Holy chitt. 45 MPH gusts here in sout joisey. Watching my ground mounted vertical get hammered. Damn, I didn't know aluminum could bend that much.
Holy chitt. 45 MPH gusts here in sout joisey. Watching my ground mounted vertical get hammered. Damn, I didn't know aluminum could bend that much.
We had some of that late yesterday afternoon, into the evening.
What was "fun" was, after getting on the "T" Light Rail Transit to go home, we get stuck on the old Panhandle RR bridge for an hour because of some unspecified problem on the line (either a line down or a tree on the tracks somewhere, or something like that, they never did say). After 10 minutes or so, the driver turned off power -- no heat, no lights. A co-worker who was on the same "T" car with me started to panic... I guess she's just a touch claustrophobic.
If the vertical is in good shape, it will be OK. My old HF6 lasted through ~ 25 years of these kinds of winds, until the weld in the base tube finally gave (after 10 years), and the tube was weakened enough to finally snap.
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Same winds here in Binghamton. Was really blowing on my way back from Horseheads. Also a nice snow squall came through.
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This is an HF6V butternut. When know winds are coming, I usually get out the step ladder and take off the top half. I missed this one.Originally Posted by W3WN
Those 45mph winds are great when they're at your back. I once did zero to 30 in under 3 seconds on my scooter when I had a good tailwind. Of course, life isn't a straight line so as soon as you have to make that turn, you have a crosswind trying to knock you over into opposing traffic.
45 MPH? just a stiff breeze.
Had this january 60 - 80 mpH gusting 90, my 77 feet vertical survived.
Never had so much fun looking at the IMAX 2000 vetical, it was partly bend horizontal ;)
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80 mph gusts here in Longmont a couple days ago. Mosley 40-10 trap vertical survived just fine. The trees...not so well.
We had 60MPH gusts here yesterday afternoon. All four verticals and the other wire antennas survived unscathed.
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We're neighbors. Wind here in the last week has been pushing the limits. Peaks locally in the 90MPH range.
No damage here, yet, but I have a tree out front that needs attention.
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