Yes, when you have tall trees and high fuel loading, there are bigger wildfire
concerns than melted phillystran.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 10/03/2019 09:00 AM, Ken K6MR wrote:
Been there, done that. In 2013 our wildfire had flame heights of over 100
feet. Not much you can do to protect against that. Just plan on tower
replacement afterward.
Ken K6MR
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*From:* TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Steve London
<n2icarrl@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Thursday, October 3, 2019 7:48:23 AM
*To:* towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
*Subject:* Re: [TowerTalk] EHS leads for Phillystran
For those who live in an area with wildfire danger, consider that the flame
lengths from tall grass and shrubs can be more than 15 feet, and
phillystran-melting temperatures above that. You will need your EHS to extend
above that level, before changing over to phillystran.
73,
Steve, N2IC
> I don’t know what other antennas might be around your guy anchors, but 41
feet
> of EHS is too long for my taste. My EHS ground leaders “tails” are no more >
>than 12 feet long.
>Tim K3LR
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