Re: Topband: Yikes! Heavy snow, freezing fog and 23 degrees F in Raleigh, NC

["Bruce" <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>]

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
Bruce-k1fz


> > 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 almost 
> all of my wire antennas have snapped, and the Yagi's all look like 
> noodles.
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