[Hallicrafters] Snow / Antenna question.

[Bill Gerhold]

No.  Snow or ice is virtually invisible to RF unless it has minerals or salt
in it.  Other than that, it's not there.

K2WH

-----Original Message-----
From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Waldo Magnuson
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 11:51 AM
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Cc: Waldo Magnuson
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Snow / Antenna question.

Spokane, WA has been getting a lot of snow this winter (about 70 inches 
so far) and yesterday my horizontal 40 m dipole had about 2 or 3 inches 
piled up on it (and it did sag a little).  My transmitter is currently 
undergoing some repair so I couldn't check but I know some of you will 
know the answer to this question.  Will transmitting on 40 m at about 
100 watts do any warming of the antenna and remove the snow?  Thanks.
73,  Skip  W7WGM

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