I'm Alan Fitzsimmons, W4ANT and live in the Grover community between St. George and Walterboro. I'm an active HF contester and DXer holding the SC record for Multi-Single Low Power in ARRL Sweepstakes phone and several wins in State sponsored QSO parties. Currently have 254 countries confirmed on LOTW and 10 via QSL card. I'm a QRO enthusiast with three amplifiers in the shack for HF. I'm also the Technical Specialist for the ARRL South Carolina section. I'm also a licensed drone pilot and can provide antenna/tower surveys.
Alan,
I'm an HF guy all day long. I'm on 17M everyday. Wire antennas all. Mostly out the the contest business. We should talk about the Tech Spec ARRL.
I've got a brand new 12/17 3 element beam in the garage and it's next to go up. I'm planning on a second tower for that one. I've got some tower maintenance which needs to happen first.
For future reference, if we have any members who are experienced in tower climbing, please let me know. I've got a full body harness with fall arrest but just can't climb anymore.
