[TowerTalk] Strategies to reduce ice damage?

[Grant Saviers]

We don't get many ice storms here but had a good sized one a couple of 
years ago - 1" radial plus snow.  I observed my high yagis (above tree 
tops) were nearly clean, my guess is there was just enough wind to keep 
them moving.  Lower antennas were very heavily loaded, but all survived 
ok, a bit to my surprise.

So am wondering if periodic rotation back and forth might be a good 
strategy?  It would be nice if an app on the pc or code in the 
controller had "icing mode" so I don't need to stay up all night.

Any experiences and techniques worth sharing?  It looks like next week 
is headed towards perfect ice storm conditions.

Thanks,

Grant KZ1W