I was right. One of the two wires was in a sorry state. A lone reindeer is the likely culprit, I saw its tracks all around my house and along the beverage antennas. These animals should have migrated inland a long time ago.
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| A sagging beverage |
Luckily, the eastern wire of the 340 phased beverages was fine, so I removed the phasing unit and connected the good antenna to the feedline. Signal levels on the higher end of the MW band increased a few dB as a result.
The other antennas were (at least so far) not damaged by the forsaken reindeer who hadn't listened to his mom.
After finishing the feedline switch, I took this image facing southwest before moving inside to warm up cold fingers. A little under two hours after local noon.
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| Polar Night Light |
It looks cold, but the forecast for the coming days 4-5 days is anything but. Gale force winds, lots of rain, 4-5 degrees Celsius. The roads will be a mess. My jogs will be a mess. But we will have company with awesome people and enjoy excellent meals, so why worry.
Merry Xmas, or Christmas, or Yuletide, or just another ordinary week, to all. Or as we say in Norway:
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