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**My latest antenna almost disaster September 13th - 15th, 2021 !**

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And so.. the surprise beginz!!
Holy crapola! On Monday morning the 13th, I was outside and happended to look up at my beam antenna, and it was crooked and about to fall off!! I am just super blessed that there were not any wild winds, or I would have lost it all for sure.. rotor and antenna!!


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I got my fancy real DSLR camera out and zoomed in to get a few pics of what happended. Come to find out, one of the studs that goes in to the rotor to hold the clamp and mast to it, it had come loose and luckly I found it still up on the roof of my home. There was not much else with the 2 clamps that are there, that was holding it up there either!




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Another view of how it was just barely hangin on up yonderz at 40-45 feet in the air!!




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Closer view of rotor and the clamps.




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Another side closer view of it all. Got it all eventually down and fixed. LocTite on the studs in to the body part of the rotor now too!




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