cable pulley shaft at the top of the crank up tower will come loose and jam the tower half the way up.
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