[ADXA] Ice Storm Warning

[Steven Rutledge]

1230Z, woke up to generator running.  Activated about 0430L. Didn't wake 
me up even though right outside BR.  Cummins are quiet.  Light ice on 
vegetation.  Surfaces have no ice.  Light rain.  I see light ice on my 
wires.  Doesn't appear to be any on yagis.  F12 C3E not drooping at 
all.  33 degrees here.  Supposed to be a factor until around noon.

High SWR on my 40 meter vee.  We may have dodged a bullet.  In terms of 
power outage, MLGW is a very fragile system run by an even more fragile 
group of employees.  Power outages, significant, in perfect weather are 
not uncommon.

73,

Steve

On 2/11/2021 5:55 AM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
>
> Looks like the really bad center of this shifted toward Earl, N5ZM, 
> Steve, N4JQQ, John KT4AC and others in E/SE Arkansas.
>
> ZN
>
>
> On 2021-02-10 15:20, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
>
>> Its going to be a long night for a lot of ADXA folks. As you well 
>> know, we are under an ice storm warning in north central Arkansas. 
>> Myself, K5UR, K5EJ, N5QS/N5QT, N5LKE, AC5AV and K1LEC are in the 
>> bullseye for a half inch of freezing rain/ice. That is catastrophic 
>> for antennas. It has been drizzling rain all day here and the temp 
>> only rose to 30 degrees. I already have a thin layer of ice on 
>> everything and the heavy stuff is scheduled to move in after midnight.
>>
>> Let's hope for the best. As you know we brace for one of these ice 
>> storms about every 10 years. We had one in 2000 and the last one in 
>> 2009 so we are due, so to speak.
>>
>> I wish it would be snow but that's Monday's forecast!
>>
>> Best wishes for all of us, and our antennas, to survive this.
>>
>> 73 Joel W5ZN
>>
>
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