[TowerTalk] Rohn 25G and Ice Loading

[Bill Coleman]

On Jan 11, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Lee Buller wrote:

> What has been the collective experience of those of you who have ice 
> where you live as to what it takes to bring down Rohn 25G?  Luckily we 
> did not have wind.  So, what have been some experiences?

We just had an ice storm here in Georgia last weekend. My 15m bracketed 
tower took over 1" of  ice on the tower, rungs and A3S antenna. It all 
came through unscathed.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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