[ADXA] Ice Storm

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Chuck - no I have not heard anything about the Russian DX contest. I did 
know that UBA had been cancelled but that is all.

ZN

On 2022-02-26 08:11, Chuck R. Korzendorfer wrote:

> Joel,
> Looks like you had it a lot worse than the NW part of the state.  A bit 
> of ice, but no loss of power.
> Have you heard any chatter about the Russian DX contest that is 
> scheduled for mid March?  I wonder if there will be any kind of boycott 
> or other symbolic gesture?  There have been several stations on 20M 
> this morning on CW transmitting that the UBA contest was cancelled due 
> to the war.  Obviously our Ukrainian friends are off the air.
> Chuck KM5G
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Feb 26, 2022, at 7:29 AM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> 
>> Greetings ADXA Folks.
>> 
>> I hope everyone survived the ice storm. We were hit pretty hard here 
>> north of Searcy at the W5ZN QTH with between 1/2" to 3/4" of ice. We 
>> were without commercial power for around 48 hours. Wasn't a real issue 
>> as we have a big Generac generator that runs the whole house but our 
>> high speed internet goes down without power so we were disconnected 
>> from the world, so to speak!
>> 
>> All of my RX antennas are on the ground and the HF yagis are actually 
>> Ugis......U-shaped yagis. Will definitely need some repairs once the 
>> WX warms up. We had literally no thawing yesterday. Temp out here did 
>> not get above 29 deg even though the sun popped out, or pooped out, 
>> for about an hour.
>> 
>> 8Q7MW has been on 160 meters and that is the last zone I need for my 
>> CQ WAZ 160 award. I also need it for a new one on 160. Thursday I 
>> spent about an hour stomping around on the ice out in the field to get 
>> at least one RX antenna up, the NE Beverage. 8Q was on that night but 
>> I didn't make it through the pileup. My 160 TX antenna is crap right 
>> now, covered in ice with a high SWR and no directivity. They are sked 
>> to be there until March 8 so hopefully there will be some warm up 
>> today and tomorrow to get rid of the ice on the TX array.
>> 
>> So, hope everyone fared well.
>> 
>> Now on to planning antenna repairs!
>> 
>> 73 Joel W5ZN 
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