Have also experienced occasional 70+ mph winds here in VA, but always crank the
tower down to 25 ft since I have that option.
Also helps to re-paint the fiberglass element tubes with quality Marine (non
metallic) paint every 3-5 yrs to offset the UV deterioration. Paint comes in
the original Green color and boat stores carry. Bought a couple of quarts at
Gander Mountain, who shipped direct to the house. Have touched up (repainted)
twice and still have 1 1/2 qts left!
73,
Alan K9MBQ
-----Original Message-----
>From: W3YY <w3yy@cox.net>
>Sent: Aug 28, 2016 9:35 AM
>To: K7LXC@aol.com
>Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR survivability?
>
>My 4-element SteppIR has been up for 13 years at 100ft. I'm sure we had
>have some 60 mph wind gusts in that period. No problems until recently when
>one of the element support tubes broke off at the EHU housing. Just wear
>and tear - not attributable to any specific weather event. Will try to fix
>but consider the SteppIR an excellent 13 year investment even if I junk it
>at this point.
>
>73, Bob - W3YY
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>K7LXC--- via TowerTalk
>Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 1:39 PM
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: [TowerTalk] SteppIR survivability?
>
>Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>
> Does anyone have experience with SteppIR antennas and big winds? How
>big were the winds? What survived? Tnx.
>
> BTW my apologies for the previously posted KF7P newletter. Apparently
>no good deed goes unpunished.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve K7LXC
>
>_______________________________________________
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>TowerTalk mailing list
>TowerTalk@contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>
>_______________________________________________
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>TowerTalk mailing list
>TowerTalk@contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
|