Made my first radio contact from the firehall this afternoon at around 4:30. Still a good bit to do - I need to get some different nuts for the UniStrut I am using to hold the mast as well as get my crimper kit back from the person I loaned it to. I had to drag a 100' coil of half-inch thick antenna wire down there when I only needed 20 feet or so. Cutting a custom cable and adding the fittings on the end requires my @#$% crimper kit!!! (They are done with it and I will be picking it up Thursday.) Also need to get a grommet for the countertop for where the wires go from the transceiver to the head unit and mic. That will make the install look really professional.
Something big happened around 2:00PM this afternoon - a call came in on the radio and everybody bailed out of the firehall. I stopped at the store and there had been a loud bang and the power went out over a wide area for about 45 minutes. Probably a squirrel - they climb on power poles and arc across the transformer bushings.
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