Made me think of one of my trips going through Smoky Mtns… We had just left ELKMONT CAMP heading for Townsend and found an antenna laying in the middle of the road. It was one of those BATWING type... This was just past a pretty sharp turn around some low over hanging rocks. I picked it up and laid it in the back seat of my truck... We went a bit farther up the road and here was a motorhome pulled off at a pull out with driver outside looking at his motorhome... So I pulled over too and asked if he was missing an antenna... He was shacking his head for yes so I handed him his somewhat slightly bent antenna... Told him it was laying in the middle of the road a few miles back just after the low over hang haha... It didn't look like it was damaged all that much. Bet he got it back up and working again...
You read about this all the time of RV'ers coming up with ideas to remind them to check for the still raised antenna before heading out...
Roy Ken
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Roy - Carolyn
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