[450] Southington Ham Fest

Bob n1ujs at toast.net
Wed Mar 11 00:17:35 UTC 2015


Yes!  All of us!  Including you!!

Tentatively post-fest festivities at "The Pourhouse" in Wolcott unless we
determine another option prior.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Vincent Grosso <vinnie at vinnievision.com>
wrote:

> Anyone going to the Southington Hamfest this weekend?
>
> Vinnie
>
> On 3/5/15 12:04 PM, TEC Electric wrote:
>
>> Plenty of ice dams here in Pennsylvania anybody have a recommendation on
>> a portable 2 m antenna for repeater usage that I can use indoors
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>
>> To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>> Subject: Re: [450] Ice dam busters
>> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 09:49:13 -0500
>>
>> Well, I appreciate the compliment, but I certainly didn't come up
>> with any of it!
>> On Mar 2, 2015 9:31 AM, "William Knapp / KC1WJ" <kc1wj at kc1wj.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> No big ice dams here. Our attic is well vented and insulated...if there
>> is too much condensation, we also have an attic fan.
>> I really do like your whole engineering aspect on all this, John. You
>> have a great mind!
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>:
>> http://i2.wp.com/centurion-homes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Phose.jpg
>> On Mar 2, 2015 9:09 AM, "John Foege" <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:Going
>> to look something like this once I'm finished. You fill panty hoe legs
>> with calcium chloride flakes, tie off the ends, and place them
>> perpendicular to the ice dam with the ends hanging over the eave. They melt
>> troughs through the dam and allow the pooled water behind it to drain.
>> This is the quick fix. The long term fix is to ensure you have a ridge
>> vent, soffet vents, good insulation of the attic floors (dual layers in the
>> NE even), and that you find and squash any sources of heat leakage into the
>> attic.
>> Essentially if you can assure the temperature of the air in attic is the
>> same as the outside ambient air temperature, you will never have ice
>> damming and the costly repairs of the subsequent water damage they bring!
>>
>>
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