[CQ-Contest] Ice Storms in NE

[Julius Fazekas]

That made me ill just looking at the pictures... remember one back in NY in the 70s, still have pictures. It took down Telrexes...

I guess the best way to look at it is that it could have been much worse, no one was hurt and the towers are still vertical.

Been a rough couple of years for various sections of the US Amateur population. Hopefully the recovery will go quickly...

Thanks for sharing Bob.

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
TnQP http://www.tnqp.org/

Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366


--- On Mon, 12/15/08, Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc at pclink.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc at pclink.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Ice Storms in NE
> To: K5NZ at aol.com, cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 1:46 PM
> I'm not certain where our local contester found this
> link, but here's a 
> slideshow with photos of the damage at KC1XX.
> 
> http://gallery.me.com/wlmyers#100029&bgcolor=black&view=grid_
> 
> Mother nature can be a brute. Toward the end there are
> photos of the 
> "sheath" of ice on the guys, elements, and booms.
> I don't know how you can 
> design antennas for a 2" radial ice situation.
> 
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <K5NZ at aol.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 6:53 AM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Ice Storms in NE
> 
> 
> >I know many of you in the NE have had a tuff time last
> few days with the 
> >ice
> > storm.  Hope you get power back ASAP and didn't
> have too much antenna
> > damage..
> >
> > k5nz
> 
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