I use a Diamond F23A single bander on 2 meters which has 3/4" ice on it right now and survived gusts to 40 mph. The SWR stayed pretty low as well. My HF vertical snapped off in 3 places and my 6 meter beam is toast. 73,Lee,N3APP in icy Erie,Pa... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Arck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Dual Band Antenna's?
> At 12:23 AM 1/28/2004 -0000, you wrote: > >them.. some dont. I am running an X-500HNA at 160 feet for a low > >powered UHF repeater, and a packet station on VHF. When the ice came > >through NC the past few days, the thing wouldn't have lasted over 20 > >MPH if the wind blew. > > <---FWIW, I ran an X-500 at the 10,023 foot level, on Mt. Haleakala on the > island of Maui for many years (it was for a digipeater) and it survived not > only 80+ MPH winds, it survived them with over an inch of ice on it. > > Yea I know.. Hawaii never gets snow or ice :-) > > Ken > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > President and CTO - Arcom Communications > Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers > and accessories. > http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html > Our new Repeater Audio Delay (RAD) board is now shipping! > Compatible with many controllers! > AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 > http://www.irlp.net Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
