{"id":27965,"date":"2021-05-28T22:43:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T20:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pi4com.nl\/?p=27965"},"modified":"2021-05-28T22:43:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T20:43:12","slug":"finally-antenna-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pi4com.nl\/?p=27965","title":{"rendered":"Finally&#8230;.. Antenna weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a long period of wind and rain the weather finally made of possible to do some antenna work at the station. Kees PA3BWD spent most of his day preparing the 20m tower for the new rotator and yagi to come. Ton PA1CC and Florian PB8DX went up the 40m tower to investigate the rotator issues. A long day in the tower but unfortunately no result and they had to take the rotator out of the tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-27966\" data-id=\"27966\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pi4com.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-20210528-WA0002-576x1024.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pi4com.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-20210528-WA0002.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pi4com.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-20210528-WA0002.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, 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Kees PA3BWD spent most of his day preparing the 20m tower for the new rotator and yagi to come. Ton PA1CC and Florian PB8DX went up the 40m tower to investigate the rotator&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pi4com.nl\/?p=27965\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Finally&#8230;.. 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