[BC] AM tower 9 feet of snow

[Rob Atkinson]

thanks chuck,
this is actually pretty good news for me too.  If we get a lot of snow, I 
can now rest easy and not have to go out and excavate the feedpoint of my 
160 m. inverted L!  the vertical wire comes down and ends at an insulator 
about a foot above the radial plate.

rob atkinson
st. charles IL
k5uj


From: "Chuck Lakaytis" <chuck at akpb.org>
Reply-To: Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] AM tower 9 feet of snow
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:24:11 -0900

Every year the base of the antenna at KBRW-AM in Barrow gets covered with 
about six to ten feet of snow.

The VSWR changes hardly at all.  When spring arrives in June we just dig out 
the balls gap.


Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
907 277 6300
907 277 6359 FAX
907 301 4339 Cell

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