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Brady at Practical Engineering has a new video about antenna towers: source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nDdLiXS5wk I wonder what he would think of the Tilton Tower from field day ? https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2025/09/go-back-50-years.html   Of course the Tilton tower could be carried to a site almost anywhere using a Vista Cruiser or LTD Country Squire :) The thing is that while I do remember rain sometimes on Field Day or Mockup (we used to go out a week or two before the event to check things out) - but I don't remember any strong winds or storms on Field Day, maybe we were just lucky.  BTW I remember leaving my tool box behind at a Scout camp one year and getting a call to come and fetch it, those camp folks were nice. I also remembered this post: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/12/warped-perception.html No more glass Coke bottles but a champagne bottle or sparkling wine would be a good sub as an antenna base insulator. Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy...

I had posted an inquiry on the Glen Gates Gang page this morning: http://wb9kzy.com/ggg.htm One of Mr. Gates' former students had seen the page and was wondering about Mr. Gates in an email.  This reminded me of the first time I went on Field Day in 1972 and we met at Mr. Gates' house across the street from Maple Dale school. After posting that inquiry I took a look at the obits and saw this one for Scott Tilton: source: https://www.jsonline.com/obituaries/pwix1156191 Scott was WN9JHX, his friend Morris Hornik was WN9JHW and Morrie's brother Bob was WN9JHY - a Novice trio !  Now Scott has died and Bob seems to have given up his call so Morrie is the only one of the trio still licensed as WB9JHW. from the 1972 Winter Callbook Scott was the lead member working the conversion of a commercial tower to the transportable tower used on Field Day by the Glen Gates Gang.  I had emailed Scott a few years ago wondering if he knew what had happened to the tower.  The last I reme...

Another Field Day is here and of course I'm not participating. But I used to in the 20th century.  The Nicolet High School club and alumni went on Field Day for many years. But then after a while the entries were made as the Glen Gates Gang. Mr. Gates was a physics teacher at Nicolet and the advisor to the radio club. Here is a link to my GGG page:   http://wb9kzy.com/ggg.htm    I somehow became the photographer of the event each year. The pinnacle of my efforts was the cover of November 1975 QST: not only framed it but also bought a few extra copies at Amateur Electronic Supply !   the blurb on the contents page The corny sunset picture shows one of the tents (we usually went 2A) and in the background the portable tower with the tri-band beam at 70 feet. Here is the picture itself: The tower itself was all-aluminum. As I recall it was originally put up by one of the club members, Jerry WA9WXP. It was 70 feet no guy wires. But the tower was damaged ...