On 09/21/2010 08:35 PM, van wd8aam wrote:
> Another idea I've never tried, but heard of and on a loop, it might just
> work, is to hook a 12vdc power supply with ammeter and voltmeter, and
> pump some power into the wire, heating it to warm, watching to make sure
> you don't overtax the power supply, and see if the ice melts off the wire.
I leave enough slack in my antenna, and use flexible tree
branches, that snow and ice get shaken off by the wind.
Of course, the antenna still seems to work fine when it's
covered in snow and ice :)
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