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DAMN, you mean no one in California, Washington, Oregon, or Colorado has any big arrays anymore? I knew DXing had gone to the cber's, but I didn't imagine it had gotten that bad. -- Original Message
No damage here. I cranked the tower all the way down and watched my Force 12 C3 and 40 meter rotatable dipole whip around in the wind but no damage, thank goodness. We have had very high wind gusts i
One reason there haven't been many is that we've also been without both power and internet access for several days. My antenna farm, sheltered by a dense stand of redwoods, came through unscathed, bu
W6RR's crank-up in Pasadena was not retracted and ended-up folding-over in the winds. I think it had a KT-34XA stacked over a KLM 40M4 on it. Mike W4EF...................... _________________________
Peak gusts on my CC A4S @ 40' pole were probably 70+ mph. It and a 40m rooftop vertical & 160m dipole were ok. Bare ridgeline at 1550' east San Jose foothills. So Cal had it much worse. Grant KZ1W __
One and a half elements blew/broke off my 5-el 20m Yagi. It has been up for 7 years through stronger winds than this. The prop pitch and other Yagis seem to have survived OK. Winds built to 60+ mph w
Here's a cut n paste from a ham in our club. We had some real wicked wind here a couple days ago; made a real mess north of Salt Lake with tractor trailers blowing over, fences gone, shingles gone, m
OR, maybe they haven't got the power back on yet? Or, maybe they designed their antennas to survive? Or, their internet service is down, and they're on the air, rather than on email? Lots of possible
Here's a cut n paste from a ham in our club. We had some real wicked wind here a couple days ago; made a real mess north of Salt Lake with tractor trailers blowing over, fences gone, shingles gone, m