Yikes, HEAVY snow, freezing fog and 23 degrees F in Raleigh! It's really coming down and accumulating FAST here! Next we're supposed to get hit with sleet, freezing rain and ice - up to 1/2 inch! Hop
On 02/12/2014 02:37 PM, Charlie Cunningham wrote: Yikes, HEAVY snow, freezing fog and 23 degrees F in Raleigh! It's really coming down and accumulating FAST here! Next we're supposed to get hit with
Hey Charlie, We have about 3-4 in. of snow on the gnd, and just started to sleet, and maybe some rain, abt an hr ago. We are in the country and on a well, so have drawn up some water, flash lights, o
We have about 3-4 in. of snow on the gnd, and just started to sleet, and maybe some rain, abt an hr ago. We are in the country I have about a half inch of radial ice at the moment. The ropes for almo
Hope for cloudy days after the ice build up. Towers often fail when the sun heats the south guy wires. When the ice drops off rapidly, the weight on the north guy wires can pull the tower over. 73 Br
It's really a shame what that freezing rain will do to an antenna farm. I wish that global warming was a reality in situations like this. I fortunately rarely get ice storms of this nature and I than
Charlie and All, We wish you the best of luck. I live in a heavily wooded neighborhood and used to lose power at least once a year. I also listen to the LF and the VLF spectrum as well as operate MF
Hi Guys, "Welcome to MY world..." The freezing rain storm that we had earlier this winter completely devastated my wire antenna farm, by virtue of the heavy ice literally BREAKING supporting trees...
Hi, Bill! Well, it's bad out there! Lots of gridlock on the roads and now the weather people are calling for 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch of ICE! That WILL bring the power down. Dont' thimk I'm able to get m
I keep a Honda EU 2000i genset (http://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/models/eu2000i) in the house for emergencies. We (Fairbanks, Ak.) had a wind and ice storm in Novemberlost my 160 wires for
Hey, you had plenty of advanced warning this one was going to be brutal! I hope you and anyone else in the path get thru it OK. The 2008 ice storm up here still shows plenty of scars and some of my V
Hi, Doug and Eddy and all others! Well, sadly ice storms are more common than snow storms in North Carolina, Yes I've lost a few antennas to ice and wind. I lost my 160 inverted L when a hurricane ti
You can NEVER EVER properly prepare for what hit us here, Carl--NEVER. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
I'll have to look into that, Gary! Mine is much bigger. A little generator like that, I could keep in the house and pull out on the back deck when needed if it would supply enough power to run the ai
I'll have to look into that, Gary! Mine is much bigger. I have a 25kW continuous 50 KW intermittent at the power pole. It runs from a tractor PTO. All I do is back one of tractors up to it and away w
You can always prepare for your own safety Eddy; cut down trees that imperil buildings and vehicles, have a generator already pretested and in place, chain saw ready and tested in case you need to cu
Hi, Tom! I just checked my junk mail folder and a LOT of messages have shown up there that don't normally go there, including msgs from Topband Reflector. Looks like you are bein hit pretty hard, but
Yes, Bruce, that's what happened to the 2000 ft WRAL-TV tower here some years back. They said that chunks of ice were coming off those gu y wires to the south the size of refrigerators. The unequal l
Thanks, Mike! Well, I guess I was in denial, perhaps. The last time we had one of these, I wasn't so crippled. I should have made my way out to the garage and dragged out the generator and run the ca
Gee, that should work great, Tom! How is the shaft rotatoion speed controlled to maintain 60 Hz? I've been seriousl y considering installin a 25-40 KW generator with electric start and automatic fail