[OKDXA] Fwd: ICE

[N5OK]

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From: N5OK <coyday62 at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] ICE
To: NE5SD - Steve <ne5sd.steve at gmail.com>


No.  The SteppIR was on the ground.  I've been rebuilding it after last
year's disaster.  It is just about ready to go up.  I hope.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 4:03 PM <ne5sd.steve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lost the SteppIR?  Darn!
>
> 73
>
> -Steve.
> NE5SD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of N5OK
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 1:08 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] ICE
>
> Bob,
>
> Appreciate the sympathy.  I lost count a long time ago.  😭
>
> Luckily I still have both towers still standing.  I'm working on them
> today since the stress of the ice stretched the guy wires.
>
> Hope you are doing better down there.
>
> 73, Coy
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 10:25 AM Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am pained to hear that, Coy! How many times is this, now?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > > On Oct 30, 2020, at 9:59 AM, N5OK <coyday62 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I finally have internet access back.  Still on generator for power.
> > > Once again the ice has done me in.
> > > Lost what few remaining antennas that I had.
> > > Off the air until who knows when.
> > >
> > > 73, Coy
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 8:07 PM Kim Elmore
> > > <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Ice has been accumulating on everything North of Norman and now is
> > >> accumulating in Norman. My antennas can no longer be rotated (I
> > >> didn't start exercising it soon enough) and we're down to 30F. I
> > >> think that ice collects around the base of my T2X rotor and locks
> > >> it to the rotor plate. If I keep exercising it, I can usually keep
> > >> it free, but I was distracted by work today. This could get pretty
> > >> serious for people in central and northwestern OK, or it may be
> > >> mainly freezing drizzle that won't accumulate much ice at all.
> > >>
> > >> We've had a few power flickers at my QTH, but we still have power.
> > >> I have a whole house generator, so power isn't a a huge issue for
> > >> me but it could be for others.
> > >>
> > >> At least my ARRL insurance is paid up and it covers my antennas.
> > >> But I like my antennas *truly* don't want to make any claims!
> > >>
> > >> 73 and *hope* to CU in the pileups,
> > >>
> > >> Kim N5OP
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology,
> > >> CCM, PP SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
> > >>
> > >> /"A great second violinist plays second fiddle to no one." //– Robert
> C.
> > >> Marsh, Chicago Sun-Times./
> > >>
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> > > --
> > > Coy C Day, N5OK
> > > 20685 SW 29
> > > Union City, OK 73090
> > > H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
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Coy C Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
n5ok at arrl.net


-- 
Coy C Day, N5OK
20685 SW 29
Union City, OK 73090
H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
n5ok at arrl.net