I guess I should be thankful that all mine are run on land that maybe has a
10' variation but it is all heavily wooded. I also look carefully at the
antenna path and try to avoid trees that slope in the wrong direction....or
mount standoffs on the back side.
At least twice a year I trim back any branches that are close to touching a
wire or would be with a snow load. I also do the walk after every major wind
storm.-; thats a bit over a mile roundtrip. This year everything is growing
like crazy and have creeper vines Ive never seen before; Ive spent about $50
on the strongest concentrate of Roundup so far just on ground brush and
poison ivy.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "N1BUG" <paul@n1bug.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Beverage strain auto-disconnects
> On 07/20/2012 07:07 PM, ZR wrote:
>> If the WD-11A is so weak and a repair problem why not support it on one
>> of
>> the higher strength fishing lines as a messenger?
>
> Just a clarification here:
>
> WD1A is plenty strong until a behemoth tree falls on it and breaks
> it. The splice then leads to a new failure point unless you can be
> 100% certain of keeping water out of the splice. The reason is the
> steel strands that give it strength rust through very quickly if
> water gets to it.
>
> I do know how to keep water out of things, but when you're standing
> on a steep ice-covered slope hoping not to end up wrapped around a
> tree 100 feet down-slope or underneath ice in the river, the quality
> of work is not always perfect. :) Preferably, work in such
> locations is to be avoided altogether.
>
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
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