> Old reliable EAR keeps chugging away, rain, shine, wind, or snow. Thanks for the report, Garry. We had wind gusts of over 80 k/hr with heavy snow along with it. An assessment of my antennas come morning showed they had all survived. 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR" 188.831 kHz. QRSS30 EN93dr