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half people out of power for up to ten days. It snapped foot thick loblolly pines on my property 30 feet up the trunk. Cleaned off all the dead branches. Only reason there wasn't a lot more damage was that Hurricane Fran came through here a while back. Most of what came down in Fran WOULD have come down in this storm if Fran hadn't happened. My C31XR looked droopy but bounced right back when everything melted. Not my favorite kind of winter storm. Only out of power a day and a half. I was one of the lucky ones. 73, Guy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "WD4K" <WD4K2@Charter.net> To: "Peter Chamalian" <W1RM@attbi.com>; <Force12Talk@qth.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 4:25 PM Subject: RE: [Force 12 Talk] C31XR and Ice > Several weeks ago we had a LOT of ice here. The tower is about 75' from the > house on a completely exposed 800' hilltop and the xyl said she was hearing > ice hitting the ground from inside. I have three C31XR's stacked and a > Mag340N and I checked them all, rotated the rotors etc. I saw little if any > change in any of them.... all covered with ice. They did look really sad > with the droop but all sprung back to normal, no prob. Even the top 180B > with major tip sag came back with no prob. I never compared them with my swr > graphs but all seemed fine and nothing jumped out at me so I think they were > aok. Your experience may vary but this is my most recent. 73, Tommy WD4K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Chamalian [mailto:W1RM@attbi.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 11:30 AM > To: Force12Talk@qth.com > Subject: [Force 12 Talk] C31XR and Ice > > > I'm seriously considering a C31XR to replace the antenna that was > smashed by the November 16-17 ice storm in NE Connecticut. Based on the > comments of some, it appears this antenna will stand up to 2 inch ice > and 30-40 mph winds. I'm on a 1k foot hill and open in all directions. > > I'd appreciate any comments from C31XR owners with regard to how the > antenna stands up to this sort of condition. > > Thanks and Merry Christmas! > > Pete, W1RM > > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. > Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com > > To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com > To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list > For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com > > > > -------------------------------------------- > Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. > Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com > > To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com > To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list > For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com > > -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com |
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