[TowerTalk] Ice on Antenna

[Richard J Brown]

CEDRICK.. WE HAD AN ICE STORM HERE IN MISS A FEW YEARS BACK..tHE ICE
MAKES MAJOR CHANGES ON THE BUTTERNUT.. AT THAT TIME I DIDN'T HAVE THE 12
AND 17 MTR COILS  INSTALLED AND WITH THE ICE THE BUTTERNUT WAS  FLAT ON
12 AND 17 BUT THE SWR WAS OUT OF SITE ONT MOST OF THE OTHER REGULAR
BANDS..I MADE ABOUT 100 QSOS ON 12 AND 17 BEFORE THE ICE MELTED. HOPE
THIS HELPS..73    DICK BROWN W5AA, YB0ABV ETC

N9YXA-Cedrick Johnson wrote:

> I am in Chicago (very bad place to be now), and I have a Butternut
> HF-9VX. Is it normal when ice is on the antenna for the SWR and
> resonant frequency points to change? I really can't get to the
> antenna, because my backyard has some deep snowdrifts (+15 feet) from
> the winds.
>
> Any help appreciated..
> de N9YXA
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