[OKDXA] The Problem with Snow Days...

[Kim Elmore]

We have 5”-6” on the ground. Started with rain, then light freezing rain, then sleet/ice pellets, and now snow. Temperature is 14F and slowly falling. I’ve managed to move the antennas, but not freely. 

73,

Kim N5OP

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> On Feb 3, 2022, at 3:25 PM, Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   We probably got 3 or 4 inches of snow on the ground. Started yesterday with a little rain, then freezing drizzle, then snow overnight. Had to get out this morning and shovel a patch for the dog to do her business... Antennas are turning, bands not so great... Right now 19 degrees, light snow, probably won't amount to much more... not too bad, could have been worse...
> 
> Stay warm...
> 
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of GARYLM at kiamichiwb.org
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2022 2:32 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] The Problem with Snow Days...
> 
> HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TURN THE ANTENNAS SOON.  I HAVENT EVEN BEEN OUT TO THE SHACK  TODAY, BEEN BREAKING ICE OUT OF WATER FOR ANIMALS, EVERYTHING HERE COVERED IN ICE AND SNOW. HOPING OUTSIDE WATER LINES DON'T FREEZE AND BUST.
> GOOD LUCK
> 73 GARY  WQ5R
> 
> 
> --- cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> 
> From: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [OKDXA] The Problem with Snow Days...
> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:51:01 -0600
> 
> Here I am, at home in weather that no one should be out in, certainly 
> not on the roads. Work has declared that offices are closed, but that if 
> we're capable, we should work from home. Of course, we are capable since 
> we've been doing for nearly the past two years. So, the pandemic has 
> taken away even our snow days. Sigh.
> 
> But, I can still have the rig on and be on the watch listen for good 
> ones. There isn't enough ice accumulation to change the match on my 
> antennas due to dielectric loading, but I have just enough that I can't 
> rotate may antennas. Sometimes I can break it loose but I'm not having 
> much luck today. My tribander is pointed straight north, which leaves my 
> 40 m 2 el beam pointing west. Sigh.
> 
> 73 and don't overdo the shoveling,
> 
> Kim N5OP
> 
> -- 
> Kim Elmore, Ph
> 
> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
> SEL/MEL/Glider, UAS, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
> 
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> secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven." – Jascha 
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