The storm of the century turned out to be just another snow storm for us
in Northern New England. I measured about16.5 to 16.75 inches of snow
here. That is enough to seal off access to the VHF ham shack here, so I
am only able to operate by snow shoeing up the hill. With such deep
snow I doubt that I can make the trek up there. I saw that heavy icing
was all over the south including Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and
other states. I hope many of our 222 friends in those areas made out OK.
I get scared everytime I hear that icing is possible. Things start
breaking when the coating goes up past 3/4". Our worst event here was in
1998, when we had 4 1/4' of ice. Almost nothing survived. Many towers
collapsed under the weight.
Don't forget to check in to the 222 band this evening and make some
noise around the 222.100 calling frequency. See who you can work! Use
the ON4KST chat page and let people know that you are active.
I have been reading up on auroras and the mechanics of making contacts.
The more I read, the more I am getting confused. I think that I need to
discuss things with someone who is well versed in auroras. If anyone
has any contacts, please let me know. In the meantime, I am looking
through various scientific papers. I am planning a trip to the local
university in hopes of finding papers that I can read without shelling
out $40.00 a pop via the internet!
73
Dave K1WHS
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