{"id":7560,"date":"2011-08-16T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=7560"},"modified":"2018-11-12T07:23:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T07:23:59","slug":"temporary-tower-for-aprs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary tower for APRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WD0AJG-1 <strong>digi<\/strong> is up but on a temporary pole.&nbsp; It may have to remain temporary for some <strong>time<\/strong> until we get the rebuilt <strong>tower<\/strong> back and get the antennas, coax and other attachments put back on it and raise it up.&nbsp; This is what it looked like before it came down:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1010008-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1010008\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P1010008\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg?resize=396%2C298\" width=\"396\" height=\"298\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong> the <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">sun<\/strong> was peaking under the clouds when I got this pic and it put a pretty strange glow on the rotor, cross, antenna and attachments\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It may be repaired by the end of this week but I will not have <strong>time<\/strong> to get it all back together before I leave for work.&nbsp; So this is the temporary <strong>tower<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P8150002.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"P8150002\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P8150002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P8150002_thumb.jpg?resize=365%2C485\" width=\"365\" height=\"485\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The base is about where the bend was in the other <strong>tower<\/strong> (23ft).&nbsp;&nbsp; The <strong>APRS<\/strong> is <strong>working<\/strong> but that few feet makes a big difference for coverage out on I-35 and locally as well\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I guess I have several things to fix when I get <strong>home<\/strong>\u2026 and <strong>plan<\/strong> to have several days of antenna work.&nbsp; I <strong>need<\/strong> take down the antennas from the top of the shop as neither of them are <strong>working<\/strong> properly with high <strong>SWR<\/strong>\u2026 actually the mobile I had up is acting more like a dummy-load than an antenna.&nbsp; I want to get the <strong>guy<\/strong> wires <strong>run<\/strong> for the new <strong>tower<\/strong> and then get the 160 meter Carolina Windom put up on the <strong>tower<\/strong> so when it gets cold, I can have some <strong>FUN<\/strong>\u2026 I might have to make some contacts before it is cold but there will be <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">plenty<\/strong> of work to get the ends tied off and the proper standoff for the lead in, etc.\u2026 I also have a new Tri-<strong>band<\/strong> antenna to put on the top that will cover 6\/2\/440.&nbsp; I think that if we have a few more <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">sun<\/strong> spots that 6 meters might open up a little the next <strong>couple<\/strong> of years?&nbsp; and at least a vertical will be better than nothing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re a <strong>Ham<\/strong> there is always <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">plenty<\/strong> of projects to work on\u2026 I should have been doing some of this earlier but it was just so damn hot.&nbsp; I also have some in shop projects not related to <strong>radio<\/strong> that <strong>need<\/strong> some attention\u2026 a stained glass <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">project<\/strong> and I have told myself I <strong>need<\/strong> to get some more of my airplanes built and try to sell a few\u2026 I have <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">plenty<\/strong> of cans that <strong>need<\/strong> to be cut up and put together.&nbsp;&nbsp; Wish me <strong>luck<\/strong>, I am <strong>going<\/strong> to <strong>need<\/strong> it to get much of this done or maybe it not <strong>luck<\/strong> but ambition?&nbsp; so wish me ambition.&nbsp; &#8211; WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WD0AJG-1 digi is up but on a temporary pole.&nbsp; It may have to remain temporary for some time until we get the rebuilt tower back and get the antennas, coax and other attachments put back on it and raise it up.&nbsp; This is what it looked like before it came down:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Note the sun was peaking under the clouds when I got this pic and it put a pretty strange glow on the rotor, cross, antenna and attachments\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It may be repaired by the end of this week but I will not have time to get it all back together before I leave for work.&nbsp; So this is the temporary tower:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The base is about where the bend was in the other <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/\">&#8220;And Now the Rest of the Story &#8211; &#8220;Temporary tower for APRS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,5,9],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-7560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-life-and-or-living-daily","category-work","tag-pages","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Temporary tower for APRS - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Temporary tower for APRS - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The WD0AJG-1 digi is up but on a temporary pole.&nbsp; It may have to remain temporary for some time until we get the rebuilt tower back and get the antennas, coax and other attachments put back on it and raise it up.&nbsp; This is what it looked like before it came down: Note the sun was peaking under the clouds when I got this pic and it put a pretty strange glow on the rotor, cross, antenna and attachments\u2026 It may be repaired by the end of this week but I will not have time to get it all back together before I leave for work.&nbsp; So this is the temporary tower: The base is about where the bend was in the other &quot;And Now the Rest of the Story - &quot;Temporary tower for APRS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-08-16T17:13:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-12T07:23:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"wd0ajg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"wd0ajg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"headline\":\"Temporary tower for APRS\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-16T17:13:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-12T07:23:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":451,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/box5128.temp.domains\\\/~ishmaels\\\/blog3\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Pages\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ham Radio\",\"Life\",\"Work\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Temporary tower for APRS - And That was How it Went\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/box5128.temp.domains\\\/~ishmaels\\\/blog3\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-16T17:13:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-12T07:23:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/box5128.temp.domains\\\/~ishmaels\\\/blog3\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/box5128.temp.domains\\\/~ishmaels\\\/blog3\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/16\\\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Temporary tower for APRS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"And That was How it Went\",\"description\":\"life, ham-radio,travel, investing, work, retirement and getting there\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\",\"name\":\"wd0ajg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"wd0ajg\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Temporary tower for APRS - And That was How it Went","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Temporary tower for APRS - And That was How it Went","og_description":"The WD0AJG-1 digi is up but on a temporary pole.