[TowerTalk] Mast

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > How can one assume that the person who asked the question has a
 > problem with ice?

The person who asked the question has a KL7 callsign and the FCC
database shows an address in Anchorage!

Of course, current standards for towers require that most areas
calculate windload and survivability with 3/4" radial ice and
75% of maximum wind velocity *in addition to* maximum wind.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 9/15/2012 12:24 PM, Tony Rogozinski wrote:
> How can one assume that the person who asked the question has a problem with ice?   I’ve personally never lived in a place,
> in 57 years of radio, where I had an ice problem.    You guys keep making things more complicated than necessary – I guess
> the computer program was probably in error as well?
>
> Just my humble opinion.
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