[OKDXA] 40 meter problems

[Jerry Chouinard]

Alan:

Was reading this morning about an 'ol fellow in Buffalo, MO who said he had 
not seen it as bad in 50 years - now for a Missourian to say something like 
that it's got to be pretty bad.  In my 10 years in central Missouri it was 
fairly common to have ice and snow on the ground for two to three weeks 
running about this time of year and Buffalo is SW of Jeff City!

K5YAA

At 08:08 AM 1/17/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I have been wondering why I have had so much of a problem working anyone on
>40 meters the last week or so and now I know why.  I was looking outside
>this morning to see if any of the ice or sleet stuck last night and my 40
>meter Inverted-V was laying down the side of the tower.  The north end of it
>had broken away from the tree it was attached to and was laying parallel to
>the tower.  I wondered why the SWR had changed so much on it and now I know.
>I guess this evening I will be out there reattaching the antenna to the tree
>and see if I can pick VU7RG up on 40 meters.  We have had some very heavy
>winds lately but not ice accumulation at all.  Plus the twine that is
>holding it up needs replacing.  I used some cheap stuff after the hurricane
>and I am surprised it lasted this long.
>
>I was finally able to get in touch with my brother in Seneca, MO last night.
>Their lights came on about 6:30 last night and had been off since Sunday.
>He was lucky to have an insert in his fireplace and a lot of wood.
>
>Good Hunting!
>
>73,
>Alan, N5PA
>
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