&nbsp; It may have to remain temporary for some time until we get the rebuilt tower back and get the antennas, coax and other attachments put back on it and raise it up.&nbsp; This is what it looked like before it came down: Note the sun was peaking under the clouds when I got this pic and it put a pretty strange glow on the rotor, cross, antenna and attachments\u2026 It may be repaired by the end of this week but I will not have time to get it all back together before I leave for work.&nbsp; So this is the temporary tower: The base is about where the bend was in the other \"And Now the Rest of the Story - \"Temporary tower for APRS","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/","og_site_name":"And That was How it Went","article_published_time":"2011-08-16T17:13:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-11-12T07:23:59+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"wd0ajg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@wd0ajg","twitter_site":"@wd0ajg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"wd0ajg","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/"},"author":{"name":"wd0ajg","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"headline":"Temporary tower for APRS","datePublished":"2011-08-16T17:13:00+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-12T07:23:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/"},"wordCount":451,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg","keywords":["Pages"],"articleSection":["Ham Radio","Life","Work"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/","name":"Temporary tower for APRS - And That was How it Went","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg","datePublished":"2011-08-16T17:13:00+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-12T07:23:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P1010008_thumb-1.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/16\/temporary-tower-for-aprs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Temporary tower for APRS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/","name":"And That was How it Went","description":"life, ham-radio,travel, investing, work, retirement and getting there","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462","name":"wd0ajg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"wd0ajg"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parvvB-1XW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8184,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/16\/the-new-gp-15-antenna-is-uptemporary\/","url_meta":{"origin":7560,"position":0},"title":"The New GP-15 antenna is up&ndash;temporary","author":"wd0ajg","date":"October 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I got the new GP-15 up today\u2026 \u00a0 now to get the tower back and put the new antenna on top of that to see if it improves the APRS coverage here.\u00a0 My current temp\u00a0 pole at 21ft is just not covering much of anything.\u00a0 When I had the tower\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/hobbies\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_3764","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3764_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17022,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/26\/more-focus-on-time-off\/","url_meta":{"origin":7560,"position":1},"title":"More Focus on time off","author":"wd0ajg","date":"October 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a slow day today.\u00a0 Actually did a lot but it didn\u2019t seem like much.\u00a0 So in the \u201cbetweener\u201d times I thought some about things at home that I want to get done. Strange that just as I am looking someone lists a tower for sale \u2013 in Logan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hobbies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hobbies","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/hobbies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7517,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/10\/just-a-day-but-always-new-stuff\/","url_meta":{"origin":7560,"position":2},"title":"Just a day, but always new stuff.","author":"wd0ajg","date":"August 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I started out for my early morning walk and this greeted me\u2026 I went on but about half way the wind picked up and it looked like it could flood at any point so I turned and got home , just in a little sprinkle and then ???? nothing\u2026 Later\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Life","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/life-and-or-living-daily\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"P8100001","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P8100001_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P8100001_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P8100001_thumb.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":442,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/03\/it-stands\/","url_meta":{"origin":7560,"position":3},"title":"It stands!","author":"wd0ajg","date":"May 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Well it is up and has one (1) antenna on it for now... \"Up with one antenna on top. What next?\"] \u00a0 Ground elevation here is about 1003ft ASL. The tower is 46ft to the rotator and then a 5 foot mast in that to the base of the Diamond\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hobbies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hobbies","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/hobbies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"P5020012","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P5020012_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":257,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/15\/tower-goes-up-next-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":7560,"position":4},"title":"Tower &#8211; goes up next month","author":"wd0ajg","date":"March 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"OK, I got the tower Friday morning from the welder. It will be planted in concrete next month when I get time to have someone come dig a big hole and pour concrete to hold it up... Here is the base section that will be \"planted\" - Tower base section\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/hobbies\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"P3150075","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/P3150075_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":432,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/27\/tower-project-part-iii\/","url_meta":{"origin":7560,"position":5},"title":"Tower Project &#8211; part III","author":"wd0ajg","date":"April 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Well while we wait for the concrete to gain strength, figure to give it nearly a week but it probably didn't need more than a few days... I started on the minor pieces. I guess they are minor but in reality they may be major? Anyway, got the parts and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hobbies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hobbies","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/hobbies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"conduit-in","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/conduit-in_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18174,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560\/revisions\/18174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}