[OKDXA] Impending Ice Storm

[Kim Elmore]

Yeah, I]m in the middle, too. I fear I'm going to see similar stuff 
to your pictures here. I'm curious as to whether you had much wind 
during the storm -- I don't recall much about that event, other than 
we dodged the bullet in the Norman area. Also, any idea as to how 
much ice it took to bring them down? I' assuming that they failed 
well before the ice was over. I'm guessing that much over an inch or 
so will do in my 40 m beam. The KLM may take a bit more -- maybe 1.5" 
or so, before it fails. Should the wind blow much, I'll bet it'll 
take less ice to destroy the antennas. And, I believe that we're 
expecting some significant winds later in the event. Yee-haw.

I hate ice: snow by the foot, or even sleet, I'll happily deal with, 
but ice is bad for everything.

Kim

At 07:50 AM 1/11/2007, you wrote:
>Kim,
>
>Thanks a lot.  I live right in the middle of that corridor!  If you
>haven't seen them before take a look at
>http://www.westgulfdivision.org/wgddir.htm for pictures of what my 40m
>beam and KT-34XA looked like after an ice storm.
>
>Coy
>--
>Coy Day, N5OK
>20685 SW 29
>Union City, OK 73090
>405-483-5632
>
>Kim Elmore wrote:
> > Looks like the corridor along I-44, from Wichita Fall though Tulsa
> > will bear the brunt of the approaching storm, and it looks like it
> > will almost all be ice. Dang!  And I just got all my antennas up and
> > working just like I wanted. Hopefully, my ARRL Insurance will be in
> > effect by the time anything bad happens (I faxed the application and
> > payment yesterday). I've had my KLM KT-34A and Cushcraft 40CD2 for a
> > long time -- I'll miss sure them if they come down.
> >
> > As a non-DX related aside, I'm heading a project that examines
> > dual-polarization radar data and compares what that radar sees with
> > precipitation type. There's a web page for the project
> > (http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/winter06/) linked off of the
> > National Severe Storms Laboratory home page. My project maintains an
> > on-line form on which the public can enter their observations of
> > precipitation type. Between snagging new ones, I'd appreciate some
> > observations of precipitation type from your QTH if your within
> > 90-100 mi of Norman.
> >
> > Stay warm!
> >
> > Kim Elmore, N5OP
> >
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