OVH Minutemen
In late August, Butch, W4HJL, got a call asking that a beam and tower of a deceased member be taken down – IN ONE DAY. The beam and tower had belonged to Milt, N4SN, a long time member of OVH. His estate was selling the house and was going to closing. The OVH got the beam and tower down in one day. The crew consisted of Gil, KM4OZH, Al, KB4BHB, John, KG4NXT, and Bob, W4HJF. Gil did the tower work and the rest were ground crew. Gil had never operated a Gin pole before but did a superb job. A Gin pole is a pole the clamps to the tower with a pulley on top to lift off the beam and tower segments one at a time. There was … Read more >>