[TowerTalk] SteppIR survivability?

[Alan Swinger]

Have also experienced occasional 70+ mph winds here in VA, but always crank the tower down to 25 ft since I have that option.
Also helps to re-paint the fiberglass element tubes with quality Marine (non metallic) paint every 3-5 yrs to offset the UV deterioration. Paint comes in the original Green color and boat stores carry. Bought a couple of quarts at Gander Mountain, who shipped direct to the house. Have touched up (repainted) twice and still have 1 1/2 qts left!
73,
Alan K9MBQ


-----Original Message-----
>From: W3YY <w3yy at cox.net>
>Sent: Aug 28, 2016 9:35 AM
>To: K7LXC at aol.com
>Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR survivability?
>
>My 4-element SteppIR has been up for 13 years at 100ft.   I'm sure we had
>have some 60 mph wind gusts in that period.  No problems until recently when
>one of the element support tubes broke off at the EHU housing.  Just wear
>and tear - not attributable to any specific weather event.  Will try to fix
>but consider the SteppIR an excellent 13 year investment even if I junk it
>at this point.
>
>73, Bob - W3YY
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>K7LXC--- via TowerTalk
>Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 1:39 PM
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: [TowerTalk] SteppIR survivability?
>
>Howdy, TowerTalkians --
> 
>    Does anyone have experience with SteppIR antennas  and big winds? How
>big were the winds? What survived? Tnx. 
> 
>    BTW my apologies for the previously posted KF7P  newletter. Apparently
>no good deed goes unpunished. 
> 
>Cheers,
>Steve    K7LXC
> 
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