Topband: NQ4I

[Mike Waters]

Need heaters inside the elements, at least towards the ends, that can be
turned on to melt the ice.

Where there's a will, there's a way to do that.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:51 PM, John Harden, D.M.D. <jhdmd at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> Hi all...well the antennas are starting to give up...so far I have
>> lost the top 40m KLM 4 el at 155 ft that is used for the MULT
>> station...it is dangling from the top of the tower..next to go will be
>> the 3 el Telrex 40m RUN top antenna...also ready to fold up is the
>> monster 8 el homebrew 8 el 20m on 89 ft boom...not looking good either
>> is the top 8 el 15m RUN antenna at 155 ft...I might very well lose the
>> rest of the antennas tonight...it is raining and ice pellets and the
>> loads keep increasing on the antennas...we had planed to operate in
>> the ARRL CW this coming weekend...not sure if there will be any
>> antennas left...tomorrow morning will end the storm around 11
>> am..temps are forecast to rise to 34 degrees F and maybe some melting
>> will tke place.
>>
>> de Rick NQ4I
>>
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