Well in Ottawa the weather ghod was smiling on the amateur radio community. Last evening when I looked outside at the Maple tree that has supporter various antennas over the 20 + years we have lived here I was getting worried…
The branches were hanging a bit lower than usual with the added weight brought on by the freezing rain and there was a forcast for “gale force winds” that could arrive overnight…
Well the winds did arrive and they were strong but at least at the VA3QV home QTH the weather had warmed up enough that the ice had melted by the time winds arrived. My TAK-tenna which had been suspended by a very heavy laden tree branch was still there in the morning but the branch was a lot lighter. I removed the TAK-tenna and have replaced it with the normal long wire that uses the maple tree for support… My antenna system is safe… the maple tree and its branches are intact and at least for this storm we have dodged the bullet so to speak…
73bob
Tags: amateur radio, amateur radio antenna, Freezing Rain Forcast, Gale Force Winds, TAK-tenna
