Apologies, I earlier replied under the wrong thread header. Should
have been under wind loading...
73,
Gary
KA1J
> My goodness, more answers than I expected. Thank you.
>
> I am in a somewhat difficult place, ham-wise. The problem is I am on
> the ocean, not directly on the ocean, but sheltered by Long Island
> Sound, in Connecticut and even more closely sheltered by Fisher's
> Island, 3 miles away from me. But... even more sheltered in that I
> live in at the end of a cove. So with that, I have sheltering from
> the winds but Hurricane Sandy pushed salt water over the bottom of my
> low band radials and radial plate so I'm vulnerable to hurricane
> force winds.
>
> No matter how I place them, my antennas can't be in the open, too
> many inquisitive eyes if I put it in the nearby clear space which
> would unfortunately be on state property. The only possibility is to
> put it at the edge of the marsh which puts it in my trees. In the
> winter there's no leaves so the antennas will be essentially in the
> open, but that's not in hurricane season when the strongest winds
> hit.
>
> So what I'm trying to figure out is, what will give me the least
> noticeable profile and will it be sustainable in a ground mount. It
> seems like the thinnest profile is the best but perhaps it is too
> fragile. Since the folks supplying the tubing don't have the answer,
> I need to figure out what to do with help as I really have no clue. I
> was hoping there was a simple formula I could plug in the variables
> and come up with a number but nothing is ever simple, eh?
>
> Looking at the record, Sandy hit 88 MPH in CT and more than that,
> I'll have more than my Rx antenna to worry about. So I guess 90 would
> be the target speed I should brace for.
>
> Regardless of any storm's wind surge, I know the winds will blow down
> branches and I'll have to keep rehabbing the antennas every spring
> but I don't want them to be so thin as to snap at the base when the
> wind Gods sneeze. Maybe I'm over thinking this but I've met Murphy
> and understand him well.
>
> One difficult thing for me is I am to a fair degree handicapped. I
> can walk around but can't really carry anything heavy on uneven
> ground. Since I have to do this all myself, some of the excellent
> suggestions for an antenna mount like filling cinder blocks with
> cement to hold the antenna in place, will be pretty much impossible
> for me to carry out. To make it harder, there is a 300 year old very
> sturdy stone wall between me and the antenna site. Because of that, I
> can't even get a garden tractor to carry the load out there. This is
> where I need kids but, none of those around either. There always is
> an answer though, it'll come.
>
> Thanks for so many helpful replies.
>
> 73,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
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