Return-Path: Received: from rly-mf09.mx.aol.com (rly-mf09.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.179]) by air-mf06.mail.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMF064-981477f50d43ae; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:42:00 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mf09.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMF097-981477f50d43ae; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:41:41 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1JB5We-0004ju-H7 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:41:08 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1JB5We-0004jl-1J for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:41:08 +0000 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JB5Wb-0000YK-Dv for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:41:08 +0000 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98596DA4CF for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:40:55 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:40:54 +0000 From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV To: Message-ID: <20080105094054.73fa41d0@lurcher.twatt.local> Organization: The Gammy Bird X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.12.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: LF: [500] GM4SLV Grabber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n Hello LF group, Althought I've been very inactive over the last month or so (my last QSO was on 28th Nov on 500) I've kept the grabber running. I've been busy with other things and radio has taken a back seat for a while. Unfortunately the grabber is out of action at the moment due to antenna damage. Shetland has been in the teeth of a severe storm for the last 24 hours (not unusual) with winds of continuous force 8 and periods up to 9 and 10. My fibreglass pole usually handles these storms quite gracefully, even if it looks alarming as it flexes in the wind, since it's guyed at 4 levels from 2m up to 11m. This morning however I woke to find one of the pole sections had snapped just above one of the joints. I've braved the elements and lowered the whole antenna to the ground until I can obtain a replacement pole section from Spiderbeam. The wind is still howling at force 8 - 9 so I'm not intending venturing out to investigate the cause of the failure until the storm abates... Regards and I hope to be back QRV (both with the grabber and on the key) in the near future. Cheers, John -- John GM4SLV IP90gg Clousta, Shetland