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These roofing contractors are now officially on my sh!t list. I was standing around in the parking lot when I happened to notice something wrong with the antenna on the roof of the firehouse. I couldn't tell what it attached to the antenna from the ground, even with binoculars. I had to get a damn ladder and go all the way up to the roof. It turns out the damn contractors working on the roof for the addition needed a place to hang their nails for the nail gun.

bwaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaahahahaa.

sorry, matt, but that's funny.

I went up to visit one of my rooftop antennas once, only to find the ground plane radials all covered with mysterious hardened black crud.

I eventually figured out that there had been roofing work, and the roofers had been using the radials to puncture the seals on their tubes of caulk and sealant.

did the nails increase coverage or what? They are metal, right?

Hmmmm. That is a Radio Schmack Discone antenna, with the Late
model 6 Meter whip on top. I have one of those also. Real Flat SWR.
A nice Antenna because it is good on all bands.

I hear that modification increases reception in the 'galvanized' band.

Yea, thats the antenna for the office scanner. It's a good 50 feet off the ground at least so it does a good job.

How much you wanna bet they charge you for the nails?

the R

They left a pile of other crap on the roof anyway. I threw them in that pile, intentionally bending it all so it won't ever feed into a nail gun.