[OKDXA] Ice Storm

[w5if at valornet.com]

Here in Purcell the ice is/was bad.  Lost 10 element Bencher Skyhawk, Cushcraft D40 rotatable dipole, Cushcraft 12/17 3 element beam, wire antennas on 160, 80 and 30 meters.....6 meter survived so far but is drooping badly!  Wire antennas had 3" diameter ice on them.  Lots of tree damage, and electrical service pole snapped....No power for 30 hours and counting...thank goodness found a generator this morning!  Know anyone that wants to do some tower work?  
73
Glen W5IF

---- AD5PE <ad5pe at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> Mine survived with no damage - but we only have 1/4 to maybe 3/8" of ice -
> but 4+ inches of snow and still falling.  Winds stayed pretty light in
> Tulsa.  This morning we had some gusts to 20, but generally 10-15 was more
> common.
> 
> 73,
> Jay
> AD5PE 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 14:38
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [OKDXA] Ice Storm
> 
> How have other's antennas fared in the ice storm so far?  All of mine are
> still up, but the 6 meter yagi looks like a series of inverted vees right
> now.  The tree holding up one end of the dipole is about 2/3s on the ground
> now, but luckily the branches holding up the antenna are still up.  Hope
> everyone else came out of it as best as could be possible.
> 
> 73s John AA5JG
> Lawton
> 
> 
>       
> 
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