[CQ-Contest] Ice Storms in NE

[Jim Smith]

Made me cry

I think K1TTT has photos of what happened at his QTH but every time I 
try to access the site I get a Network Timeout message.

http://tinyurl.com/5welv8

Very sad

VE7FO

Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
> 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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