At 8/7/2008 00:09, you wrote: >FYI, > >A buddy installed a G6 on his repeater here locally atop a 5,000 ft + >Mountain. They went back up about 30 days later and could not believe what >condition it was in. I kept hearing stories over the radio about how it >looked like it had been up there years. When they took it down, and >brought it to one of our club meets, the radials were either broken off or >bent, and the antenna did over-all look a but rough for wear. This was >after having been subjected to heavy now and ice build up on Mt Wilson. >The repeater owner swore by those antennas until he witnessed what effect >the snow and ice had on it.
How strange. My G6 was on Sunset Ridge (similar elevation/climate) for over 15 years. When it came down it looked ~15 years old - not too bad. Are you sure someone didn't pull an antenna switcheroo on you? Bob NO6B
