[450] Storm Damage Reports

[David McKenzie]

I lost an antenna too. Remember that vertical dipole I built out of EMT and
a wooden dowel as the insulator? Well, it finally gave out! Snapped right at
the dowel and came tumbling down the 8 feet it was off the ground. Ruined!

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Thomas Moore <piper925 at att.net> wrote:

>  A lot of Hemlock needles to sweep up.  Before the blow I took 2 of the 3
> sash weights off the end of my doublet wire rope....good thing too, with the
> trees blowing wildly the remaining sash would swing about 12ft up and then
> down to smack in the mud. That doublet would have broke like a 10 yr old
> high e string on Steve Vai's guitar.
> Sorry about your mess Rich...Springtime is right around the corner.
> Pipe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Rich <t41 at optonline.net>
> *To:* 144.450 Mailing List <450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 25, 2010 6:58 PM
> *Subject:* [450] Storm Damage Reports
>
> So what kind of damage did everyone see from this latest storm?
>
> I lost my 10 meter beam, FM broadcast yagi, 6 meter vertical and I took
> down the radio shack scanner antenna because it was endangering the 2/440
> Vertical. I can replace it later.
>
> Luckily when 4' tripod blew over it landed against the pine tree branches,
> which acted as a cushion. The only antenna that is probably destroyed is the
> FM Yagi. Everything else I managed to salvage and should be able to re-mount
> at some point.
>
> I almost blew off the roof when I went up to untangle everything! I
> probably should have waited till after the storm but I wanted to minimize
> the damage and get everything takien apart before it fell down completely.
> Bob you will be amused to know that the ladder blew down while I was on the
> roof, so I had to wait for my dad to come home. Luckily he only went out to
> get the paper.
>
> What a pain in the ass!
>
> Rich
>
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