[OKDXA] Ice and antennas

[John Geiger]

Glad to hear that everyone is ok so far. We weren't supposed to get freezing 
rain in Lawton.  Guess the weather forgot to watch the weather channel! 
Were supposed to leave yesterday afternoon for Iowa. Had to put those plans 
on hold.

73 John AF5CC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Simpson" <rksimpson1 at cox.net>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Ice and antennas


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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Robert Redmon
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 1:43 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Ice and antennas
>
> No ice accumulation of note here in Wichita Falls. Jim in Sulphur
> reports the same there. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you folks.
>
> Bob K5SM
>
> On 12/21/2013 12:48 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> Out shopping, but stuff looked scary droopy. 2 el on 40 m and a KT-34A 
>> can gather a lot of ice. Unless it backs off soon, I may lose them. They 
>> were still up when I left an hour ago, but the icicle loading is 
>> collecting very fast...
>>
>> MX,
>>
>> Kim N5OP
>>
>> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as 
>> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>>
>> On Dec 21, 2013, at 12:44, Rick vidmar - k9kk <k9kk at atlinkwifi.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> About the same here in South Norman.
>>> The SteppIR elements are sagging A LOT.
>>> And the 160-80-40 meter vertical guys have 1/2 inch of ice.
>>> The fireplace is keeping us nice an cozy.
>>> 73 Rick K9KK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/21/2013 12:40 PM, John Geiger wrote:
>>>> Hope everyone's antennas are making it through the ice storm ok.  Here 
>>>> in Lawton we have between 1/4 to 1/2 inch of ice on stuff.  The MFJ 6 
>>>> meter elements are sagging pretty good, but they are very flexible and 
>>>> will snap right back after the melting.  The 2m beam looks ok so far. 
>>>> The streets are ok but a few tree branches are down as well.
>>>>
>>>> 73 John AF5CC
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> From K5RKS  Oklahoma City
> 2030UTC     21 Dec
>
> The longer elements on my log periodic are sagging a lot but so far they 
> have not broken.
>
> The eyelet at the top of my balun on my 30-40m Inverted V gave way causing 
> the apex of my inverted "V" to fall down about ten feet. Right now the 
> balun is dangling in mid air with only the coax holding it off the ground. 
> The coax is still in the coax loops which are located at four places along 
> the length of the tower.
>
> I have a crankup tower here which, when fully extended, is 33' feet high. 
> Before the storm I cranked it down to about 28 feet. I didn't crank it all 
> the way down because according to the storm warning the expected 
> conditions were "only some ice and not strong winds". My tower is now 
> frozen at the 28 foot height. I can't crank it either up or down. Once 
> things thaw out I'll assess the situation.
>
> My log periodic "looks" OK visually from the ground. It may or may not 
> have some type of problem which will be evident once I try to test it with 
> an SWR bridge.
>
> I took some damage documentation pictures of my mini-antenna farm here a 
> few minutes ago. I'll have them up on my website within a couple of days. 
> My website is simpsonfamilyokc.com.
>
> 73  Roger
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